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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Builder | Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut[1] |
| Laid down | 1 March 1941[1] |
| Launched | 22 December 1941[2] |
| Sponsored by | Mr. Stanford C. Hooper |
| Commissioned | 11 April 1942[1] |
| Stricken | 2 November 1942 |
| Fate | Sunk off of Kiska around 30 July 1942, due to accidents caused/related to circular run of own torpedo[3] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Gato-class Diesel–electric submarine[2] |
| Displacement | |
| 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] |
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| Speed | |
| Range | 11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km) surfaced at 10 kn (19 km/h)[7] |
| Endurance |
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| Test depth | 300 ft (91 m)[7] |
| Complement | 6 officers, 64 enlisted[7] |
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USS Grunion (SS-216) was a Gato-class submarine that sank at Kiska, Alaska, during World War II. She was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the grunion.
- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ 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. 271–273. ISBN 0-313-26202-0.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
stevenswas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b c d e Bauer, K. Jack; Roberts, Stephen S. (1991). Register of Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1775–1990: Major Combatants. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. pp. 270–280. ISBN 978-0-313-26202-9. OCLC 24010356.
- ^ U.S. Submarines Through 1945 p. 261
- ^ a b c U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 305–311
- ^ a b c d e f U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 305–311