USS Clamagore
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USS Clamagore (SS-343) was a Balao-class submarine, which operated as a museum ship at the Patriot's Point Naval & Maritime Museum outside Charleston, South Carolina from 1979 to 2022. Built in 1945 for the United States Navy, she was still in training when World War II ended. She was named for the clamagore. A National Historic Landmark, she was the last surviving example of a GUPPY III type submarine.[9] On 15 October 2022, the USS Clamagore, stripped of sail and superstructure was removed from Patriots Point and towed to Norfolk VA to begin final recycling.[10]
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USS Clamagore (SS-343), some time after her GUPPY conversion | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | Clamagore |
Namesake | Clamagore |
Builder | Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut[1] |
Laid down | 16 March 1944[1] |
Launched | 25 February 1945[1] |
Sponsored by | Miss M. J. Jacobs |
Commissioned | 28 June 1945[1] |
Decommissioned | 12 June 1975[1] |
Stricken | 27 June 1975[2] |
Fate | Scrapped, 2022 |
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General characteristics (World War II) | |
Class and type | Balao-class diesel-electric submarine[2] |
Displacement | |
Length | 311 ft 9 in (95.0 m)[2] |
Beam | 27 ft 3 in (8.3 m)[2] |
Draft | 16 ft 10 in (5.1 m) maximum[2] |
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Speed | |
Range | 11,000 nmi (20,000 km; 13,000 mi) surfaced at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph)[3] |
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Test depth | 400 ft (122 m)[3] |
Complement | 10 officers, 70–71 enlisted[3] |
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General characteristics (Guppy II) | |
Displacement | |
Length | 307 ft (93.6 m)[6] |
Beam | 27 ft 4 in (8.3 m)[6] |
Draft | 17 ft (5.2 m)[6] |
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Range | 15,000 nmi (28,000 km; 17,000 mi) surfaced at 11 kn (20 km/h; 13 mph)[6] |
Endurance | 48 hours at 4 kn (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) submerged[6] |
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General characteristics (Guppy III) | |
Displacement | |
Length | 321 ft (98 m)[6] |
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Range | 15,900 nmi (29,400 km; 18,300 mi) surfaced at 8.5 kn (15.7 km/h; 9.8 mph)[6] |
Endurance | 36 hours at 3 kn (5.6 km/h; 3.5 mph) submerged[6] |
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USS Clamagore (Submarine) | |
Location | Patriot's Point, Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina |
Coordinates | 32°47′19″N 79°54′31″W |
Built | 1963 |
Architect | Electric Boat Works |
NRHP reference No. | 89001229 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | 29 June 1989[7] |
Designated NHL | 29 June 1989[8] |
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