USS Jawfish (SS-356)
| Career (United States) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Jawfish |
| Namesake: | The jawfish |
| Builder: | Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut (proposed)[1] |
| Laid down: | Never |
| Renamed: | From USS Fanegal to USS Jawfish 24 September 1942 |
| Fate: | Construction order cancelled 29 July 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 Jawfish (SS-356), a Balao-class submarine, was originally named Fanegal for the fanegal or blackbelly rosefish (Helicolenus dactylopterus) on 28 August 1942, but was renamed Jawfish for the jawfish (Opistognathus aurifrons), a fish that burrows into patches of sand and coral rubble around the edges of reefs, on 24 September 1942. She was the only ship of the United States Navy to bear either name.
Her construction by the Electric Boat Company of Groton, Connecticut, was canceled 29 July 1944.
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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