USS Crevalle (SS-291) | USS <i>Crevalle<> (SS-291)

USS Crevalle (SS-291)

Career

Builder:	Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine
Laid down:	14 November 1942
Launched:	22 February 1943
Commissioned:	24 June 1943
Decommissioned:	29 July 1946
Recommissioned:	6 September 1951
Decommissioned:	19 August 1955
Recommissioned:	11 April 1957
Decommissioned:	9 March 1962
Struck:	15 April 1968
Fate:	Sold for scrap, 17 March 1971
General characteristics
Class & type:	Balao class diesel-electric submarine
Displacement:	1,526 tons (1,550 t) surfaced 2,414 tons (2,453 t) submerged
Length:	311 ft 9 in (95.02 m)
Beam:	27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)
Draft:	16 ft 10 in (5.13 m) maximum
Propulsion:	4 × General Motors Model 16-248 V16 diesel engines driving electrical generators 2 × 126-cell Sargo batteries 4 × high-speed General Electric electric motors with reduction gears two propellers 5,400 shp (4.0 MW) surfaced 2,740 shp (2.0 MW) submerged
Speed:	20.25 knots (38 km/h) surfaced 8.75 knots (16 km/h) submerged
Range:	11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km) surfaced at 10 knots (19 km/h)
Endurance:	48 hours at 2 knots (3.7 km/h) submerged 75 days on patrol
Test depth:	400 ft (120 m)
Complement:	10 officers, 70–71 enlisted
Armament:	10 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (six forward, four aft) 24 torpedoes 1 × 5-inch (127 mm) / 25 caliber deck gun Bofors 40 mm and Oerlikon 20 mm cannon

USS Crevalle (SS/AGSS-291), a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the crevalle, the yellow mackerel, a food fish, found on both coasts of tropical America, and in the Atlantic as far north as Cape Cod. "Crevalle" is pronounced "cre-VAL-ley," with the accent on the second syllable.

Crevalle was launched 22 February 1943 by Portsmouth Navy Yard in Kittery, Maine; sponsored by Mrs. C. W. Fisher; and commissioned 24 June 1943, Lieutenant Commander H. G. Munson in command.