T-1-class submarine
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This article is about the class of U.S. Navy submarines built in 1952-1953, the lead ship of which later was renamed Mackerel. For the U.S. Navy Mackerel-class submarines built in 1939-1941, see Mackerel-class submarine.
The T-1-class submarines were a pair of submarines designed by the United States Navy and built in the early 1950s for use in training submarine personnel and testing submarine equipment. Both submarines of the class served in these roles for over 19 years.
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USS Marlin (SST-2) in the late 1950s | |
Class overview | |
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Builders | Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, Connecticut |
Built | 1952–1953 |
In commission | 1953–1973 |
Planned | 2 |
Completed | 2 |
Retired | 2 |
Preserved | 1 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Training submarine |
Displacement | |
Length | 131 ft 3 in (40 m) |
Beam | 13 ft 7 in (4.14 m) |
Draft | 12 ft (3.7 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | |
Range | 2,000 nautical miles (3,700 km) surfaced at 10 knots (19 km/h)[2] |
Endurance |
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Test depth | 225 ft (69 m)[2] |
Complement | 2 officers, 12 enlisted men |
Armament | 1 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tube |
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