USS Flounder
Service
- 29 November 1943 — 12 February 1947644 days of the war
- Name
- USS Flounder
- Builder
- Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut
- Laid down
- 5 December 1942
- Launched
- 22 August 1943
- Commissioned
- 29 November 1943
- Decommissioned
- 12 February 1947
- Struck
- 1 June 1959
- Fate
- Scrapped February 1960 (1960)
- Status
- Scrapped
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 1,525 long tons (1,549 t)
- Displacement, submerged
- 2,424 long tons (2,463 t)
- Length
- 94.79 m (311 ft)
- Beam
- 8.23 m (27 ft)
- Draught
- 5.18 m (17 ft)
- Speed
- 21 knots (38.9 km/h, 24.2 mph)
- Range
- 11,000 nmi (20,372 km)
- Complement
- 60
- Main gun
- 76 mm (3 in)
USS Flounder was a Gato-class diesel-electric submarine built for the United States Navy. Her keel was laid at Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut on 5 December 1942. Launched on 22 August 1943, she entered service on 29 November 1943.
Her class ran to 76 ships. The class followed the Mackerel-class submarine and was succeeded by the Balao-class submarine.
The boat displaced 2,424 long tons submerged. She measured 94.8 m (311 ft) long with a beam of 8.2 m (27 ft). Her designed speed was 21 knots, and she carried a complement of 60. Her main battery was of 76 mm (3.0 in) calibre.
She was in commission for 644 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 12 February 1947. She was struck from the register on 1 June 1959.
She was broken up for scrap in February 1960.
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 × 3-inch (76 mm) / 50 caliber deck gun
- Bofors 40 mm and Oerlikon 20 mm cannon
Sister ships
- USS Albacore (SS-218)
- USS Amberjack (SS-219)
- USS Angler
- USS Barb (SS-220)
- USS Bashaw
- USS Blackfish
- USS Bluefish (SS-222)
- USS Bluegill
- USS Bonefish (SS-223)
- USS Bream
- USS Cavalla (SS-244)
- USS Cero (SS-225)
- USS Cobia
- USS Cod
- USS Corvina
- USS Croaker
- USS Dace (SS-247)
- USS Darter (SS-227)
- USS Dorado (SS-248)
- USS Drum (SS-228)
- USS Finback (SS-230)
- USS Flasher (SS-249)
- USS Flier
- USS Flying Fish (SS-229)
Sources
- Facts harvested from USS Flounder on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Unknown author — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons