Submarine of the United States
For other ships with the same name, see
USS Haddo .
History
United States
Builder Electric Boat Company , Groton, Connecticut [1]
Laid down 1 October 1941[1]
Launched 21 June 1942[1]
Sponsored by Mrs. Charles F. Russell
Commissioned 9 October 1942[1]
Decommissioned 16 February 1946[1]
Stricken 1 August 1958[1]
Fate Sold for scrap, 4 May 1959[1]
General characteristics
Class and type Gato -class diesel-electric submarine [3]
Displacement
1,525 long tons (1,549 t) surfaced[3]
2,424 long tons (2,463 t) submerged[3]
Length 311 ft 9 in (95.02 m)[3]
Beam 27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)[3]
Draft 17 ft 0 in (5.18 m) maximum[3]
Propulsion
Speed
21 kn (39 km/h) surfaced[2]
9 kn (17 km/h) submerged[2]
Range 11,000 nmi (20,000 km) surfaced at 10 kn (19 km/h)[2]
Endurance
48 hours at 2 kn (4 km/h) submerged[2]
75 days on patrol
Test depth 300 ft (90 m)[2]
Complement 6 officers, 54 enlisted[2]
Armament
USS Haddo (SS-255) , a Gato -class submarine , was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the haddo .
^ a b c d e f g 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 U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 305-311
^ a b c d e f 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 .
^ 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. 275–280. ISBN 978-0-313-26202-9 .
^ a b c U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 305–311