USS Sculpin (SS-494)
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| History |
 United States |
| Name: |
USS Sculpin |
| Namesake: |
The sculpin |
| Builder: |
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine (proposed) |
| Laid down: |
Never |
| Fate: |
Construction contract cancelled 12 August 1945 |
| General characteristics |
| Class and type: |
Tench-class diesel-electric submarine [1] |
| Displacement: |
- 1,570 tons (1,595 t) surfaced [1]
- 2,416 tons (2,455 t) submerged [1]
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| Length: |
311 ft 8 in (95.00 m) [1] |
| Beam: |
27 ft 4 in (8.33 m) [1] |
| Draft: |
17 ft 0 in (5.18 m) maximum [1] |
| Propulsion: |
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| Speed: |
- 20.25 knots (38 km/h) surfaced [5]
- 8.75 knots (16 km/h) submerged [5]
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| Range: |
11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km) surfaced at 10 knots (19 km/h) [5] |
| Endurance: |
- 48 hours at 2 knots (3.7 km/h) submerged [5]
- 75 days on patrol
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| Test depth: |
400 ft (120 m) [5] |
| Complement: |
10 officers, 71 enlisted [5] |
| Armament: |
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USS Sculpin (SS-494), a Tench-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the sculpin, a spiny, large-headed, broad-mouthed, usually scale-less fish of the family Cottidae. Her construction by the Portsmouth Navy Yard was authorized but the contract for her construction was cancelled on 12 August 1945.
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Bauer, K. Jack; Roberts, Stephen S. (1991). Register of Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1775-1990: Major Combatants. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. pp. 280–282. ISBN 0-313-26202-0.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Bauer, K. Jack; Roberts, Stephen S. (1991). Register of Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1775–1990: Major Combatants. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. pp. 275–282. ISBN 978-0-313-26202-9.
- ↑ U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 261–263
- 1 2 3 U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 305–311
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 305-311
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