USS Sea Devil (SS-400)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Sea Devil.
USS Sea Devil (SS/AGSS-400), a Balao-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the sea devil (Manta birostria), the largest of all rays, noted for power and endurance.
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United States | |
Name | USS Sea Devil |
Namesake | The sea devil, also known as the manta ray and devil ray |
Builder | Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine[1] |
Laid down | 18 November 1943[1] |
Launched | 28 February 1944[1] |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Sherman K. Kennedy |
Commissioned | 24 May 1944[1] |
Decommissioned | 9 September 1948[1] |
Recommissioned | 3 March 1951[1] |
Decommissioned | 19 February 1954[1] |
Recommissioned | 17 August 1957[1] |
Reclassified | Auxiliary submarine (AGSS-400) 1 July 1960 |
Decommissioned | 17 February 1964[1] |
Stricken | 1 April 1964[1] |
Fate | Sunk as a target off southern California 24 November 1964[2] |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Balao class diesel-electric submarine[2] |
Displacement | |
Length | 311 ft 6 in (94.95 m)[2] |
Beam | 27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)[2] |
Draft | 16 ft 10 in (5.13 m) maximum[2] |
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Speed | |
Range | 11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km) surfaced at 10 kn (19 km/h)[6] |
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Test depth | 400 ft (120 m)[6] |
Complement | 10 officers, 70–71 enlisted[6] |
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