USS Trigger (SS-237)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Trigger.
USS Trigger (SS-237) was a Gato-class submarine, the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the triggerfish.
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USS Trigger (SS-237) underway off Mare Island Navy Yard, 6 April 1942 | |
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United States | |
Name | Trigger |
Builder | Mare Island Naval Shipyard[1] |
Laid down | 1 February 1941[1] |
Launched | 22 October 1941[1] |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Walter N. Vernou |
Commissioned | 31 January 1942[1] |
Fate | Sunk 28 March 1945[2] |
Stricken | 11 July 1945 |
General characteristics | |
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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Speed | |
Range | 11,000 nmi (20,000 km) surfaced at 10 kn (19 km/h)[6] |
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Test depth | 300 ft (90 m)[6] |
Complement | 6 officers, 54 enlisted[6] |
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