USS Sculpin (SS-191)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Sculpin.
USS Sculpin (SS-191), a Sargo-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the sculpin.
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USS Sculpin (SS-191) off San Francisco, California, on 1 May 1943, following an overhaul. | |
History | |
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United States | |
Builder | Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine[1] |
Laid down | 7 September 1937[1] |
Launched | 27 July 1938[1] |
Commissioned | 16 January 1939[1] |
Fate | Scuttled off Truk Lagoon on 19 November 1943 after being damaged by Japanese destroyers[2] (8°40′N 155°02′E) |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Sargo-class composite diesel-hydraulic and diesel-electric submarine[2] |
Displacement | 1,450 long tons (1,470 t) standard, surfaced,[3] 2,350 tons (2,388 t) submerged[3] |
Length | 310 ft 6 in (94.64 m)[3] |
Beam | 26 ft 10 in (8.18 m)[3] |
Draft | 16 ft 7+1⁄2 in (5.067 m)[3] |
Propulsion | 4 × General Motors Model 16-248 V16 diesel engines (two hydraulic-drive, two driving electrical generators),[2][4] 2 × 126-cell Sargo batteries,[3] 4 × high-speed General Electric electric motors with reduction gears,[2] two shafts,[2] 5,500 shp (4.1 MW) surfaced,[2] 2,740 shp (2.0 MW) submerged[2] |
Speed | 21 kn (39 km/h) surfaced,[3] 8.75 kn (16.21 km/h) submerged[3] |
Range | 11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km) @ 10 knots (19 km/h)[3] |
Endurance | 48 hours @ 2 kn (3.7 km/h) submerged[3] |
Test depth | 250 ft (76 m)[3] |
Complement | 5 officers, 54 enlisted[3] |
Armament | 8 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (four forward, four aft; 24 torpedoes),[3] 1 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 cal deck gun,[3] four machine guns |
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