USS Cobia
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USS Cobia (SS/AGSS-245) is a Gato-class submarine, formerly of the United States Navy, named for the cobia.
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USS Cobia (SS-245) | |
History | |
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United States | |
Namesake | Cobia |
Ordered | 9 September 1940 |
Builder | Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut[1] |
Laid down | 17 March 1943[2] |
Launched | 28 November 1943[2] |
Sponsored by | Mrs. C. W. Magruder |
Commissioned | 29 March 1944[2] |
Decommissioned | 22 May 1946[2] |
Recommissioned | 6 July 1951[2] |
Decommissioned | 19 March 1954[2] |
Stricken | 1 July 1970[2] |
Status | Memorial at Manitowoc, Wisconsin, 17 August 1970[3] |
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General characteristics | |
Class and type | Gato-class diesel-electric submarine[3] |
Displacement | |
Length | 311 ft 9 in (95.02 m)[3] |
Beam | 27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)[3] |
Draft | 17 ft (5.2 m) maximum[3] |
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Speed | |
Range | 11,000 nmi (20,000 km) surfaced at 10 kn (19 km/h)[7] |
Endurance |
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Test depth | 300 ft (90 m)[7] |
Complement | 10 officers, 70 enlisted[7] |
Armament |
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USS Cobia (submarine) | |
Location | Manitowoc, Wisconsin |
Coordinates | 44°5′33″N 87°39′20″W |
Built | 1943 |
Architect | Electric Boat Co. |
NRHP reference No. | 86000087 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | 14 January 1986[8] |
Designated NHL | 14 January 1986[9] |
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Cobia was designated a National Historic Landmark for her service in World War II, which included service in the Pacific, where she earned four battle stars. She is now a museum ship at the Wisconsin Maritime Museum in Manitowoc, Wisconsin.