USS Grunion
Service
- 11 April 1942 — 2 November 1942205 days of the war
- Name
- USS Grunion
- Builder
- Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut
- Laid down
- 1 March 1941
- Launched
- 22 December 1941
- Commissioned
- 11 April 1942
- Struck
- 2 November 1942
- Fate
- Sunk off of Kiska around 30 July 1942, due to accidents caused/related to circular run of own torpedo
By torpedo (1942) - Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, surfaced
- 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
- 70
- Main gun
- 76 mm (3 in)
USS Grunion was a Gato-class Diesel–electric submarine built for the United States Navy. Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut laid her keel on 1 March 1941. She entered service on 11 April 1942, having been launched on 22 December 1941.
She was one of 76 ships of her class. The class followed the Mackerel-class submarine and was succeeded by the Balao-class submarine.
The boat displaced 1,525 long tons surfaced and 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 70. Her main battery was of 76 mm (3.0 in) calibre.
She was in commission for 205 days of the Second World War. She was struck from the register on 2 November 1942.
She was sunk on 30 July 1942 by torpedo, at 52°14′N 177°25′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 × 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 Flounder
Sources
- Facts harvested from USS Grunion on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: US Navy photo, courtesy of Electric Boat Corporation & ussubvetsofworldwarii.org webpage. — https://www.navsource.net/archives/08/08216.htm — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons