USS Archerfish (SS-311)
Service
- 4 September 1943 — 1 May 1968729 days of the war
- Name
- USS Archerfish
- Pennant / hull number
- SS-311
- Namesake
- Archerfish
- Builder
- Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine
- Laid down
- 22 January 1943
- Launched
- 28 May 1943
- Commissioned
- 4 September 1943
- Decommissioned
- 12 June 1946
- Recommissioned
- 6 March 1952
- Struck
- 1 May 1968
- Fate
- Sunk as a target off California on 19 October 1968 (1968)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, submerged
- 1,526 long tons (1,550 t)
- Length
- 94.79 m (311 ft)
- Beam
- 8.23 m (27 ft)
- Draught
- 4.88 m (16 ft)
- Range
- 11,000 nmi (20,372 km)
- Complement
- 10
- Main gun
- 102 mm (4 in)
A small, silvery fish, found between India and Australia, with dark spots on its flanks, that is unusual in its ability to project a powerful spout of water at its insect prey.
The first Archerfish (SS-311) was laid down on 22 January 1943 by the Portsmouth (N.H.) Navy Yard; launched on 28 May 1943; sponsored by Miss Malvina C. Thompson, secretary to First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt; and commissioned on 4 September 1943, Lt. Cmdr. George W. Kehl in command.
The submarine held shakedown training through the first part of November off the New England coast, and headed via the Panama Canal for Hawaii. She arrived at Pearl Harbor on 29 November 1943, and joined the Pacific Fleet.
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From the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, compiled by the Naval History and Heritage Command (Archerfish I (SS-311)). A work of the United States Government, in the public domain.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 4 × Fairbanks-Morse Model 38D8-<templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />1⁄8 9-cylinder opposed-piston diesel engines driving electrical generators
- 2 × 126-cell Sargo batteries
- 4 × high-speed Elliott electric motors with reduction gears
- 2 × propellers
- 5,400 shp (4.0 MW) surfaced
- 2,740 shp (2.04 MW) submerged
- Armament
- 10 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
- 6 forward, 4 aft
- 24 torpedoes
- 1 × 4-inch (102 mm) / 50 caliber deck gun
- Bofors 40 mm and Oerlikon 20 mm cannon
Sister ships
- ARA Santa Fe (S-21)
- USS Apogon
- USS Aspro (SS-309)
- USS Atule
- USS Balao
- USS Bang
- USS Barbel (SS-316)
- USS Barbero
- USS Batfish (SS-310)
- USS Baya
- USS Becuna
- USS Bergall (SS-320)
- USS Besugo
- USS Billfish (SS-286)
- USS Blackfin
- USS Blanquillo (SS-323)
- USS Blenny
- USS Blower
- USS Blueback (SS-326)
- USS Boarfish
- USS Bowfin
- USS Brill
- USS Bugara
- USS Bullhead
Sources
- Facts harvested from USS Archerfish (SS-311) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Service history reproduced verbatim from Archerfish I (SS-311) , Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships — public domain, a work of the United States Government.
- Photograph: Unknown author — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons