USS Argonaut (SM-1)
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"SF-7" redirects here. For other uses, see SF7.
For other ships with the same name, see USS Argonaut.
USS Argonaut (V-4/SF-7/SM-1/A-1/APS-1/SS-166) was a submarine of the United States Navy, the first boat to carry the name. Argonaut was laid down as V-4 on 1 May 1925 at Portsmouth Navy Yard. She was launched on 10 November 1927, sponsored by Mrs. Philip Mason Sears, the daughter of Rear Admiral William D. MacDougall, and commissioned on 2 April 1928. Although never officially designated as "SS-166", at some point she displayed this number on her conning tower.[11]
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Argonaut |
Builder | Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine[1] |
Laid down | 1 May 1925[1] |
Launched | 10 November 1927[1] |
Commissioned | 2 April 1928[1] |
Fate | Sunk by Japanese destroyers off Rabaul on 10 January 1943[2] |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | V-4 (Argonaut)-class composite direct-drive diesel and diesel-electric submarine[2] |
Displacement | |
Length | 358 ft (109 m) (waterline),[5] 381 ft (116 m)[4] (overall) |
Beam | 33 ft 9.5 in (10.300 m)[4] |
Draft | 16 ft .25 in (4.8832 m)[4] |
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Speed | |
Range | 8,000 nmi (9,200 mi; 15,000 km) at 10 kn (12 mph; 19 km/h);[4] 18,000 nmi (21,000 mi; 33,000 km) @ 10 kn (12 mph; 19 km/h) with fuel in main ballast tanks[4] |
Endurance | 10 hours @ 5 kn (5.8 mph; 9.3 km/h)[4] |
Test depth | 300 ft (91 m)[4] |
Capacity | 173,875 US gal (658,190 L) diesel fuel[9] |
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Notes | Two Battle stars |
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