USS Sea Fox
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Sea Fox |
| Builder | Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine |
| Laid down | 2 November 1943 |
| Launched | 28 March 1944 |
| Commissioned | 13 June 1944 |
| Decommissioned | 15 October 1952 |
| Recommissioned | 5 June 1953 |
| Decommissioned | 14 December 1970 |
| Stricken | 14 December 1970 |
| Identification | SS-402 |
| Fate | Transferred to Turkey, 14 December 1970 |
| Turkey | |
| Name | TCG Burakreis |
| Acquired | 14 December 1970 |
| Commissioned | 8 August 1971 |
| Stricken | 1996 |
| Identification | S335 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Balao-class diesel-electric submarine |
| Displacement | |
| 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 nautical miles (20,000 km) surfaced at 10 knots (19 km/h) |
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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 Sea Fox (SS-402), a Balao-class submarine, was a vessel of the United States Navy named for the sea fox, a large shark, also called the thresher shark, which frequents the coast of Europe and the Americas.
Sea Fox was laid down on 2 November 1943 at the Portsmouth Navy Yard in Kittery, Maine; launched on 28 March 1944, sponsored by Mrs. Robert N. Robertson, widow of Lieutenant Robert N. Robertson, who survived the sinking of USS Squalus only to be lost during the war as executive officer of USS Argonaut. The submarine was commissioned on 13 June 1944.