Submarine of the United States
History
United States
Name USS Sarda (SS-488)
Namesake Sarda , a genus of game fish
Builder Portsmouth Naval Shipyard , Kittery , Maine [1]
Laid down 12 April 1945[1]
Launched 24 August 1945[1]
Sponsored by Mrs. James J. Heffernan
Commissioned 19 April 1946[1]
Decommissioned 1 June 1964[1]
Stricken 1 June 1964[1]
Fate Sold for scrap 14 May 1965[1]
General characteristics
Class and type Tench -class diesel-electric submarine [3]
Displacement
1,570 tons (1,595 t ) surfaced [3]
2,414 tons (2,453 t) submerged [3]
Length 311 ft 8 in (95.00 m) [3]
Beam 27 ft 4 in (8.33 m) [3]
Draft 17 ft 0 in (5.18 m) maximum [3]
Propulsion
Speed
20.25 knots (38 km/h) surfaced [2]
8.75 knots (16 km/h) submerged [2]
Range 11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km) surfaced at 10 knots (19 km/h) [2]
Endurance
48 hours at 2 knots (3.7 km/h) submerged [2]
75 days on patrol
Test depth 400 ft (120 m) [2]
Complement 10 officers, 71 enlisted [2]
Armament
USS Sarda (SS-488) , a Tench -class submarine , was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the sarda , a game fish of the central, southwestern, and western Pacific Ocean .
^ 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. 280–282. 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. 275–282. ISBN 978-0-313-26202-9 .
^ U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 261–263
^ a b c U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 305–311