USS Salmon (SS-182)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Salmon.
USS Salmon (SS-182) was the lead ship of her class of submarine. She was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the salmon.
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United States | |
Builder | Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut[1] |
Laid down | 15 April 1936[1] |
Launched | 12 June 1937[1] |
Commissioned | 15 March 1938[1] |
Decommissioned | 24 September 1945[1] |
Stricken | 11 October 1945[1] |
Fate | Constructive loss due to battle damage; broken up for scrap, 1946[1] |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Salmon-class composite diesel-hydraulic and diesel-electric submarine[2] |
Displacement | |
Length | 308 ft 0 in (93.88 m)[3] |
Beam | 26 ft 1+1⁄4 in (7.957 m)[3] |
Draft | 15 ft 8 in (4.78 m)[3] |
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Speed | |
Range | 11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h)[3] |
Endurance | 48 hours at 2 knots (3.7 km/h) submerged[3] |
Test depth | 250 ft (76 m)[3] |
Complement | 5 officers, 54 enlisted[3] |
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