USS Hardhead

USS Hardhead (SS-365) sometime after May 1953.
History
United States
NameUSS Hardhead
NamesakeHardhead
BuilderManitowoc Shipbuilding Company, Manitowoc, Wisconsin
Laid down7 July 1943
Launched12 December 1943
Commissioned18 April 1944
Decommissioned10 May 1946
Recommissioned6 February 1952
Decommissioned22 May 1952
Recommissioned24 March 1953
Decommissioned26 July 1972
Stricken26 July 1972
IdentificationSS-365
FateTransferred to Greece, 26 July 1972
Greece
NamePapanikolis
Acquired26 July 1972
Stricken4 May 1993
IdentificationS-114
FateSold for scrap 1993
General characteristics
Class & typeBalao-class diesel-electric submarine
Displacement
  • 1,526 tons (1,550 t) surfaced
  • 2,424 tons (2,463 t) submerged
Length311 ft 9 in (95.02 m)
Beam27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)
Draft16 ft 10 in (5.13 m) maximum
Propulsion
Speed
  • 20.25 knots (38 km/h) surfaced
  • 8.75 knots (16 km/h) submerged
Range11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km) surfaced at 10 knots (19 km/h)
Endurance
  • 48 hours at 2 knots (3.7 km/h) submerged
  • 75 days on patrol
Test depth400 ft (120 m)
Complement10 officers, 70–71 enlisted
Armament
General characteristics (Guppy IIA)
Class & typenone
Displacement
  • 1,848 tons (1,878 t) surfaced
  • 2,440 tons (2,479 t) submerged
Length307 ft (93.6 m)
Beam27 ft 4 in (8.3 m)
Draft17 ft (5.2 m)
Propulsion
  • Snorkel added
  • One diesel engine and generator removed
  • Batteries upgraded to Sargo II
Speed
  • Surfaced:
  • 17.0 knots (19.6 mph; 31.5 km/h) maximum
  • 13.5 knots (15.5 mph; 25.0 km/h) cruising
  • Submerged:
  • 14.1 knots (16.2 mph; 26.1 km/h) for ½ hour
  • 8.0 knots (9.2 mph; 14.8 km/h) snorkeling
  • 3.0 knots (3.5 mph; 5.6 km/h) cruising
Armament

USS Hardhead (SS-365), a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the hardhead, a fish of the croaker family.

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