ORP Jastrząb
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ORP Jastrząb[note 1] ("Hawk") was a former S-class submarine, originally of the United States Navy, in Polish service between 1941 and 1942, when she was lost to friendly fire.
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The ceremony to rename the US S-class submarine as Polish submarine ORP Jastrząb. Lt.Cmdr. Boleslaw Romanowski waits for officials in front of the crew. | |
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Poland | |
Name | Jastrząb |
Namesake | Hawk |
Builder | Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts |
Laid down | 26 October 1918 |
Launched | 29 May 1922 |
Acquired | On loan from the Royal Navy |
Commissioned | 4 November 1941[1] |
Fate | Sunk by friendly fire, 2 May 1942 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | S-class submarine |
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Length | 219 ft 3 in (66.83 m) |
Beam | 20 ft 8 in (6.30 m) |
Draft | 15 ft 11 in (4.85 m) |
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Complement | 42 officers and men |
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