USS Goldring (SS-360)
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United States | |
Name: | USS Goldring |
Namesake: | The goldring, a fish of the Mississippi River |
Builder: | Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut (proposed)[1] |
Laid down: | Date Unknown |
Launched: | Never |
Fate: | Construction contract cancelled 29 July 1944 |
General characteristics | |
Class & 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: |
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Speed: | 20.25 kn (37.50 km/h) surfaced,[6] 8.75 kn (16.21 km/h) submerged[6] |
Range: | 11,000 nmi (20,000 km) surfaced @ 10 kn (19 km/h)[6] |
Endurance: | 48 hours @ 2 kn (3.7 km/h) submerged,[6] 75 days on patrol |
Test depth: | 400 ft (120 m)[6] |
Complement: | 10 officers, 70–71 enlisted[6] |
Armament: |
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USS Goldring (SS-360), would have been a Balao-class submarine, the only submarine of the United States Navy to be named for the goldring, an edible fish of the Mississippi River. Her keel was laid down at the Electric Boat Company of Groton, Connecticut, but construction was cancelled on 29 July 1944.
References
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922-1946, p. 146
- 1 2 3 4 5 6
- 1 2 3 4 5 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 978-0-313-26202-9.
- ↑ U.S. Submarines Through 1945 p. 261
- 1 2 3 U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 305–311
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 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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