USS Flying Fish (SS-229)
USS Flying Fish (SS-229) | |
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Builder | Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine |
| Laid down | 6 December 1940 |
| Launched | 9 July 1941 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. Husband E. Kimmel |
| Commissioned | 10 December 1941 |
| Decommissioned | 28 May 1954 |
| Stricken | 1 August 1958 |
| Honors & awards | 12 × battle stars |
| Fate | Sold for scrap, 1 May 1959 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Gato-class diesel-electric submarine |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 311 ft 9 in (95.02 m) |
| Beam | 27 ft 3 in (8.31 m) |
| Draft | 17 ft (5.2 m) maximum |
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| Speed |
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| Range | 11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km) surfaced at 10 kn (19 km/h) |
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| Test depth | 300 ft (90 m) |
| Complement | 6 officers, 54 enlisted |
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USS Flying Fish (SS/AGSS-229), a Gato-class submarine, was the first submarine and second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the flying fish. Flying Fish is credited with having sunk a total of 58,306 tons of Japanese shipping and received 12 battle stars for World War II service.