USS Swordfish (SS-193)
Swordfish in 1939 | |
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Builder | Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California |
| Laid down | 27 October 1937 |
| Launched | 1 April 1939 |
| Sponsored by | Miss Louise Shaw Hepburn |
| Commissioned | 22 July 1939 |
| Stricken | 19 May 1945 |
| Fate | Probably sunk by Japanese vessels in the Ryukyu Islands, 12 January 1945 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Sargo-class submarine |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 310 ft 6 in (94.64 m) |
| Beam | 26 ft 10 in (8.18 m) |
| Draft | 16 ft 7+1⁄2 in (5.067 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed |
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| Range | 11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h) |
| Endurance | 48 hours at 2 knots (3.7 km/h) submerged |
| Test depth | 250 ft (76 m) |
| Complement | 5 officers, 54 enlisted |
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USS Swordfish (SS-193), a Sargo-class submarine, was the first submarine of the United States Navy named for the swordfish, a large fish with a long, swordlike beak and a high dorsal fin. She was the first American submarine to sink a Japanese ship during World War II.