USS Grenadier (SS-210)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Grenadier.
USS Grenadier (SS-210), a Tambor-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the grenadier fish, relatives of cod that are very common in bathyal and abyssal habitats.
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United States | |
Builder | Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine[1] |
Laid down | 2 April 1940[1] |
Launched | 29 November 1940[1] |
Commissioned | 1 May 1941[1] |
Honors and awards | 4 × battle stars |
Fate | Scuttled off Phuket, 22 April 1943, after being damaged by Japanese aircraft[2] |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Tambor class diesel-electric submarine[2] |
Displacement | |
Length | 307 ft 2 in (93.62 m)[3] |
Beam | 27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)[3] |
Draft | 14 ft 7+1⁄2 in (4.458 m)[3] |
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Range | 11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h)[3] |
Endurance | 48 hours at 2 knots (3.7 km/h) submerged[3] |
Test depth | 250 ft (76 m)[3] |
Complement | 6 officers, 54 enlisted[3] |
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