USS Scabbardfish

History
United States
NameUSS Scabbardfish
NamesakeScabbarddfish
Nickname(s)"Scabby"[1]
BuilderPortsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine[2]
Laid down27 September 1943[2]
Launched27 January 1944[2]
Sponsored byEnsign Nancy J. Schetky, USNR
Commissioned29 April 1944[2]
Decommissioned12 May 1948
Recommissioned31 January 1951
Decommissioned27 November 1953
Recommissioned24 October 1964[2]
Decommissioned26 February 1965[2]
IdentificationSS-397
Fate
  • Transferred to Greece 26 February 1965[3]
  • Stricken 31 January 1976[3]
  • Sold to Greece 31 January 1976[2] or April 1976
Greece
NameTriaina
Acquired26 February 1965
Decommissioned12 January 1979
Stricken1980
IdentificationS86
StatusExtant 1982
General characteristics
Class and typeBalao-class diesel-electric submarine[3]
Displacement
  • 1,526 tons (1,550 t) surfaced[3]
  • 2,391 tons (2,429 t) submerged[3]
Length311 ft 6 in (94.95 m) [3]
Beam27 ft 3 in (8.31 m) [3]
Draft16 ft 10 in (5.13 m) maximum[3]
Propulsion
Speed
  • 20.25 kn (37.50 km/h; 23.30 mph) surfaced[8]
  • 8.75 kn (16.21 km/h; 10.07 mph) submerged[8]
Range11,000 nmi (20,000 km; 13,000 mi) surfaced at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) (19 km/h)[8]
Endurance
  • 48 hours at 2 kn (3.7 km/h; 2.3 mph) submerged[8]
  • 75 days on patrol
Test depth400 ft (120 m)[8]
Complement10 officers, 70–71 enlisted[8]
Armament

USS Scabbardfish (SS-397), a Balao-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the scabbarddfish, a long, compressed, silver-colored fish found on European coasts and around New Zealand. In 1965 she was transferred to the Hellenic Navy and renamed Triaina.

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  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h Bauer, K. Jack; Roberts, Stephen S. (1991). Register of Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1775-1990: Major Combatants. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. pp. 275–280. 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. 275–280. ISBN 978-0-313-26202-9.
  5. ^ U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 261–263
  6. ^ a b c U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 305–311
  7. ^ "Scabbardfish (SS-397)". NavSource Online. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
  8. ^ a b c d e f U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 305-311