USS Tarpon (SS-175)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Tarpon.
USS Tarpon (SS-175), second United States Navy ship of this name, was a Porpoise-class diesel-electric submarine. Tarpon conducted war patrols in the Pacific Ocean during World War II.
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United States | |
Builder | Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut[1] |
Laid down | 22 December 1933[1] |
Launched | 4 September 1935[1] |
Commissioned | 12 March 1936[1] |
Decommissioned | 15 November 1945[1] |
Stricken | 5 September 1956[1] |
Fate | Sold for breaking up, 8 June 1957;[1] foundered off Cape Hatteras, 26 August 1957[2] |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Porpoise-class diesel-electric submarine[2] |
Displacement | |
Length | 287 ft 0 in (87.48 m) (waterline),[4] 298 ft 0 in (90.83 m) (overall)[5] |
Beam | 25 ft 3⁄4 in (7.639 m)[3] |
Draft | 13 ft 9 in (4.19 m)[5] |
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Endurance | 10 hours at 5 knots (9.3 km/h), 36 hours at minimum speed submerged[3] |
Test depth | 250 ft (76 m)[3] |
Complement | 5 officers, 49 enlisted[3] |
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