United States Navy — Submarine class
Mackerel-class submarine
Mackerel class
The class in numbers
- 2 Completed
Design and service
- Type
- Submarine
- Navy
- United States Navy
- Built
- 1939–1941
- In commission
- 1941–1945
- Preceded by
- Tambor-class submarine
- Succeeded by
- Gato-class submarine
- Operators
- United States Navy
- Builders
- Electric Boat Company
- Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Class specifications
Figures for the class as designed. Individual vessels varied, sometimes considerably — each vessel page carries its own configurations.
Mackerel
- Displacement, surfaced
- 825 long tons (838 t)
- Displacement, submerged
- 1,190 long tons (1,209 t)
- Length
- 74.07 m (243 ft)
- Speed
- 16 knots (29.6 km/h, 18.4 mph)
- Complement
- 37
- Main gun
- 76 mm (3 in)
- Armament
- 6 × 21 in torpedo tubes
- (four forward, two aft)
- 12 torpedoes
- 1 × 3-inch (76 mm)/50 caliber deck gun
Marlin
- Displacement, surfaced
- 800 long tons (813 t)
- Displacement, submerged
- 1,165 long tons (1,184 t)
- Length
- 72.54 m (238 ft)
- Speed
- 14.5 knots (26.9 km/h, 16.7 mph)
- Complement
- 38
- Main gun
- 76 mm (3 in)
- Armament
- 6 × 21 in torpedo tubes
- (four forward, two aft)
- 12 torpedoes
- 1 × 3-inch (76 mm)/50 caliber deck gun
Roster
| Vessel | Pennant | Commissioned | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|
| USS Mackerel (SS-204) | SS-204 | 1941 | Scrapped 1947 |
| USS Marlin (SS-205) | SS-205 | 1941 | Scrapped 1946 |
Sources
- Facts harvested from Mackerel-class submarine on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.