 USS Sawfish (SS-276), probably off Hunter's Point Shipyard near San Francisco, California, following an overhaul in late 1943–early 1944.
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | Sawfish |
| Namesake | Sawfish |
| Builder | Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine[1] |
| Laid down | 20 January 1942[1] |
| Launched | 23 June 1942[1] |
| Sponsored by | Hattie Wyatt Caraway |
| Commissioned | 26 August 1942[1] |
| Decommissioned | 20 June 1946[1] |
| Stricken | 1 April 1960[1] |
| Fate | Sold for scrap, 2 December 1960[1] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Gato-class diesel-electric submarine[2] |
| Displacement | |
| 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] |
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| Speed | |
| Range | 11,000 NM (20,000 km) surfaced at 10 knots (19 km/h)[6] |
| Endurance |
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| Test depth | 300 ft (90 m)[6] |
| Complement | 6 officers, 54 enlisted[6] |
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USS Sawfish (SS-276), a Gato-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the sawfish, a viviparous ray which has a long flat snout with a row of toothlike structures along each edge. It is found principally in the mouths of tropical American and African rivers.
- ^ 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 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.
- ^ U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 261–263
- ^ 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