USS Seawolf (SS-197)

Seawolf underway off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California on 7 March 1943
History
United States
NameSeawolf
NamesakeAtlantic wolffish
BuilderPortsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine[1]
Laid down27 September 1938[1]
Launched15 August 1939[1]
Commissioned1 December 1939[1]
Stricken20 January 1945
FateProbably sunk by friendly fire from USS Richard M. Rowell off Morotai on 3 October 1944[2]
General characteristics
Class and typeSargo-class diesel-electric submarine[2]
Displacement1,450 long tons (1,470 t) standard, surfaced,[3] 2,350 long tons (2,390 t) submerged[3]
Length310 ft 6 in (94.64 m)[3]
Beam26 ft 10 in (8.18 m)[3]
Draft16 ft 7+12 in (5.067 m)[3]
Propulsion4 × General Motors Model 16-248 V16 diesel engines driving electrical generators,[2][4] 2 × 126-cell Sargo batteries,[3] 4 × high-speed General Electric electric motors with reduction gears,[2] two shafts,[2] 5,400 shp (4,000 kW) surfaced,[2] 2,740 shp (2,040 kW) submerged[2]
Speed21 knots (39 km/h) surfaced,[3] 8.75 knots (16 km/h) submerged[3]
Range11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h)[3]
Endurance48 hours at 2 knots (3.7 km/h) submerged[3]
Test depth250 ft (76 m)[3]
Complement5 officers, 54 enlisted[3]
Armament8 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes (four forward, four aft; 24 torpedoes {Mark 14s as designed, mixed with Mark 10s or mines during World War Two}),[3] 1 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 cal deck gun,[3] 4 × machine guns

USS Seawolf (SS-197), a Sargo-class submarine, was the second submarine of the United States Navy named for the seawolf.

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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. 269–270. ISBN 0-313-26202-0.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 305–311
  4. ^ U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 202–204