Mackerel class submarine
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Class overview | |
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Builders: | Electric Boat Company (Mackerel) Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (Marlin) |
Operators: | United States Navy |
Preceded by: | Tambor class |
Succeeded by: | Gato class |
Built: | 1939–1941 |
In commission: | 1941–1945 |
Completed: | 2 |
Retired: | 2 |
General characteristics (Mackerel) | |
Type: | diesel and electric submarine[1] |
Displacement: | 825 tons (838 t) surfaced[2] 1,190 tons (1,209 t) submerged[2] |
Length: | 243 ft 1 in (74.1 m)[2] |
Beam: | 22 ft 1 in (6.7 m)[2] |
Draft: | 13 ft ¼ in (3.97 m)[2] |
Propulsion: | 2 × Electric Boat direct-drive diesel engines[1] 2 × 60-cell Sargo batteries[2] 2 × Electro Dynamic electric motors[1] 2 screws[1] 1,680 bhp (1,250 kW) surfaced[1] 1,500 bhp (1,100 kW) submerged[1] |
Speed: | 16 knots (30 km/h) surfaced[1] 11 knots (20 km/h) submerged[1] |
Range: | 6,500 nautical miles (12,000 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h) (service)[2] |
Test depth: | 250 feet (76 m)[2] |
Complement: | 4 officers, 33 enlisted[2] |
Armament: | 6 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (four forward, two aft) 12 torpedoes[2] 1 × 3-inch (76 mm) / 50 caliber gun[2] |
General characteristics (Marlin) | |
Type: | Diesel-electric submarine[1] |
Displacement: | 800 tons (813 t) standard, surfaced[2] 1165 tons (1184 t) submerged[2] |
Length: | 238 ft 11 in (72.8 m)[2] |
Beam: | 21 ft 7¼ in (6.58 m)[2] |
Draft: | 13 ft ¼ in (3.97 m)[2] |
Propulsion: | 2 × ALCO diesel engines driving electrical generators[1] 2 × 126-cell Sargo batteries[2] 2 × General Electric electric motors[1] 2 screws[1] 1,700 bhp (1,300 kW) surfaced[1] 1,500 bhp (1,100 kW) submerged[1] |
Speed: | 14.5 knots (27 km/h) surfaced[2] 9 knots (17 km/h) submerged[2] |
Range: | 7,400 nautical miles (13,700 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h)[2] |
Test depth: | 250 feet (76 m)[2] |
Complement: | 4 officers, 34 enlisted[2] |
Armament: | 6 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (four forward, two aft) 12 torpedoes[2] 1 × 3-inch (76 mm) / 50 caliber gun[2] |
The Mackerel Class Submarines were two submarines built during the Second World War.
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