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USS Conger (SS-477)
History
USS CongerUnited States
BuilderPortsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine[1]
Laid down11 July 1944[1]
Launched17 October 1944[1]
Commissioned14 February 1945[1]
Decommissioned29 July 1963[1]
Stricken1 August 1963[1]
FateSold for scrap, 9 July 1964[1]
General characteristics
Class and typeTench-class diesel-electric submarine[3]
Displacement
  • 1,570 tons (1,595 t) surfaced[3]
  • 2,414 tons (2,453 t) submerged[3]
Length311 ft 8 in (95.00 m)[3]
Beam 27 ft 4 in (8.33 m)[3]
Draft 17 ft 0 in (5.18 m) maximum[3]
Propulsion
  • 4 × Fairbanks-Morse Model 38D8-⅛ 10-cylinder opposed piston diesel engines driving electrical generators[4][5]
  • 2 × 126-cell Sargo batteries[6]
  • 2 × low-speed direct-drive Elliott electric motors[4]
  • two propellers [4]
  • 5,400 shp (4.0 MW) surfaced[4]
  • 2,740 shp (2.0 MW) submerged[4]
Speed
  • 20.25 knots (38 km/h) surfaced[2]
  • 8.75 knots (16 km/h) submerged[2]
Range11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km) surfaced at 10 knots (19 km/h)[2]
Endurance
  • 48 hours at 2 knots (3.7 km/h) submerged[2]
  • 75 days on patrol
Test depth400 ft (120 m)[2]
Complement10 officers, 71 enlisted[2]
Armament
  • 10 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
    • 6 forward, 4 aft)
    • 28 torpedoes[6]
  • 1 × 5-inch (127 mm) / 25 caliber deck gun[6]
  • Bofors 40 mm and Oerlikon 20 mm cannon

USS Conger (SS/AGSS-477), a Tench-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the conger, an eel found in warm seas at moderate depths, common to both coasts of the Atlantic Ocean.

  1. ^ a b c d e f g 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.
  2. ^ a b c d e f U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 305-311
  3. ^ a b c d e f Bauer, K. Jack; Roberts, Stephen S. (1991). Register of Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1775-1990: Major Combatants. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. pp. 280–282. ISBN 0-313-26202-0.
  4. ^ a b c d e Bauer, K. Jack; Roberts, Stephen S. (1991). Register of Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1775–1990: Major Combatants. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. pp. 275–282. ISBN 978-0-313-26202-9.
  5. ^ U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 261–263
  6. ^ a b c U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 305–311

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