USS Cuttlefish (SS-171)
| Career (United States) | |
|---|---|
| Builder: | Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut |
| Laid down: | 7 October 1931 |
| Launched: | 21 November 1933 |
| Commissioned: | 8 June 1934 |
| Decommissioned: | 24 October 1945 |
| Struck: | 3 July 1946 |
| Fate: | Sold for breaking up, 12 February 1947 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | V-8 (Cachalot)-class direct-drive diesel and electric submarine |
| Displacement: | 1,130 tons (1,150 t) surfaced, standard, 1,650 tons (1,680 t) submerged |
| Length: | 274 ft (83.5 m) |
| Beam: | 24 ft 9 in (7.54 m) |
| Draft: | 16 ft 3 in (4.95 m) maximum |
| Propulsion: | 2 × MAN M9Vu 40/46 nine-cylinder two-cycle direct-drive diesel engines, 1,535 hp (1,145 kW) each, 2 × 120-cell Exide WLLH31 batteries, 2 × Electro Dynamic electric motors, 800 hp (600 kW) each; one MAN four-cycle auxiliary diesel, (re-engined) 2 × Winton GM16-278 16-cylinder four-cycle diesels, 1,600 hp (1,190 kW) each, two shafts |
| Speed: | 17 kn (31 km/h) surfaced; 8 kn (15 km/h) submerged |
| Range: | 6,000 nmi (11,000 km) @ 10 kn (19 km/h), 14,000 nmi (26,000 km) @ 10 kn with fuel in main ballast tanks, 83,290 US gal (315,300 L) oil fuel |
| Endurance: | 10 hours at 5 knots (9 km/h) |
| Test depth: | 250 ft (80 m) |
| Complement: | 6 officers, 39 men (peacetime); 7 officers, 48 men (war) |
| Armament: | 6 × 21 in (530 mm) torpedo tubes, (four forward, two aft; 16 torpedoes), 1 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 cal deck gun |
USS Cuttlefish (SC-5/SS-171), a Cachalot-class submarine and one of the "V-boats," was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the cuttlefish. Her keel was laid down by Electric Boat Company in Groton, Connecticut. She was launched on 21 November 1933 sponsored by Mrs. B. S. Bullard, and commissioned on 8 June 1934, Lieutenant Commander Charles W. "Gin" Styer in command.
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