USS Dorado (SS-526)
For other ships with the same name, see USS Dorado.
History | |
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United States | |
Name: | USS Dorado |
Namesake: | The dorado, also known as the dolphin fish or mahi-mahi |
Builder: | Boston Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts |
Laid down: | Date unknown |
Launched: | Never |
Fate: | Construction contract cancelled 29 July 1944 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type: | Tench-class diesel-electric submarine [1] |
Displacement: | |
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] |
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Speed: | |
Range: | 11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km) surfaced at 10 knots (19 km/h) [5] |
Endurance: |
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Test depth: | 400 ft (120 m) [5] |
Complement: | 10 officers, 71 enlisted [5] |
Armament: |
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USS Dorado (SS-526), a Tench-class submarine, was the second submarine of the United States Navy to be named for the dorado, the Spanish language name for the fish also known as the dolphinfish and the mahi-mahi. Her keel was laid down, but construction was canceled on 29 July 1944.
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
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
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