Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
United States Navy — Submarine SS-167

USS Narwhal (SS-167)

V-boat V-5 composite direct-drive diesel and diesel-electric submarine

USS Narwhal (SS-167)
Bureau of Ships, U.S. Navy; The original uploader was Ahseaton at English Wikipedia . 2005-07-05 (original upload date) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate — SS-167 The U.S. Navy submarine V5, renamed USS Narwhal (SS-167), underway in 1931.

Service

  1. United States Navy as USS Narwhal2,193 days of the war
V-boat V-5 composite direct-drive diesel and diesel-electric submarine Particulars
Name
USS Narwhal
Pennant / hull number
SS-167
Builder
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine285–304
Fate
Sold for breaking up, 16 November 1945285–304
Status
Unknown

Specifications

Length
106.38 m (349 ft) OA
Beam
10.06 m (33 ft)
Draught
4.88 m (16 ft)
Range
9,380 nmi (17,372 km)
Complement
97
Main gun
152 mm (6 in)

USS Narwhal was a V-boat V-5 composite direct-drive diesel and diesel-electric submarine, operated by the United States Navy. She carried the pennant number SS-167. She was built by Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine285–304.

She measured 106.4 m (349 ft) long with a beam of 10.1 m (33 ft). She carried a complement of 97. Her main battery was of 152 mm (6.0 in) calibre.

She was in commission for 2,193 days of the Second World War.

Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.

Armament and machinery

Armament and machinery
Propulsion
  • As Built: 2 × BuEng-built, MAN-designed>57 direct-drive main diesel engines, 2350 hp each
  • 2 × BuEng MAN211
  • 300 kW211 auxiliary diesel generators,259
  • 2 × 120-cell Exide ULS37 batteries,211
  • 2 × Westinghouse electric motors, 800 hp each305–11
  • Re-engined 1942: 4 × General Motors Winton Model 16-278A 16-cylinder two-cycle diesel-electric diesel engines, 1600 hp each,210180
  • 2 × GM Winton 8-268A 2-cycle auxiliary diesel generators, 300 kW each,210180
  • 2 × 120-cell Exide UHS39B batteries,211
  • 2 × Westinghouse electric motors, 1270 hp each
  • Fairbanks-Morse reduction gears,211
  • 2 × shafts
Armament
  • 6 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (four forward, two aft; 24 torpedoes including 6 in deck stowage)31
  • (four external tubes {two each bow and stern, four torpedoes} were added 1942-3; provision for 8–12 additional torpedoes externally)31
  • 2 × 6-inch (152 mm)/53 caliber guns Mark XII Mod. 2 wet type31 deck guns305–11

Sources

  • Facts harvested from USS Narwhal (SS-167) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: Bureau of Ships, U.S. Navy; The original uploader was Ahseaton at English Wikipedia . 2005-07-05 (original upload date) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons