Darter (SS-227), "Down the Ways," 6 June 1943.
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Darter |
Builder | Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut[1] |
Laid down | 20 October 1942[1] |
Launched | 6 June 1943[1] |
Sponsored by | Mrs. E. B. Wheeler |
Commissioned | 7 September 1943[1] |
Fate | Grounded in the Palawan Passage and scuttled on 24 October 1944[2] |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Gato-class diesel-electric submarine[2] |
Displacement | 1,525 long tons (1,549 t) surfaced,[2] 2,424 long tons (2,463 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 (24 mph; 39 km/h) surfaced,[6] 9 kn (10 mph; 17 km/h) submerged[6] |
Range | 11,000 nmi (13,000 mi; 20,000 km) surfaced @ 10 kn (12 mph; 19 km/h) [6] |
Endurance | 48 hours @ 2 kn (2.3 mph; 3.7 km/h) submerged,[6] 75 days on patrol |
Test depth | 300 ft (91 m) [6] |
Complement | 6 officers, 54 enlisted[6] |
Armament |
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USS Darter (SS-227), a Gato-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the darter.