USS Lancetfish
Service
- 12 February 1945 — 24 March 194540 days of the war
- Name
- USS Lancetfish
- Builder
- William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia
- Laid down
- 30 September 1942
- Launched
- 15 August 1943
- Commissioned
- 12 February 1945
- Decommissioned
- 24 March 1945
- Struck
- 9 June 1958
- Fate
- Sold for scrap, 20 August 1959 (1959)
- Status
- Scrapped
Specifications
- Displacement, surfaced
- 1,526 long tons (1,550 t)
- Displacement, submerged
- 2,424 long tons (2,463 t)
- 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
- 10,799 nmi (20,000 km)
- Complement
- 10
- Main gun
- 102 mm (4 in)
USS Lancetfish was a Balao-class diesel-electric submarine built for the United States Navy. Her keel was laid at William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia on 30 September 1942. Launched on 15 August 1943, she entered service on 12 February 1945.
Her class ran to 111 ships. The class followed the Gato-class submarine and was succeeded by the Tench-class submarine.
The boat displaced 1,526 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 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 40 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 24 March 1945. She was struck from the register on 9 June 1958.
She was broken up for scrap on 20 August 1959.
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 × 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 Archerfish (SS-311)
- 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
Sources
- Facts harvested from USS Lancetfish on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: U.S. Navy photo, National Park Service, Boston National Historical Park, cat. no. BOSTS-16392, courtey of Stephen P. Carlson Preservation Specialist, Boston NHP, Charlestown Navy Yard. — https://www.navsource.net/archives/08/08296.htm — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons