USS Wahoo (SS-516)
For other ships with the same name, see
USS Wahoo.
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| History |
 United States |
| Name: |
USS Wahoo |
| Namesake: |
The wahoo |
| Builder: |
Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California |
| Laid down: |
15 May 1944 |
| Launched: |
Never |
| Fate: |
Construction contract cancelled 7 January 1946 |
| General characteristics |
| Class and type: |
Tench-class diesel-electric submarine [1] |
| Displacement: |
- 1,570 tons (1,595 t) surfaced [1]
- 2,416 tons (2,455 t) submerged [1]
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| Length: |
311 ft 8 in (95.00 m) [1] |
| Beam: |
27 ft 4 in (8.33 m) [1] |
| Draft: |
17 ft 0 in (5.18 m) maximum [1] |
| Propulsion: |
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| Speed: |
- 20.25 knots (38 km/h) surfaced [5]
- 8.75 knots (16 km/h) submerged [5]
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| Range: |
11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km) surfaced at 10 knots (19 km/h) [5] |
| Endurance: |
- 48 hours at 2 knots (3.7 km/h) submerged [5]
- 75 days on patrol
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| Test depth: |
400 ft (120 m) [5] |
| Complement: |
10 officers, 71 enlisted [5] |
| Armament: |
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USS Wahoo (SS-516), a Tench-class submarine. Her construction by the Mare Island Navy Yard in Vallejo, California, was authorized and her keel was laid down on 15 May 1944, but the contract for her construction was canceled on 7 January 1946.
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Bauer, K. Jack; Roberts, Stephen S. (1991). Register of Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1775-1990: Major Combatants. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. pp. 280–282. ISBN 0-313-26202-0.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Bauer, K. Jack; Roberts, Stephen S. (1991). Register of Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1775–1990: Major Combatants. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. pp. 275–282. ISBN 978-0-313-26202-9.
- ↑ U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 261–263
- 1 2 3 U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 305–311
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 305-311
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