USS Scorpion (SS-278)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Scorpion.
USS Scorpion (SS-278) – a Gato-class submarine – was the fifth ship of the United States Navy to be named for the scorpion.[1]
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Stern view of USS Scorpion (SS-278) off Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine, ca. July 1942–February 1943. | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Scorpion |
Namesake | scorpion[1] |
Builder | Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine[2] |
Laid down | 20 March 1942[2] |
Launched | 20 July 1942[2] |
Sponsored by | Ms. Elizabeth T. Monagle |
Commissioned | 1 October 1942[2] |
Honors and awards | 3 Battle Stars |
Fate | Probably mined in the Yellow Sea after 5 January 1944[3] |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Gato-class diesel-electric submarine[3] |
Displacement | |
Length | 311 ft 9 in (95.02 m)[3] |
Beam | 27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)[3] |
Draft | 17 ft (5.2 m) maximum[3] |
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Speed | |
Range | 11,000 nmi (13,000 mi; 20,000 km) surfaced at 10 kn (12 mph; 19 km/h)[7] |
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Test depth | 300 ft (91 m)[7] |
Complement | 6 officers, 54 enlisted[7] |
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