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

USS Cisco

Balao-class submarine diesel-electric submarine

USS Cisco
U.S. Navy photo courtesy of ussubvetsofworldwarii.org. — https://www.navsource.net/archives/08/08290.htm — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate USS Cisco (SS-290) , underway during her sea trials off the New England coast, 19 June 1943.

Service

  1. United States Navy as Cisco10 May 1943 — 28 September 1943141 days of the war
Balao-class submarine diesel-electric submarine Particulars
Name
USS Cisco
Builder
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine
Laid down
29 October 1942
Launched
24 December 1942
Commissioned
10 May 1943
Fate
Sunk by Japanese aircraft west of Mindanao, 28 September 1943
By aircraft (1943)
Status
Wreck

Specifications

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
102 mm (4 in)

USS Cisco was a Balao-class submarine diesel-electric submarine, operated by the United States Navy. Her keel was laid at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine on 29 October 1942. Launched on 24 December 1942, she entered service on 10 May 1943.

She was one of 111 ships of her class. The class followed the Gato-class submarine and was succeeded by the Tench-class submarine.

She measured 94.8 m (311 ft) long with a beam of 8.2 m (27 ft). Her designed speed was 20.2 knots, and she carried a complement of 10. Her main battery was of 102 mm (4.0 in) calibre.

She was in commission for 141 days of the Second World War.

She was sunk on 28 September 1943 by aircraft, at 9°47′N 121°44′E. The wreck survives.

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 × 4-inch (102 mm) / 50 caliber deck gun
  • Bofors 40 mm and Oerlikon 20 mm cannon

Sister ships

86 more in the class

Sources

  • Facts harvested from USS Cisco on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: U.S. Navy photo courtesy of ussubvetsofworldwarii.org. — https://www.navsource.net/archives/08/08290.htm — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons