Submarine of the United States
History
United States
Name USS Scorpion
Namesake scorpion [ 2]
Builder Portsmouth Naval Shipyard , Kittery, Maine [ 1]
Laid down 20 March 1942[ 1]
Launched 20 July 1942[ 1]
Sponsored by Ms. Elizabeth T. Monagle
Commissioned 1 October 1942[ 1]
Honors and awards 3 Battle Stars
Fate Probably mined in the Yellow Sea after 5 January 1944[ 3]
General characteristics
Class and type Gato -class diesel-electric submarine [ 3]
Displacement
1,525 long tons (1,549 t) surfaced[ 3]
2,424 long tons (2,463 t) submerged[ 3]
Length 311 ft 9 in (95.02 m)[ 3]
Beam 27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)[ 3]
Draft 17 ft (5.2 m) maximum[ 3]
Propulsion
Speed
21 kn (24 mph; 39 km/h) surfaced[ 4]
9 kn (10 mph; 17 km/h) submerged[ 4]
Range 11,000 nmi (13,000 mi; 20,000 km) surfaced at 10 kn (12 mph; 19 km/h)[ 4]
Endurance
48 hours at 2 kn (2.3 mph; 3.7 km/h) submerged[ 4]
75 days on patrol
Test depth 300 ft (91 m)[ 4]
Complement 6 officers, 54 enlisted[ 4]
Armament
USS Scorpion (SS-278) – a Gato -class submarine – was the fifth ship of the United States Navy to be named for the scorpion .[ 2]
^ 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 Naval Historical Center . "Scorpion V (SS-277)" . Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships . Navy Department , Naval History and Heritage Command . Retrieved 7 July 2022 .
^ 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. 270–280. ISBN 978-0-313-26202-9 .
^ U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 261–263
^ a b c U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 305–311