USS Hammerhead (SS-364)
Hammerhead (SS-364) slides into the Manitowoc River. | |
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Name | Hammerhead |
| Namesake | Hammerhead shark |
| Builder | Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co., Manitowoc, Wisconsin |
| Laid down | 5 May 1943 |
| Launched | 24 October 1943 |
| Commissioned | 1 March 1944 |
| Decommissioned | 9 February 1946 |
| Recommissioned | 6 February 1952 |
| Decommissioned | 21 August 1953 |
| Recommissioned | 16 July 1954 |
| Decommissioned | 23 October 1954 |
| Fate |
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| Stricken | 1 January 1972 |
| Turkey | |
| Name | TCG Cerbe (S 341) |
| Namesake | Battle of Djerba |
| Acquired | 23 October 1954 |
| Commissioned | 23 October 1954 |
| Decommissioned | 4 May 1972 |
| Fate | Scrapped |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Gato-class diesel-electric submarine |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 311 ft 9 in (95.02 m) |
| Beam | 27 ft 3 in (8.31 m) |
| Draft | 17 ft 0 in (5.18 m) maximum |
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| Speed |
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| Range | 11,000 nmi (20,000 km) surfaced at 10 knots (19 km/h) |
| Endurance |
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| Test depth | 300 ft (90 m) |
| Complement | 6 officers, 54 enlisted (peace); 80-85 (war) |
| Armament |
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USS Hammerhead (SS-364), a Gato-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the hammerhead shark, a shark found in warm seas with a flattened anterior forward of the gill slits, presenting a hammer-like silhouette when viewed from above.