Submarine of the United States
For other ships with the same name, see
USS Harder .
History
United States
Builder Electric Boat Company , Groton, Connecticut [ 1]
Laid down 1 December 1941[ 1]
Launched 19 August 1942[ 1]
Sponsored by Miss Helen M. Shaforth
Commissioned 2 December 1942[ 1]
Fate Sunk by enemy vessels off Dasol Bay , Luzon , 24 August 1944[ 2]
General characteristics
Class and type Gato -class diesel-electric submarine [ 2]
Displacement
1,525 long tons (1,549 t) surfaced[ 2]
2,424 long tons (2,463 t) submerged[ 2]
Length 311 ft 9 in (95.02 m)[ 2]
Beam 27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)[ 2]
Draft 17 ft 0 in (5.18 m) maximum[ 2]
Propulsion
Speed
21 kn (39 km/h) surfaced[ 3]
9 knots (17 km/h) submerged[ 3]
Range 11,000 nmi (20,000 km) surfaced at 10 kn (19 km/h)[ 3]
Endurance
48 hours at 2 knots (4 km/h) submerged[ 3]
75 days on patrol
Test depth 300 ft (90 m)[ 3]
Complement 6 officers, 54 enlisted[ 3]
Armament
USS Harder (SS-257) , a Gato -class submarine , was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the harder , a fish of the mullet family found off South Africa . One of the most famous submarines of World War II , she received the Presidential Unit Citation .[ 6] Her commanding officer throughout her service,[ 6] the resolute and resourceful Commander Samuel D. Dealey (1906–1944), "a submariner's submariner", was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor , as well as four Navy Crosses during his lifetime.[ 7]
^ a b c d Friedman, Norman (1995). U.S. Submarines Through 1945: An Illustrated Design History . Annapolis, Maryland : United States Naval Institute . pp. 285–304. ISBN 1-55750-263-3 .
^ a b c d e f g Bauer, K. Jack; Roberts, Stephen S. (1991). Register of Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1775–1990: Major Combatants . Westport, Connecticut : Greenwood Press. pp. 271–273. ISBN 0-313-26202-0 .
^ a b c d e f U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 305–311.
^ a b c d e Bauer, K. Jack ; Roberts, Stephen S. (1991). Register of Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1775–1990: Major Combatants . Westport, Connecticut : Greenwood Press. pp. 275–280. ISBN 978-0-313-26202-9 .
^ a b c U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 305–311
^ a b "Sub Is Given Up for Lost" . The Wilkes-Barre Record . 1945. p. 3. Retrieved 2017-11-22 – via .
^ "Navy Man's Family Will Receive Medal" . Eau Claire Leader . 1945-08-28. p. 2. Retrieved 2017-11-22 – via .