USS Angler (SS-240)
| Career (United States) | |
|---|---|
| Builder: | General Dynamics Electric Boat, Groton, Connecticut |
| Laid down: | 9 November 1942 |
| Launched: | 4 July 1943 |
| Sponsored by: | Mrs. Patrick H. Drewry |
| Commissioned: | 1 October 1943 |
| Decommissioned: | 2 February 1947 |
| Recommissioned: | 2 April 1951 |
| Decommissioned: | 10 November 1952 |
| Recommissioned: | 10 September 1953 |
| Decommissioned: | 1 April 1968 |
| Struck: | 15 December 1971 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap, 1 February 1974 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Gato-class diesel-electric submarine |
| Displacement: | 1,525 long tons (1,549 t) surfaced, 2,424 long tons (2,463 t) submerged |
| Length: | 311 ft 9 in (95.02 m) |
| Beam: | 27 ft 3 in (8.31 m) |
| Draft: | 17 ft (5.2 m) maximum |
| Propulsion: |
4 × General Motors Model 16-248 V16 diesel engines driving electrical generators |
| Speed: | 21 kn (39 km/h) surfaced, 9 kn (17 km/h) submerged |
| Range: | 11,000 nmi (20,000 km) surfaced @ 10 kn (19 km/h) |
| Endurance: | 48 hours @ 2 kn (3.7 km/h) submerged, 75 days on patrol |
| Test depth: | 300 ft (91 m) |
| Complement: | 6 officers, 54 enlisted |
| Armament: | 10 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (six forward, four aft) 24 torpedoes 1 × 3-inch (76 mm) / 50 caliber deck gun Bofors 40 mm and Oerlikon 20 mm cannon |
USS Angler (SS-240), a Gato-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the anglerfish.
Her keel was laid down on 9 November 1942 by the Electric Boat Company in Groton, Connecticut. She was launched on 4 July 1943 (sponsored by Mrs. Patrick H. Drewry, the wife of Congressman Patrick H. Drewry of the House Naval Affairs Committee), and commissioned at New London, Connecticut, on 1 October 1943, Lieutenant Commander Robert I. Olsen in command.
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