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USS Corvina
Submarine of the United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
USS Corvina (SS-226), a Gato-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the corvina.[7]
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Builder | Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut[1] |
Laid down | September 21, 1942[1] |
Launched | May 9, 1943[1] |
Sponsored by | Mrs. R. W. Christie |
Commissioned | August 6, 1943[1] |
Fate | Sunk by Japanese submarine I-176 south of Truk Lagoon, November 16, 1943[2] |
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Class and type | Gato-class diesel-electric submarine[2] |
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Length | 311 ft 9 in (95.02 m)[2] |
Beam | 27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)[2] |
Draft | 17 ft (5.2 m) maximum[2] |
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Range | 11,000 nmi (20,000 km) surfaced at 10 kn (19 km/h)[6] |
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Test depth | 300 ft (90 m)[6] |
Complement | 6 officers, 54 men[6] |
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