USS Robalo
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USS Robalo (SS-273), a Gato-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the róbalo or common snook.
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USS Robalo (SS-273) at launch, and just after | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | Robalo[1] |
Namesake | Common snook or robalo |
Builder | Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company, Manitowoc, Wisconsin[2] |
Laid down | 24 October 1942[2] |
Launched | 9 May 1943[2] |
Sponsored by | Mrs. E. S. Root |
Commissioned | 28 September 1943[2] |
Stricken | 16 September 1944 |
Fate | Sunk by mine 26 July 1944[3] |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Gato-class diesel-electric submarine[3] |
Displacement | |
Length | 311 ft 9 in (95.02 m)[3] |
Beam | 27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)[3] |
Draft | 17 ft 0 in (5.18 m) maximum[3] |
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Speed | |
Range | 11,000 nmi (20,000 km) surfaced at 10 knots (19 km/h)[7] |
Endurance |
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Test depth | 300 ft (90 m)[7] |
Complement | 6 officers, 54 enlisted[7] |
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