USS Seahorse (SS-304)
USS Seahorse underway post-1943 in the Pacific Ocean | |
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Name | Seahorse |
| Builder | Mare Island Naval Shipyard |
| Laid down | 1 July 1942 |
| Launched | 9 January 1943 |
| Commissioned | 31 March 1943 |
| Decommissioned | 2 March 1946 |
| Stricken | 1 March 1967 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap, 4 December 1968 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Balao-class diesel-electric submarine |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 311 ft 10 in (95.05 m) |
| Beam | 27 ft 4 in (8.33 m) |
| Draft | 16 ft 10 in (5.13 m) maximum |
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| Speed |
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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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USS Seahorse (SS-304), a Balao-class submarine, was the first submarine and second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the seahorse, a small fish whose head and the fore part of its body suggest the head and neck of a horse.
Seahorse was laid down on 1 August 1942 by the Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California. The vessel was launched on 9 January 1943, sponsored by Mrs. Chester C. Smith, and commissioned on 31 March 1943.