USS Marlin (SST-2) in the late 1950s
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Class overview | |
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Builders | Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, Connecticut |
Operators | United States Navy |
Built | 1952–1953 |
In commission | 1953–1973 |
Planned | 2 |
Completed | 2 |
Retired | 2 |
Preserved | 1 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Training submarine |
Displacement | |
Length | 131 ft 3 in (40 m) |
Beam | 13 ft 7 in (4.14 m) |
Draft | 12 ft (3.7 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | |
Range | 2,000 nautical miles (3,700 km) surfaced at 10 knots (19 km/h)[1] |
Endurance |
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Test depth | 225 ft (69 m)[1] |
Complement | 2 officers, 12 enlisted men |
Armament | 1 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tube |
The T-1-class submarines were a pair of submarines designed by the United States Navy and built in the early 1950s for use in training submarine personnel and testing submarine equipment. Both submarines of the class served in these roles for over 19 years.