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USS Grouper
Gato-class submarine (1941 to 1968) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
USS Grouper (SS/SSK/AGSS-214), a Gato-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the grouper.
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Builder | Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut[1] |
Laid down | 28 December 1940[1] |
Launched | 27 October 1941[1] |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Albert F. Church |
Commissioned | 12 February 1942[1] |
Decommissioned | 2 December 1968[1] |
Stricken | 2 December 1968[1] |
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Fate | Sold for scrap, 11 August 1970[2] |
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Class and type | Gato-class diesel-electric submarine[2] |
Displacement | |
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 nautical miles (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 enlisted[6] |
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