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USS Ray (SS-271)
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For other ships of the same name, see USS Ray.
USS Ray (SS/SSR-271), a Gato-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the ray, a fish characterized by a flat body, large pectoral fins, and a whiplike tail.
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Builder | Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company, Manitowoc, Wisconsin[1] |
Laid down | 20 July 1942[1] |
Launched | 28 February 1943[1] |
Sponsored by | Mrs. S. C. Loomis |
Commissioned | 27 July 1943[1] |
Decommissioned | 12 February 1947[1] |
Recommissioned | 13 August 1952[1] |
Decommissioned | 30 September 1958[1] |
Stricken | 1 April 1960[1] |
Fate | Sold for scrap, 18 December 1960[1] |
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Class and type | Gato-class diesel-electric submarine[2] |
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Length | 311 ft 9 in (95.02 m)[2] |
Beam | 27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)[2] |
Draft | 17 ft 0 in (5.18 m) maximum[2] |
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Range | 11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km) surfaced at 10 knots (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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