USS Blackfish (SS-221)
| Career (United States) | |
|---|---|
| Builder: | General Dynamics Electric Boat, Groton, Connecticut |
| Laid down: | 1 July 1941 |
| Launched: | 18 April 1942 |
| Sponsored by: | Mrs. Henry de F. Mel |
| Commissioned: | 22 July 1942 |
| Decommissioned: | 11 May 1946 |
| Struck: | 1 September 1958 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap on 4 May 1959 |
| 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 Blackfish (SS-221), a Gato-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the blackfish, any one of several small, toothed whales.
She was launched on 18 April 1942 by Electric Boat Corporation, Groton, Connecticut (sponsored by the wife of Captain Henry de F. Mel), and commissioned on 22 July 1942, Commander Raymond W. Johnson in command.
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