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[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, 71 enlisted[3]
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
General characteristics (Guppy II)
Displacement
1,870 tons (1,900 t) surfaced[8]
2,440 tons (2,480 t) submerged[8]
Length
307 ft (93.6 m)[7]
Beam
27 ft 4 in (7.4 m)[7]
Draft
17 ft (5.2 m)[7]
Propulsion
Snorkel added[8]
Batteries upgraded to GUPPY type, capacity expanded to 504 cells (4 × 126 cell batteries)[8]
Speed
Surfaced:
18.0 knots (33.3 km/h) maximum
13.5 knots (25.0 km/h) cruising
Submerged:
16.0 knots (29.6 km/h) for ½ hour
9.0 knots (16.7 km/h) snorkeling
3.5 knots (6.5 km/h) cruising[8]
Range
15,000 nm (28,000 km) surfaced at 11 knots (20 km/h)[7]
Endurance
48 hours at 4 knots (7 km/h) submerged[7]
Complement
9–10 officers
5 petty officers
70 enlisted men[7]
Sensors and processing systems
AN/BQS-4 active sonar
AN/BQR-2 passive sonar
Mk 106 torpedo fire control system[7]
Armament
10 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
(six forward, four aft)[7]
all guns removed[8]
USS Cutlass (SS-478), is a Tench-class submarine now in the service of the Republic of China Navy. She was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the cutlassfish, a long, thin fish found widely along the coasts of the United States and in the West Indies. Her keel was laid down by the Portsmouth Navy Yard on 10 July 1944. She was launched on 5 November 1944 sponsored by Mrs. R. E. Kintner, and commissioned on 17 March 1945 with Commander Herbert L. Jukes in command.
^ abcdefFriedman, 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.
^ abcdefgBauer, 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.
^ abcdefU.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 305–311
^ abcdeBauer, 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.
^U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 261–263
^ abcU.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 305–311
^ abcdefghU.S. Submarines Since 1945 pp. 242
^ abcdefFriedman, Norman (1994). U.S. Submarines Since 1945: An Illustrated Design History. Annapolis, Maryland: United States Naval Institute. pp. 11–43. ISBN 1-55750-260-9.
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