USS Comber (SS-527)
For other ships with the same name, see USS Comber.
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United States | |
Name: | USS Comber |
Namesake: | The comber, a fish |
Builder: | Boston Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts (proposed) |
Laid down: | 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] |
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Test depth: | 400 ft (120 m) [5] |
Complement: | 10 officers, 71 enlisted [5] |
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USS Comber (SS-527), a Tench-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to bear the name. She was named for the comber, a fish found in the Red Sea, the Mediterranean Sea, and the eastern Atlantic as far north as the British Isles.
Her name was assigned on 5 May 1944, 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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