USS Chopper
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USS Chopper (SS/AGSS/IXSS-342), was a Balao-class submarine, of the United States Navy. It was their only ship to be named for the chopper, a common name for Pomatomus saltatrix, an aggressive game fish. She was in commission from 1945 to 1969, her active career ending due to damage from a nearly fatal accident.
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USS Chopper (SS-342) | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Chopper |
Builder | Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut[1] |
Laid down | 2 March 1944[1] |
Launched | 4 February 1945[1] |
Commissioned | 25 May 1945[1] |
Decommissioned | 27 August 1969[1] |
Stricken | 1 October 1971[1] |
Fate | Sank off Cape Hatteras, 21 July 1976, while being rigged as a tethered underwater target[1][2] |
General characteristics (World War II) | |
Class and type | Balao-class diesel-electric submarine[2] |
Displacement | |
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] |
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Speed | |
Range | 11,000 nmi (13,000 mi; 20,000 km) surfaced at 10 kn (12 mph; 19 km/h)[3] |
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Test depth | 400 ft (120 m)[3] |
Complement | 10 officers, 70–71 enlisted[3] |
Armament |
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General characteristics (Guppy IA) | |
Class and type | none |
Displacement | |
Length | 307 ft 7 in (93.75 m)[6] |
Beam | 27 ft 4 in (8.33 m)[6] |
Draft | 17 ft (5.2 m)[6] |
Propulsion | |
Speed |
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Range | 17,000 nmi (20,000 mi; 31,000 km) surfaced at 11 kn (13 mph; 20 km/h)[6] |
Endurance | 36 hours at 3 kn (3.5 mph; 5.6 km/h) submerged[6] |
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Armament |
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Notes | Snorkel added |
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