USS Blower information

	Blower underway c. 1944
History
United States
Name	USS Blower (SS-325)
Namesake	Blower, a fish of the family Tetraodontidae
Builder	Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut
Laid down	15 July 1943
Launched	23 April 1944
Commissioned	10 August 1944
Decommissioned	16 November 1950
Stricken	20 December 1950
Fate	Transferred to Turkey, 16 November 1950
Turkey
Name	TCG Dumlupınar
Namesake	Battle of Dumlupınar
Acquired	16 November 1950
Fate	Sunk in collision 4 April 1953
General characteristics
Class and type	Balao class diesel-electric submarine
Displacement	1,526 tons (1,550 t) surfaced; 2,424 tons (2,463 t) submerged;
Length	311 ft 9 in (95.02 m)
Beam	27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)
Draft	16 ft 10 in (5.13 m) maximum
Propulsion	4 × General Motors Model 16-278A V16 diesel engines driving electrical generators; 2 × 126-cell Sargo batteries; 4 × high-speed General Electric electric motors with reduction gears; 2 × propellers; 5,400 shp (4.0 MW) surfaced; 2,740 shp (2.0 MW) submerged;
Speed	20.25 knots (38 km/h) surfaced; 8.75 knots (16 km/h) submerged;
Range	11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km) surfaced at 10 knots (19 km/h)
Endurance	48 hours at 2 knots (3.7 km/h) submerged; 75 days on patrol;
Test depth	400 ft (120 m)
Complement	10 officers, 70–71 enlisted
Armament	10 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes; 6 forward, 4 aft; 24 torpedoes; 1 × 5-inch (127 mm) / 25 caliber deck gun; Bofors 40 mm and Oerlikon 20 mm cannon;

USS Blower (SS-325), a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy in commission from 1944 to 1950. She was named after the blower, a type of pufferfish of the United States East Coast and West Indies. During World War II, She completed three war patrols, all in the Indian Ocean, Java Sea, and South China Sea.

Blower was transferred to Turkey in 1950 under the Mutual Defense Assistance Program, where she was recommissioned in the Turkish Naval Forces as the second TCG Dumlupınar. Dumlupınar sank after an accident off the coast of Turkey on 4 April 1953 following a joint North Atlantic Treaty Organization training exercise.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Friedman, Norman (1995). U.S. Submarines Through 1945: An Illustrated Design History. Annapolis, Maryland: United States Naval Institute. pp. 285–304. ISBN 1-55750-263-3.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Bauer, K. Jack; Roberts, Stephen S. (1991). Register of Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1775–1990: Major Combatants. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. pp. 275–280. ISBN 0-313-26202-0.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 305–311
^ ^a ^b U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 305–311

[FriedmanSubs1-dates-1] Friedman, Norman (1995). U.S. Submarines Through 1945: An Illustrated Design History. Annapolis, Maryland: United States Naval Institute. pp. 285–304. ISBN 1-55750-263-3.

[Register-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Bauer, K. Jack; Roberts, Stephen S. (1991). Register of Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1775–1990: Major Combatants. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. pp. 275–280. ISBN 0-313-26202-0.

[FriedmanSubs1-specs-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 305–311

[FriedmanSubs1-specs_305–311-4] U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 305–311

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History
Blower underway c. 1944
United States
Name	USS Blower (SS-325)
Namesake	Blower, a fish of the family Tetraodontidae
Builder	Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut^[1]
Laid down	15 July 1943^[1]
Launched	23 April 1944^[1]
Commissioned	10 August 1944^[1]
Decommissioned	16 November 1950^[1]
Stricken	20 December 1950^[2]
Fate	Transferred to Turkey, 16 November 1950^[2]
Turkey
Name	TCG Dumlupınar
Namesake	Battle of Dumlupınar
Acquired	16 November 1950
Fate	Sunk in collision 4 April 1953
General characteristics
Class and type	Balao class diesel-electric submarine^[2]
Displacement	1,526 tons (1,550 t) surfaced^[2] 2,424 tons (2,463 t) submerged^[2]
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	4 × General Motors Model 16-278A V16 diesel engines driving electrical generators 2 × 126-cell Sargo batteries 4 × high-speed General Electric electric motors with reduction gears 2 × propellers 5,400 shp (4.0 MW) surfaced 2,740 shp (2.0 MW) submerged
Speed	20.25 knots (38 km/h) surfaced^[3] 8.75 knots (16 km/h) submerged^[3]
Range	11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km) surfaced at 10 knots (19 km/h)^[3]
Endurance	48 hours at 2 knots (3.7 km/h) submerged^[3] 75 days on patrol
Test depth	400 ft (120 m)^[3]
Complement	10 officers, 70–71 enlisted^[3]
Armament	10 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes 6 forward, 4 aft 24 torpedoes^[4] 1 × 5-inch (127 mm) / 25 caliber deck gun^[4] Bofors 40 mm and Oerlikon 20 mm cannon