USS Dorado (SS-248)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Dorado.
USS Dorado (SS-248), a Gato-class submarine, was the first submarine of the United States Navy to be named for the dorado.
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Dorado fitting out, the final stage of construction, in August 1943. | |
History | |
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United States | |
Builder | Electric Boat, Groton, Connecticut[1] |
Laid down | 27 August 1942[1] |
Launched | 23 May 1943[1] |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Ezra G. Allen |
Commissioned | 28 August 1943[1] |
Fate | |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Gato-class diesel-electric submarine[2] |
Displacement | 1,525 long tons (1,549 t) surfaced,[2] 2,424 long tons (2,463 t) submerged[2] |
Length | 311 ft 9 in (95.02 m)[2] |
Beam | 27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)[2] |
Draft | 17 ft (5.2 m) maximum[2] |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 21 kn (39 km/h) surfaced,[6] 9 kn (17 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 | 300 ft (91 m)[6] |
Complement | 6 officers, 54 enlisted[6] |
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