USS Halibut (SS-232)

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

Halibut on the Piscataqua River at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine, on 3 December 1941, just after her launching. She is dressed overall.
History
United States
NameHalibut
BuilderPortsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine[1]
Laid down16 May 1941[1]
Launched3 December 1941[1]
Sponsored byMrs. P. T. Blackburn
Commissioned10 April 1942[1]
Decommissioned18 July 1945[1]
Stricken8 May 1946[1]
FateSold for scrap, 9 December 1946[1]
General characteristics
Class and typeGato-class diesel-electric submarine[2]
Displacement
  • 1,525 long tons (1,549 t) surfaced[2]
  • 2,424 long tons (2,463 t) submerged[2]
Length311 ft 9 in (95.02 m)[2]
Beam27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)[2]
Draft17 ft (5.2 m) maximum[2]
Propulsion
Speed
  • 21 knots (39 km/h) surfaced[6]
  • 9 kn (17 km/h) submerged[6]
Range11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km) surfaced at 10 kn (19 km/h)[6]
Endurance
  • 48 hours at 2 kn (3.7 km/h) submerged[6]
  • 75 days on patrol
Test depth300 ft (90 m)[6]
Complement6 officers, 54 enlisted[6]
Armament

USS Halibut (SS-232), a Gato-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the halibut, a large species of flatfish.

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  2. ^ 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.
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  4. ^ U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 261–263
  5. ^ U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 305–311
  6. ^ a b c d e f U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 305-311