USS Puffer (SS-268)

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

USS Puffer (SS-268) underway off Mare Island, California, on 10 November 1944.
History
United States
BuilderManitowoc Shipbuilding Company, Manitowoc, Wisconsin[1]
Laid down16 February 1942[1]
Launched21 November 1942[1][2]
Sponsored byMrs. Ruth B. Lyons
Commissioned27 April 1943[1]
Decommissioned28 June 1946[1]
Stricken1 July 1960[1]
FateSold for scrap 3 December 1960[1]
General characteristics
Class and typeGato-class diesel-electric submarine[3]
Displacement
  • 1,525 tons (1,549 t) surfaced[3]
  • 2,424 tons (2,460 t) submerged[3]
Length311 ft 9 in (95.02 m)[3]
Beam27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)[3]
Draft17 ft 0 in (5.18 m) maximum[3]
Propulsion
Speed
  • 21 knots (39 km/h) surfaced[7]
  • 9 knots (17 km/h) submerged[7]
Range11,000 NM (20,000 km) surfaced at 10 knots (19 km/h)[7]
Endurance
  • 48 hours at 2 knots (4 km/h) submerged[7]
  • 75 days on patrol
Test depth300 ft (90 m)[7]
Complement6 officers, 54 enlisted[7]
Armament
Shark's mouth painting on Puffer′s bow.

USS Puffer (SS-268), a Gato-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the puffer.

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Official U.S. Navy Photograph
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ U.S. Submarines Through 1945 p. 261
  6. ^ a b c U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 305–311
  7. ^ a b c d e f U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 305-311