Submarine of the United States
History
United States
Name USS Redfin
Namesake Redfin shiner
Builder Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company , Manitowoc, Wisconsin [ 1]
Laid down 3 September 1942[ 1]
Launched 4 April 1943[ 1]
Sponsored by Mrs. B. B. Wygant
Commissioned 31 August 1943[ 1]
Decommissioned 1 November 1946[ 1]
Recommissioned 9 January 1953[ 1]
Decommissioned 15 May 1967[ 1]
Stricken 1 July 1970[ 1]
Fate Sold for scrap, 31 March 1971[ 1]
General characteristics
Class and type Gato -class diesel-electric submarine [ 2]
Displacement
1,525 tons (1,549 t ) surfaced[ 2]
2,424 tons (2,460 t) submerged[ 2]
Length 311 ft 9 in (95.02 m)[ 2]
Beam 27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)[ 2]
Draft 17 ft 0 in (5.18 m) maximum[ 2]
Propulsion
Speed
21 knots (39 km/h) surfaced[ 6]
9 knots (17 km/h) submerged[ 6]
Range 11,000 NM (20,000 km) surfaced at 10 knots (19 km/h)[ 6]
Endurance
48 hours at 2 knots (3.7 km/h) submerged[ 6]
75 days on patrol
Test depth 300 ft (90 m)[ 6]
Complement 6 officers, 54 enlisted[ 6]
Armament
USS Redfin (SS/SSR/AGSS-272) , a Gato -class submarine , was a ship of the United States Navy named for the redfin , any of several North American fishes with reddish fins.
^ 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 .
^ 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. 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