USS Cobia
Service
- 29 March 1944 — 19 March 1954523 days of the war
- Name
- USS Cobia
- Namesake
- Cobia
- Builder
- Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut
- Ordered
- 9 September 1940
- Laid down
- 17 March 1943
- Launched
- 28 November 1943
- Commissioned
- 29 March 1944
- Decommissioned
- 22 May 1946
- Recommissioned
- 6 July 1951
- Struck
- 1 July 1970
- Fate
- Memorial at Manitowoc, Wisconsin, 17 August 1970 (1970)
- Status
- Preserved
Specifications
- Displacement, surfaced
- 1,490 long tons (1,514 t)
- Displacement, submerged
- 2,070 long tons (2,103 t)
- Length
- 94.79 m (311 ft)
- Beam
- 8.23 m (27 ft)
- Draught
- 5.18 m (17 ft)
- Speed
- 21 knots (38.9 km/h, 24.2 mph)
- Range
- 11,000 nmi (20,372 km)
- Complement
- 80
- Main gun
- 76 mm (3 in)
USS Cobia was a Gato-class diesel-electric submarine of the United States Navy. The ship was named after Cobia. Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut laid her keel on 17 March 1943. She entered service on 29 March 1944, having been launched on 28 November 1943.
She was one of 76 ships of her class. The class followed the Mackerel-class submarine and was succeeded by the Balao-class submarine.
The boat displaced 1,490 long tons surfaced and 2,070 long tons submerged. She measured 94.8 m (311 ft) long with a beam of 8.2 m (27 ft). Her designed speed was 21 knots, and she carried a complement of 80. Her main battery was of 76 mm (3.0 in) calibre.
She was in commission for 523 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 22 May 1946. She recommissioned on 6 July 1951. She was struck from the register on 1 July 1970.
She has been preserved on 17 August 1970.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 4 × General Motors Model 16-248 V16 Diesel engines driving electric generators
- 2 × 126-cell Sargo batteries
- 4 × high-speed General Electric electric motors with reduction gears
- two propellers
- 5,400 shp (4.0 MW) surfaced
- 2,740 shp (2.0 MW) submerged
- Armament
- 10 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
- 6 forward, 4 aft
- 24 torpedoes
- 1 × 3-inch (76 mm) / 50 caliber deck gun
- Bofors 40 mm and Oerlikon 20 mm cannon
Sister ships
- USS Albacore (SS-218)
- USS Amberjack (SS-219)
- USS Angler
- USS Barb (SS-220)
- USS Bashaw
- USS Blackfish
- USS Bluefish (SS-222)
- USS Bluegill
- USS Bonefish (SS-223)
- USS Bream
- USS Cavalla (SS-244)
- USS Cero (SS-225)
- USS Cod
- USS Corvina
- USS Croaker
- USS Dace (SS-247)
- USS Darter (SS-227)
- USS Dorado (SS-248)
- USS Drum (SS-228)
- USS Finback (SS-230)
- USS Flasher (SS-249)
- USS Flier
- USS Flounder
- USS Flying Fish (SS-229)
Sources
- Facts harvested from USS Cobia on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Unknown author — Unknown source — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons