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United States | |
Name | USS Halfbeak |
Builder | Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut[1] |
Laid down | 6 July 1944[1] |
Launched | 19 February 1946[1] |
Commissioned | 22 July 1946[1] |
Decommissioned | 1 July 1971[1] |
Stricken | 1 July 1971[1] |
Fate | Sold for scrap, 13 June 1972[1] |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Balao-class diesel-electric submarine[2] |
Displacement | |
Length | 311 ft 9 in (95.02 m)[2] |
Beam | 27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)[2] |
Draft | 16 ft 10 in (5.13 m) maximum[2] |
Propulsion |
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Speed | |
Range | 11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km) surfaced at 10 knots (19 km/h)[6] |
Endurance |
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Test depth | 400 ft (120 m)[6] |
Complement | 10 officers, 70–71 enlisted[6] |
Armament |
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General characteristics (Guppy II) | |
Class and type | none |
Displacement | |
Length | 307 ft (93.6 m)[8] |
Beam | 27 ft 4 in (7.4 m)[8] |
Draft | 17 ft (5.2 m)[8] |
Propulsion | |
Speed |
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Range | 15,000 nm (28,000 km) surfaced at 11 knots (13 mph; 20 km/h)[8] |
Endurance | 48 hours at 4 knots (5 mph; 7 km/h) submerged[8] |
Complement |
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Sensors and processing systems |
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Armament |
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USS Halfbeak (SS-352), a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the halfbeak.