USS Peto
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USS Peto (SS-265), a Gato-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the peto, a sharp-nosed tropical fish of the mackerel family.
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United States | |
Builder | Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company, Manitowoc, Wisconsin[1] |
Laid down | 15 June 1941[1] |
Launched | 30 April 1942[1] |
Commissioned | 21 November 1942[1] |
Decommissioned | 25 December 1942[1] |
Recommissioned | January 1943[1] |
Decommissioned | 25 June 1946[1] |
Stricken | 1 August 1960[1] |
Fate | Sold for scrap on 29 November 1960[1] |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Gato-class diesel-electric submarine[2] |
Displacement | 1,525 tons (1,549 t) surfaced,[2] 2,424 tons (2,460 t) submerged[2] |
Length | 311 ft 9 in (95.02 m)[2] |
Beam | 27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)[2] |
Draft | 17 ft (5.2 m) maximum[2] |
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Speed | 21 kn (39 km/h) surfaced,[6] 9 kn (17 km/h) submerged[6] |
Range | 11,000 nmi (20,000 km) @ 10 kn (19 km/h) aurfaced[6] |
Endurance | 48 hours @ 2 kn (3.7 km/h) submerged,[6] 75 days on patrol |
Test depth | 300 ft (91 m)[6] |
Complement | 6 officers, 54 enlisted[6] |
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