USS Eel (SS-354)
For other ships of the same name, see USS Eel.
| Career (United States) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Eel |
| Namesake: | The eel |
| Builder: | Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut (proposed)[1] |
| Laid down: | Never |
| Fate: | Construction order cancelled 23 October 1944 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Balao class diesel-electric submarine[2] |
| Displacement: | 1,526 long tons (1,550 t) surfaced,[2] 2,414 long tons (2,453 t) submerged[2] |
| Length: | 311 ft 9 in (95.02 m)[2] |
| Beam: | 27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)[2] |
| Draft: | 16 ft 10 in (5.13 m) maximum[2] |
| Propulsion: | 4 × General Motors Model 16-248 V16 diesel engines driving electrical generators[2][3] 2 × 126-cell Sargo batteries [4] |
| Speed: | 20.25 kn (37.50 km/h) surfaced,[4] 8.75 kn (16.21 km/h) submerged[4] |
| Range: | 11,000 nmi (20,000 km) surfaced @ 10 kn (19 km/h)[4] |
| Endurance: | 48 hours @ 2 kn (3.7 km/h) submerged,[4] 75 days on patrol |
| Test depth: | 400 ft (120 m)[4] |
| Complement: | 10 officers, 70–71 enlisted[4] |
| Armament: | 10 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (six forward, four aft) 24 torpedoes[4] 1 × 4-inch (102 mm) / 50 caliber deck gun[4] Bofors 40 mm and Oerlikon 20 mm cannon |
USS Eel (SS-354), would have been a Balao-class submarine, the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the eels, an order of voracious, snakelike fishes, having a smooth, slimy skin and no pelvic fins.
Eel 's construction was canceled on 23 October 1944.
The name USS Eel was used for a fictional U.S. Navy submarine in Edward L. Beach's 1955 novel Run Silent, Run Deep.
References
- ↑ Conway 's All the World 's Fighting Ships 1922-1946, p. 146
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.10 Bauer, K. Jack; Roberts, Stephen S. (1991). Register of Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1775-1990: Major Combatants. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. pp. 275–280. ISBN 0-313-26202-0.
- ↑ U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 261
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 305-311
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
- Gardiner, Robert, Ed. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922-1946. New York: Mayflower Books, 1980. ISBN 0-8317-0303-2.
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