Submarine of the United States
History
United States
Builder Portsmouth Naval Shipyard , Kittery, Maine [ 1]
Laid down 27 July 1943[ 1]
Launched 30 November 1943[ 1]
Sponsored by Mrs. Robert A. Theobald
Commissioned 11 March 1944[ 1]
Decommissioned 1 March 1963[ 1]
Stricken 1 March 1963[ 1]
Fate Sunk as a target, 14 August 1963[ 1]
General characteristics
Class and type Balao -class diesel-electric submarine [ 3]
Displacement
Length 311 ft 6 in (94.95 m)[ 3]
Beam 27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)[ 3]
Draft 16 ft 10 in (5.13 m) maximum[ 3]
Propulsion
Speed
20.25 knots (37.50 km/h; 23.30 mph) surfaced[ 2]
8.75 knots (16.21 km/h; 10.07 mph) submerged[ 2]
Range 11,000 nmi (20,000 km; 13,000 mi) surfaced at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)[ 2]
Endurance
48 hours at 2 knots (3.7 km/h; 2.3 mph) submerged[ 2]
75 days on patrol
Test depth 400 ft (120 m)[ 2]
Complement 10 officers, 70–71 enlisted[ 2]
Armament
USS Queenfish (SS/AGSS-393) , was a Balao -class submarine , the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the queenfish , a small food fish found off the Pacific coast of North America.
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^ a b c d e f 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 0-313-26202-0 .
^ 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 .
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^ a b c U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 305–311