USS Hammerhead (SS-364)

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

Hammerhead (SS-364) launches sideways into the Manitowoc River.
Hammerhead (SS-364) slides into the Manitowoc River.
History
United States
NameHammerhead
NamesakeHammerhead shark
BuilderManitowoc Shipbuilding Co., Manitowoc, Wisconsin[1]
Laid down5 May 1943[1]
Launched24 October 1943[1]
Commissioned1 March 1944[1]
Decommissioned9 February 1946[1]
Recommissioned6 February 1952[1]
Decommissioned21 August 1953[1]
Recommissioned16 July 1954[1]
Decommissioned23 October 1954[1]
Fate
  • Transferred to Turkey 23 October 1954[2]
  • Sold to Turkey 1 January 1972
Stricken1 January 1972[2]
Turkish JackTurkey
NameTCG Cerbe (S 341)
NamesakeBattle of Djerba
Acquired23 October 1954
Commissioned23 October 1954
Decommissioned4 May 1972
FateScrapped
General characteristics
Class and typeGato-class diesel-electric submarine[2]
Displacement
  • 1,525 tons (1,549 t) surfaced[2]
  • 2,424 tons (2,460 t) submerged[2]
Length311 ft 9 in (95.02 m)[2]
Beam27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)[2]
Draft17 ft 0 in (5.18 m) maximum[2]
Propulsion
Speed
  • 21 knots (39 km/h) surfaced[3]
  • 9 knots (17 km/h) submerged[3]
Range11,000 nmi (20,000 km) surfaced at 10 knots (19 km/h)[3]
Endurance
  • 48 hours at 2 knots (4 km/h) submerged[3]
  • 75 days on patrol
Test depth300 ft (90 m)[3]
Complement6 officers, 54 enlisted[3] (peace); 80-85 (war)[4]
Armament

USS Hammerhead (SS-364), a Gato-class[2] submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the hammerhead shark, a shark found in warm seas with a flattened anterior forward of the gill slits, presenting a hammer-like silhouette when viewed from above.

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i 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.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i 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.
  3. ^ a b c d e f U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 305-311
  4. ^ Lenton, p.79.
  5. ^ Lenton, H. T. American Submarines (Doubleday, 1973), p.79.