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 (37.50 km/h) surfaced[3]
8.75 knots (16.21 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 feet (120 m)[3]
Complement
10 officers, 70–71 enlisted[3]
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
General characteristics (Guppy II)
Class and type
GUPPY II
Displacement
1,870 long tons (1,900 t) surfaced[8]
2,440 long tons (2,480 t) submerged[8]
Length
307 ft (94 m)[7]
Beam
27 ft 4 in (8.33 m)[7]
Draft
17 ft (5.2 m)[7]
Propulsion
Snorkel added[8]
Batteries upgraded to GUPPY type, capacity expanded to 504 cells (1 × 184 cell, 1 × 68 cell, and 2 × 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 (7.4 km/h) submerged[7]
Complement
9–10 officers
5 petty officers
70 enlisted men[7]
Sensors and processing systems
WFA active sonar
JT 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 Tusk (SS-426), a Balao-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the tusk, an alternate name for the cusk, a large edible saltwater fish related to the cod. Her keel was laid down on 23 August 1943 at Philadelphia by the Cramp Shipbuilding Company. She was launched on 8 July 1945 sponsored by Mrs. Carolyn Park Mills, and commissioned on 11 April 1946.
Tusk and Trumpetfish are erroneously listed with the Tench class in some sources, as their hull numbers are in the sequence assigned to that class.
^ abcdeFriedman, 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. 275–280. 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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