USS Gurnard (SS-254)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Gurnard.
USS Gurnard (SS-254), a Gato-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the gurnard.
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United States | |
Builder | Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut[1] |
Laid down | 2 September 1941[1] |
Launched | 1 June 1942[1] |
Sponsored by | Miss Suzanne Slingluff |
Commissioned | 18 September 1942[1] |
Decommissioned | 27 November 1945[1] |
Stricken | 1 May 1961[1] |
Honors and awards | |
Fate | Sold for scrap, 29 October 1961[2] |
General characteristics | |
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 0 in (5.18 m) maximum[2] |
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Speed | |
Range | 11,000 nmi (20,000 km) surfaced at 10 kn (19 km/h)[5] |
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Test depth | 300 ft (90 m)[5] |
Complement | 6 officers, 54 enlisted[5] |
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