USS Croaker
Croaker (SS-246), underway, c. 1944–45. | |
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Name | Croaker |
| Namesake | Croaker, Fish |
| Builder | General Dynamics Electric Boat, Groton, Connecticut |
| Laid down | 1 April 1943 |
| Launched | 19 December 1943 |
| Commissioned | 21 April 1944 |
| Decommissioned | 15 June 1946 |
| Recommissioned | 7 May 1951 |
| Decommissioned | 18 March 1953 |
| Recommissioned | 11 December 1953 |
| Decommissioned | 2 April 1968 |
| Stricken | 20 December 1971 |
| Status | Museum ship at Groton, Connecticut on 27 June 1976, then to Buffalo, New York since 1988. |
| Badge | |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Gato-class diesel-electric submarine |
| Displacement | 1,525 tons (1,549 t) surfaced, 2,424 tons (2,460 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 |
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| Speed | 21 kn (39 km/h) surfaced, 9 kn (17 km/h) submerged |
| Range | 11,000 nmi (20,000 km) surfaced @ 10 kn (19 km/h) |
| Endurance | 48 hours @ 2 kn (3.7 km/h) submerged, 75 days on patrol |
| Test depth | 300 ft (91 m) |
| Complement | 6 officers, 54 enlisted |
| Armament |
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USS Croaker | |
| Location | Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park, Buffalo, New York |
| Coordinates | 42°52′42″N 78°52′54″W / 42.8782°N 78.8817°W |
| NRHP reference No. | 08000863 |
| Added to NRHP | 12 September 2008 |
USS Croaker (SS/SSK/AGSS/IXSS-246), a Gato-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the croaker, any of various fishes which make throbbing or drumming noises.