USS Archerfish (SS-311)
USS Archerfish (SS-311) | |
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Namesake | Archerfish |
| Builder | Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine |
| Laid down | 22 January 1943 |
| Launched | 28 May 1943 |
| Commissioned | 4 September 1943 |
| Decommissioned | 12 June 1946 |
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| Recommissioned | 6 March 1952 |
| Decommissioned | 21 October 1955 |
| Recommissioned | 1 August 1957 |
| Decommissioned | 1 May 1968 |
| Stricken | 1 May 1968 |
| Fate | Sunk as a target off California on 19 October 1968 |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Balao-class diesel-electric submarine |
| Displacement | 1,526 tons (1,550 t) surfaced, 2,391 tons (2,429 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 |
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| Speed | 20.25 kn (37.50 km/h) surfaced, 8.75 kn (16.21 km/h) submerged |
| Range | 11,000 nmi (20,000 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h) surfaced |
| Endurance | 48 hours at 2 kn (3.7 km/h) submerged, 75 days on patrol |
| Test depth | 400 ft (120 m) |
| Complement | 10 officers, 70–71 enlisted |
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USS Archerfish (SS/AGSS-311) was a Balao-class submarine. She was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the archerfish. Archerfish is best known for sinking the Japanese aircraft carrier Shinano in November 1944, the largest warship ever sunk by a submarine. For this achievement, she received a Presidential Unit Citation after World War II.