USS Marlin (SST-2)
USS Marlin (SST-2) in the late 1950s. | |
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Name | USS Marlin (SST-2) |
| Namesake | As USS Marlin: The marlin, a large game fish |
| Builder | General Dynamics Electric Boat, Groton, Connecticut |
| Laid down | 1 May 1952 |
| Launched | 14 October 1953 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. William R. DeLoach |
| Commissioned | 20 November 1953, as USS T-2 (SST-2) |
| Decommissioned | 31 January 1973 |
| Renamed | USS Marlin (SST-2), 15 May 1956 |
| Stricken | 31 January 1973 |
| Status | Museum ship, 20 August 1974 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | T-1-class training submarine |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 131 ft 3 in (40.01 m) |
| Beam | 13 ft 7 in (4.14 m) |
| Draft | 12 ft 2 in (3.71 m) |
| Propulsion | Diesel-electric, single screw |
| Speed |
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| Complement | 2 officers, 16 enlisted men |
| Armament | 1 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tube |
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USS Marlin (SST-2), originally USS T-2 (SST-2), was a T-1-class training submarine in commission from 1953 to 1973. She was the second submarine of the United States Navy to be named for the marlin, a large game fish. Except for the first 25 early development pre-World War I submarines, she was one of the smallest operational submarines ever built for the U.S. Navy.