USS Cobia (SS-245)
| Career | |
|---|---|
| Ordered: | 9 September 1940 |
| Builder: | Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut |
| Laid down: | 17 March 1943 |
| Launched: | 28 November 1943 |
| Sponsored by: | Mrs. C. W. Magruder |
| Commissioned: | 29 March 1944 |
| Decommissioned: | 22 May 1946 |
| Recommissioned: | 6 July 1951 |
| Decommissioned: | 19 March 1954 |
| Struck: | 1 July 1970 |
| Status: | Memorial at Manitowoc, Wisconsin, 17 August 1970 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Gato-class diesel-electric submarine |
| Displacement: | 1,490 long tons (1,510 t) surfaced 2,070 long tons (2,100 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 at 10 kn (19 km/h) |
| Endurance: | 48 hours at 2 kn (4 km/h) submerged 75 days on patrol |
| Test depth: | 300 ft (90 m) |
| Complement: | 10 officers, 70 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 Cobia (submarine) | |
| U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
| U.S. National Historic Landmark | |
| Built: | 1943 |
| Architect: | Electric Boat Co. |
| Governing body: | Private |
| NRHP Reference#: | 86000087 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP: | 14 January 1986 |
| Designated NHL: | 14 January 1986 |
USS Cobia (SS/AGSS-245) is a Gato-class submarine, formerly of the United States Navy, named for the cobia, a food fish found in warm waters.
Cobia (SS-245) was laid down on 17 March 1943 by Electric Boat Co., Groton, Conn. She was launched on 28 November 1943 (sponsored by Mrs. C. W. Magruder), and commissioned on 29 March 1944, Lieutenant Commander Albert L. Becker in command.
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