USS Lionfish
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USS Lionfish (SS-298), a Balao-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy named for the lionfish, a scorpaenid fish native to the Pacific and an invasive species found around the Caribbean. She was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1986, and is now on display at Battleship Cove in Fall River, Massachusetts.
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USS Lionfish | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | Lionfish |
Namesake | Lionfish |
Builder | |
Yard number | 553 |
Laid down | 15 December 1942[1] |
Launched | 7 November 1943[1] |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Harold C. Train |
Commissioned | 1 November 1944[1] |
Decommissioned | 16 January 1946[1] |
Recommissioned | 31 January 1951[1] |
Decommissioned | 15 December 1953[1] |
Stricken | 20 December 1971[1] |
Status | Museum ship at Battleship Cove, Fall River, Massachusetts since 30 August 1972[2] |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Balao-class submarine[2] |
Displacement | |
Length | 311 ft 6 in (94.95 m)[2] |
Beam | 27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)[2] |
Draft | 16 ft 10 in (5.13 m) maximum[2] |
Propulsion |
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Speed | |
Range | 11,000 nmi (20,000 km; 13,000 mi) surfaced at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)[6] |
Endurance |
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Test depth | 400 ft (120 m)[6] |
Complement | 10 officers, 70–71 enlisted[6] |
Armament |
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USS Lionfish (SS-298) | |
Location | Fall River, Massachusetts |
Coordinates | 41°42′22″N 71°09′47″W |
Built | 1943 |
NRHP reference No. | 76002270[7] |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | 30 September 1976 |
Designated NHL | 14 January 1986 |
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