USS Sculpin (SS-191)
USS Sculpin (SS-191) off San Francisco, California, on 1 May 1943, following an overhaul. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Builder | Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine |
| Laid down | 7 September 1937 |
| Launched | 27 July 1938 |
| Commissioned | 16 January 1939 |
| Fate | Scuttled off Truk Lagoon on 19 November 1943 after being damaged by Japanese destroyers (8°40′N 155°02′E / 8.667°N 155.033°E) |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Sargo-class composite diesel-hydraulic and diesel-electric submarine |
| Displacement | 1,450 long tons (1,470 t) standard, surfaced, 2,350 tons (2,388 t) submerged |
| Length | 310 ft 6 in (94.64 m) |
| Beam | 26 ft 10 in (8.18 m) |
| Draft | 16 ft 7+1⁄2 in (5.067 m) |
| Propulsion | 4 × General Motors Model 16-248 V16 diesel engines (two hydraulic-drive, two driving electrical generators), 2 × 126-cell Sargo batteries, 4 × high-speed General Electric electric motors with reduction gears, two shafts, 5,500 shp (4.1 MW) surfaced, 2,740 shp (2.0 MW) submerged |
| Speed | 21 kn (39 km/h) surfaced, 8.75 kn (16.21 km/h) submerged |
| Range | 11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km) @ 10 knots (19 km/h) |
| Endurance | 48 hours @ 2 kn (3.7 km/h) submerged |
| Test depth | 250 ft (76 m) |
| Complement | 5 officers, 54 enlisted |
| Armament | 8 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (four forward, four aft; 24 torpedoes), 1 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 cal deck gun, four machine guns |
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USS Sculpin (SS-191), a Sargo-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the sculpin.