 USS Stickleback (SS-415), after GUPPY conversion
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS Stickleback |
| Builder | Mare Island Naval Shipyard[1] |
| Laid down | 1 March 1944[1] |
| Launched | 1 January 1945[1] |
| Commissioned | 29 March 1945[1] |
| Decommissioned | 26 June 1946[1] |
| Recommissioned | 6 September 1951[1] |
| Decommissioned | 14 November 1952[1] |
| Recommissioned | 26 June 1953[1] |
| Identification | SS-415 |
| Fate | Sunk in collision with USS Silverstein off Oahu 29 May 1958[2] |
| General characteristics (World War II) | |
| Class and type | Balao-class diesel-electric submarine[2] |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 311 ft 10 in (95.05 m)[2] |
| Beam | 27 ft 4 in (8.33 m) [2] |
| Draft | 16 ft 10 in (5.13 m) maximum[2] |
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| Speed | |
| Range | 11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km) surfaced at 10 knots (19 km/h)[3] |
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| Test depth | 400 ft (120 m)[3] |
| Complement | 10 officers, 70–71 enlisted[3] |
| Armament |
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| General characteristics (Guppy IIA) | |
| Class and type | none |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 307 ft (94 m) [7] |
| Beam | 27 ft 4 in (8.33 m) [7] |
| Draft | 17 ft (5.2 m) [7] |
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USS Stickleback (SS-415), a Balao-class submarine, was named for the stickleback, a small scaleless fish.
- ^ a b c d e f g h 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 g 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.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 305–311
- ^ 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.
- ^ U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 261–263
- ^ a b c d e f g Friedman, Norman (1994). U.S. Submarines Since 1945: An Illustrated Design History. Annapolis, Maryland: United States Naval Institute. pp. 11–43. ISBN 1-55750-260-9.
- ^ a b c d U.S. Submarines Since 1945 p. 242