Tang-class submarine
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For the Chinese submarine, see Type 096 submarine.
The Tang-class submarines were the first submarines designed (under project SCB 2) and built by the United States Navy after WWII. They incorporated the best features of the high-speed German Type XXI U-boat and the venerable U.S. Navy fleet submarine. The Tang-class, with the fleet submarines converted under the Greater Underwater Propulsion Power (GUPPY) program, had much higher submerged performance than their predecessors, but were quickly surpassed by the nuclear-propelled submarines that entered service beginning in 1954. Six units in total were built.
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Class overview | |
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Name | Tang class |
Builders | |
Operators | United States Navy |
Preceded by | Barracuda class |
Succeeded by | |
Built | 1949–1952 |
In commission | 1951–1983 |
Completed | 6 |
Retired | 6 |
Preserved | 2 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Submarine |
Displacement | |
Length | 268 ft (82 m), extended to 277 ft (84 m), then to 292 ft (89 m) |
Beam | 27 ft (8.2 m) |
Draft | 17 ft (5.2 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed |
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Range | 11,500 nmi (21,300 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) surfaced[1] |
Endurance | 1 hour at 17.5 kn (32.4 km/h; 20.1 mph) on battery |
Test depth | 700 ft (210 m) |
Complement | 8 officers, 75 enlisted |
Armament | 8 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (6 forward, 2 aft), 26 torpedoes[1] |
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