USS Mingo (SS-261)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Mingo.
USS Mingo (SS-261) — a Gato-class submarine — was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the mingo snapper.
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Mingo off San Francisco, July 1945 | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Mingo |
Builder | Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut[1] |
Laid down | 21 March 1942[1] |
Launched | 30 November 1942[1] |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Henry L. Pence |
Commissioned | 12 February 1943[1] |
Decommissioned | January 1947[1] |
Recommissioned | 20 May 1955[1] |
Decommissioned | 15 August 1955[1] |
Stricken | 20 February 1971[1] |
Fate | Transferred to Japan unmodified, 15 August 1955[1] |
Japan | |
Name | Kuroshio |
Acquired | 15 August 1955 |
Decommissioned | 31 March 1966 |
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Class overview | |
Preceded by | N/A |
Succeeded by | Oyashio class |
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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 (5.2 m) maximum[2] |
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Range | 11,000 nmi (13,000 mi; 20,000 km) at 10 kn (12 mph; 19 km/h) (surfaced)[5] |
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Test depth | 300 ft (91 m)[5] |
Complement | 6 officers, 54 enlisted[5] |
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