USS Argonaut (SM-1)

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For other ships with the same name, see USS Argonaut.

USS Argonaut underway.
History
United States
NameUSS Argonaut
BuilderPortsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine[1]
Laid down1 May 1925[1]
Launched10 November 1927[1]
Commissioned2 April 1928[1]
FateSunk by Japanese destroyers off Rabaul on 10 January 1943[2]
General characteristics
Class and typeV-4 (Argonaut)-class composite direct-drive diesel and diesel-electric submarine[2]
Displacement
  • Surfaced: 2,710 long tons (2,753 t)[3] (standard); 3,046 long tons (3,095 t) (full load)[4]
  • Submerged: 4,161 long tons (4,228 t)[4]
Length358 ft (109 m) (waterline),[5] 381 ft (116 m)[4] (overall)
Beam33 ft 9.5 in (10.300 m)[4]
Draft16 ft .25 in (4.8832 m)[4]
Propulsion
Speed
  • Surfaced: 15 kn (17 mph; 28 km/h) (design);[4] 13.6 kn (15.7 mph; 25.2 km/h) (trials)[2]
  • Submerged: 8 kn (9.2 mph; 15 km/h) (design);[4] 7.43 kn (8.55 mph; 13.76 km/h) (trials)[4]
Range8,000 nmi (9,200 mi; 15,000 km) at 10 kn (12 mph; 19 km/h);[4] 18,000 nmi (21,000 mi; 33,000 km) @ 10 kn (12 mph; 19 km/h) with fuel in main ballast tanks[4]
Endurance10 hours @ 5 kn (5.8 mph; 9.3 km/h)[4]
Test depth300 ft (91 m)[4]
Capacity173,875 US gal (658,190 L) diesel fuel[9]
Complement
Armament
NotesTwo Battle stars

USS Argonaut (V-4/SF-7/SM-1/A-1/APS-1/SS-166) was a submarine of the United States Navy, the first boat to carry the name. Argonaut was laid down as V-4 on 1 May 1925 at Portsmouth Navy Yard. She was launched on 10 November 1927, sponsored by Mrs. Philip Mason Sears, the daughter of Rear Admiral William D. MacDougall, and commissioned on 2 April 1928. Although never officially designated as "SS-166", at some point she displayed this number on her conning tower.[11]

  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 Bauer, K. Jack; Roberts, Stephen S. (1991). Register of Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1775–1990: Major Combatants. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. pp. 266–267. ISBN 0-313-26202-0.
  3. ^ Alden, John D., Commander, USN (retired). The Fleet Submarine in the U.S. Navy (Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1979), p. 211.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 305–311
  5. ^ Lenon, H. T. American Submarines (New York: Doubleday, 1973), p. 31.
  6. ^ a b U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 259
  7. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Alden, p.211 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ^ a b Friedman, p. 176
  9. ^ Alden, p. 28; Lenton, p. 31, says 696 tons.
  10. ^ a b c d e f g h i Alden, p. 28.
  11. ^ Photo of Argonaut at NavSource.org with "166" on the conning tower.