USS Guardfish (SS-217)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Guardfish.
USS Guardfish (SS-217), a Gato-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the guardfish.
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United States | |
Builder | Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut[1] |
Laid down | 1 April 1941[1] |
Launched | 20 January 1942[1] |
Sponsored by | Mrs Edward J Marquart |
Commissioned | 8 May 1942[1] |
Decommissioned | 25 May 1946[1] |
Stricken | 1 June 1960[1] |
Fate | Sunk as a target off Block Island, 10 October 1961[2] |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Gato-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 | 17 ft (5.2 m) maximum[2] |
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Speed | |
Range | 11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km) surfaced at 10 kn (19 km/h)[6] |
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Test depth | 300 ft (90 m)[6] |
Complement | 6 officers, 54 enlisted[6] |
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