Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
United States Navy — Submarine SS-397

USS Scabbardfish

Balao-class submarine diesel-electric submarine

USS Scabbardfish
US Navy Photo # 824-46, courtesy of Darryl Baker. — https://www.navsource.net/archives/08/08397.htm — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate — SS-397 Boardside view of Scabbardfish (SS-397) off Mare Island on 26 Feb 1946. She was in overhaul at the yard from 29 Nov 1945 to 9 March 1946.

Service

  1. United States Navy as USS Scabbardfish29 April 1944 — 26 February 1965492 days of the war
  2. Hellenic Navy as Triaina26 February 1965 — 12 January 1979
Full service history About 799 words
Balao-class submarine diesel-electric submarine Particulars
Name
USS Scabbardfish
Pennant / hull number
SS-397
Namesake
Scabbarddfish
Builder
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine
Laid down
27 September 1943
Launched
27 January 1944
Commissioned
29 April 1944
Decommissioned
26 February 1965
Struck
1980
Fate
Transferred to Greece 26 February 1965
Stricken 31 January 1976
Sold to Greece 31 January 1976 or April 1976 (1965)
Status
Unknown

Specifications

Displacement, surfaced
1,526 long tons (1,550 t)
Displacement, submerged
2,391 long tons (2,429 t)
Length
94.79 m (311 ft)
Beam
8.23 m (27 ft)
Draught
4.88 m (16 ft)
Speed
20.3 knots (37.5 km/h, 23.3 mph)
Range
11,000 nmi (20,372 km)
Complement
10
Main gun
127 mm (5 in)

Scabbardfish (SS-397) was laid down on 27 September 1943 by the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Portsmouth, N.H.; launched on 27 January 1944; sponsored by Ensign Nancy J. Schetky; and commissioned on 29 April 1944, Lt. Comdr. F. A. Gunn in command.

After completing initial training at Portsmouth, N.H., and torpedo trials at Newport, R.I., Scabbardfish reported to the Commander, Submarine Force Atlantic, New London, Conn., for advance training and final outfitting. Upon completion thereof, she sailed to Key West, Fla., for ASW duties which began on 21 June 1944. On 1 July, she departed for Panama, Canal Zone. Four days later, she transited the canal en route to the west coast and Pearl Harbor.

Scabbardfish, as a unit of Submarine Force, Pacific Fleet, arrived at Pearl Harbor on 24 July. After completing voyage repairs and final training, she departed for Midway Island on 17 August. After refueling there, she departed on her first war patrol in the Ryukyu Islands area.

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From the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, compiled by the Naval History and Heritage Command (Scabbardfish (SS-397)). A work of the United States Government, in the public domain.

Armament and machinery

Armament and machinery
Armament
  • 10 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
  • 6 forward, 4 aft
  • 24 torpedoes
  • 1 × 5-inch (127 mm) / 25 caliber deck gun
  • Bofors 40 mm and Oerlikon 20 mm cannon

Sister ships

86 more in the class

Sources

  • Facts harvested from USS Scabbardfish on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Service history reproduced verbatim from Scabbardfish (SS-397) , Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships — public domain, a work of the United States Government.
  • Photograph: US Navy Photo # 824-46, courtesy of Darryl Baker. — https://www.navsource.net/archives/08/08397.htm — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons