Croaker (SS-246), underway, c. 1944–45.
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | Croaker |
Namesake | Croaker, Fish |
Builder | General Dynamics Electric Boat, Groton, Connecticut[1] |
Laid down | 1 April 1943[1] |
Launched | 19 December 1943[1] |
Commissioned | 21 April 1944[1] |
Decommissioned | 15 June 1946[1] |
Recommissioned | 7 May 1951[1] |
Decommissioned | 18 March 1953[1] |
Recommissioned | 11 December 1953[1] |
Decommissioned | 2 April 1968[1] |
Stricken | 20 December 1971[1] |
Status | Museum ship at Groton, Connecticut on 27 June 1976,[2] then to Buffalo, New York since 1988.[1] |
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General characteristics | |
Class and type | Gato-class diesel-electric submarine[2] |
Displacement | 1,525 tons (1,549 t) surfaced,[2] 2,424 tons (2,460 t) submerged[2] |
Length | 311 ft 9 in (95.02 m)[2] |
Beam | 27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)[2] |
Draft | 17 ft (5.2 m) maximum[2] |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 21 kn (39 km/h) surfaced,[3] 9 kn (17 km/h) submerged[3] |
Range | 11,000 nmi (20,000 km) surfaced @ 10 kn (19 km/h)[3] |
Endurance | 48 hours @ 2 kn (3.7 km/h) submerged,[3] 75 days on patrol |
Test depth | 300 ft (91 m)[3] |
Complement | 6 officers, 54 enlisted[3] |
Armament |
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USS Croaker | |
Location | Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park, Buffalo, New York |
Coordinates | 42°52′42″N 78°52′54″W / 42.8782°N 78.8817°W |
NRHP reference No. | 08000863 |
Added to NRHP | 12 September 2008[7] |
USS Croaker (SS/SSK/AGSS/IXSS-246), a Gato-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the croaker, any of various fishes which make throbbing or drumming noises.