| Career (United States) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Whiting |
| Namesake: | The Merlangius merlangus or "whiting" |
| Builder: | Cramp Shipbuilding Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (proposed) |
| Laid down: | Never |
| Fate: | Construction contract cancelled 29 July 1944 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Balao class diesel-electric submarine[1] |
| Displacement: | 1,526 long tons (1,550 t) surfaced,[1] 2,414 long tons (2,453 t) submerged[1] |
| Length: | 311 ft 9 in (95.02 m)[1] |
| Beam: | 27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)[1] |
| Draft: | 16 ft 10 in (5.13 m) maximum[1] |
| Propulsion: |
4 × General Motors Model 16-248 V16 diesel engines driving electrical generators[1][2] |
| Speed: | 20.25 kn (37.50 km/h) surfaced,[3] 8.75 kn (16.21 km/h) submerged[3] |
| Range: | 11,000 nmi (20,000 km) surfaced @ 10 kn (19 km/h)[3] |
| Endurance: | 48 hours @ 2 kn (3.7 km/h) submerged,[3] 75 days on patrol |
| Test depth: | 400 ft (120 m)[3] |
| Complement: | 10 officers, 70–71 enlisted[3] |
| Armament: | 10 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (six forward, four aft) 24 torpedoes [3] 1 × 4-inch (102 mm) / 50 caliber deck gun [3] Bofors 40 mm and Oerlikon 20 mm cannon |
USS Whiting (SS-433), a proposed World War II Balao-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the Merlangius merlangus or "whiting", a small European food fish. Her construction by the Cramp Shipbuilding Company in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was authorized but the contract for her construction was cancelled on 29 July 1944.