USS Sea Owl
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USS Sea Owl (SS/AGSS-405), a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the sea owl, a lumpfish of the North Atlantic Ocean.
This article is about the Balao class submarine. For the World War II attack transport, see SS Sea Owl.
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Builder | Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine[1] |
Laid down | 7 February 1944[1] |
Launched | 7 May 1944[1] |
Commissioned | 17 July 1944[1] |
Decommissioned | 15 November 1969[1] |
Stricken | 15 November 1969[1] |
Fate | Sold for scrap, 3 June 1971[1] |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Balao class diesel-electric submarine[2] |
Displacement | |
Length | 311 ft 8 in (95.00 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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Range | 11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km) surfaced at 10 knots (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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During World War II, the United States operated two ships named Sea Owl in commission at the same time, the Navy′s SS-405 and the War Shipping Administration′s SS Sea Owl, a Bayfield-class attack transport.[7]