USS Tilefish
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USS Tilefish (SS-307), a Balao-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the tilefish, a large, yellow-spotted deepwater food fish.
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United States | |
Name | USS Tilefish (SS-307) |
Builder | Mare Island Naval Shipyard[1] |
Laid down | March 10, 1943[1] |
Launched | October 25, 1943[1] |
Commissioned | December 15, 1943[1] |
Decommissioned | October 12, 1959[1] |
Recommissioned | January 30, 1960[1] |
Decommissioned | May 4, 1960[1] |
Stricken | December 1, 1960[2] |
Fate | Transferred to Venezuela, May 4, 1960[2] |
Venezuela | |
Name | ARV Carite (S-11) |
Acquired | May 4, 1960 |
Decommissioned | January 28, 1977 |
Fate | Cannibalized for spare parts |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Balao-class diesel-electric submarine[2] |
Displacement | |
Length | 311 ft 10 in (95.05 m)[2] |
Beam | 27 ft 4 in (8.33 m)[2] |
Draft | 16 ft 10 in (5.13 m) maximum[2] |
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Speed | |
Range | 11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km) surfaced at 10 knots (19 km/h)[6] |
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Test depth | 400 feet (120 m)[6] |
Complement | 10 officers, 70–71 enlisted[6] |
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Her keel was laid down on March 10, 1943 at Vallejo, California, by the Mare Island Navy Yard. She was launched on October 25, 1943 sponsored by Mrs. Wilson D. Leggett, and commissioned on December 28, 1943.