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Crevalle (SS-291), under way, c. 1944.
History
USS CrevalleUnited States
BuilderPortsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine[1]
Laid down14 November 1942[1]
Launched22 February 1943[1]
Commissioned24 June 1943[1]
Decommissioned29 July 1946[1]
Recommissioned6 September 1951[1]
Decommissioned19 August 1955[1]
Recommissioned11 April 1957[1]
Decommissioned9 March 1962[1]
Stricken15 April 1968[1]
FateSold for scrap, 17 March 1971[1]
General characteristics
Class and typeBalao class diesel-electric submarine[3]
Displacement
  • 1,526 tons (1,550 t) surfaced[3]
  • 2,414 tons (2,453 t) submerged[3]
Length311 ft 9 in (95.02 m)[3]
Beam27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)[3]
Draft16 ft 10 in (5.13 m) maximum[3]
Propulsion
  • 4 × General Motors Model 16-248 V16 Diesel engines driving electric generators[4][5]
  • 2 × 126-cell Sargo batteries[6]
  • 4 × high-speed General Electric electric motors with reduction gears[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, 70–71 enlisted[2]
Armament
  • 10 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
    • 6 forward, 4 aft
    • 24 torpedoes[6]
  • 1 × 5-inch (127 mm) / 25 caliber deck gun[6]
  • Bofors 40 mm and Oerlikon 20 mm cannon

USS Crevalle (SS/AGSS-291), a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the crevalle, the yellow mackerel, a food fish, found on both coasts of tropical America, and in the Atlantic as far north as Cape Cod.[7]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Friedman, Norman; Stuart (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. 275–280. 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. 270–280. ISBN 978-0-313-26202-9. OCLC 24010356.
  5. ^ U.S. Submarines Through 1945 p. 261
  6. ^ a b c U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 305–311
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference hazegray was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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