USS Barbel (SS-316)
Submarine of the United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dear Wikiwand AI, let's keep it short by simply answering these key questions:
Can you list the top facts and stats about USS Barbel (SS-316)?
Summarize this article for a 10 year old
SHOW ALL QUESTIONS
For other ships with the same name, see USS Barbel.
USS Barbel (SS-316), a Balao-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the barbel, a fish commonly called a minnow or carp.
Quick Facts History, United States ...
History | |
---|---|
United States | |
Name | Barbel |
Builder | General Dynamics Electric Boat, Groton, Connecticut[1] |
Laid down | 11 March 1943[1] |
Launched | 14 November 1943[1] |
Commissioned | 3 April 1944[1] |
Fate | Sunk by Japanese aircraft off Palawan on 4 February 1945[2] |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Balao-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 | 16 ft 10 in (5.13 m) maximum[2] |
Propulsion |
|
Speed | |
Range | 11,000 nmi (20,000 km; 13,000 mi) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph)[3] |
Endurance | 48 hours at 2 kn (3.7 km/h; 2.3 mph) submerged,[3] 75 days on patrol |
Test depth | 400 ft (120 m)[3] |
Complement | 10 officers, 70–71 enlisted[3] |
Armament |
|
Close