USS Cuttlefish (SS-171)
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Cuttlefish |
| Builder | Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut |
| Laid down | 7 October 1931 |
| Launched | 21 November 1933 |
| Commissioned | 8 June 1934 |
| Decommissioned | 24 October 1945 |
| Stricken | 3 July 1946 |
| Fate | Sold for breaking up, 12 February 1947 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & 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 |
|
| 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 |
|
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. Cuttlefish was the first submarine built entirely at Electric Boat's facility in Groton, Connecticut; construction of previous Electric Boat designs had been subcontracted to other shipyards, notably Fore River Shipbuilding of Quincy, Massachusetts. Four Peruvian R-class submarines had previously been finished in Groton, using material from cancelled S-boats salvaged from Fore River.