USS Walrus (SS-431)
For other ships of the same name, see USS Walrus.
| Career (United States) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Walrus |
| Namesake: | The walrus |
| 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] 2 × 126-cell Sargo batteries [3] |
| 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 Walrus (SS-431), a proposed United States Navy Balao-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the walrus. Her construction by the Cramp Shipbuilding Company in Philadelphia was authorized but the contract for her construction was cancelled on 29 July 1944.
The name USS Walrus was used for a fictional U.S. Navy submarine in Edward L. Beach's 1955 novel Run Silent, Run Deep.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.10 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
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 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.
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