USS Razorback
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Builder | Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine |
| Laid down | 9 September 1943 |
| Launched | 27 January 1944 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. H. F. D. Davis |
| Commissioned | 3 April 1944 |
| Decommissioned | August 1952 |
| Recommissioned | 1954 |
| Decommissioned | 30 November 1970 |
| Stricken | 30 November 1970 |
| Fate | Sold to Turkey, 30 November 1970 |
| Turkey | |
| Name | TCG Muratreis (S-336) |
| Acquired | 30 November 1970 |
| Commissioned | 17 December 1971 |
| Decommissioned | 8 August 2001 |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Balao-class diesel-electric submarine |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 311 ft 6 in (94.95 m) |
| Beam | 27 ft 3 in (8.31 m) |
| Draft | 16 ft 10 in (5.13 m) maximum |
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| Range | 11,000 nmi (20,000 km; 13,000 mi) surfaced at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
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| Test depth | 400 ft (120 m) |
| Complement | 10 officers, 70–71 enlisted |
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| General characteristics (Guppy IIA) | |
| Class & type | none |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 307 ft (94 m) |
| Beam | 27 ft 4 in (8.33 m) |
| Draft | 17 ft (5.2 m) |
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USS Razorback(SS-394) | |
| Location | North bank of the Arkansas River at the Arkansas Inland Maritime Museum near I-30 Bridge, North Little Rock, Arkansas |
| Coordinates | 34°45′7.60″N 92°16′1.12″W / 34.7521111°N 92.2669778°W |
| Area | less than 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| Built | 1943 |
| Architect | Portsmouth Naval Shipyard |
| NRHP reference No. | 04001502 |
| Added to NRHP | 1 September 2005 |
USS Razorback (SS-394), a Balao-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named after the razorback, a species of whale (Balaenoptera physalus) found in the far southern reaches of the Pacific Ocean. She is arguably the longest-serving combat front-line submarine still existing in the world, having been commissioned by two different countries for 56 years of active duty. She was in Tokyo Bay during the surrender of Japan. In 2004, the state of Arkansas adopted the submarine (although she was not named after the University of Arkansas Razorbacks mascot) and she is now a museum ship at the Arkansas Inland Maritime Museum.