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

USS Ling

Balao-class submarine diesel-electric submarine

USS Ling
USN — Official U.S. Navy photo 19-N-85741 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate The U.S. Navy submarine USS Ling (SS-297) wearing a light camouflage paint scheme in this July 1945 photo during sea trials. This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America . Its reference number is 78001736 ( Wikidata ).

Service

  1. United States Navy8 June 1945 — 26 October 194686 days of the war
Balao-class submarine diesel-electric submarine Particulars
Name
USS Ling
Namesake
cobia
Builder
Cramp Shipbuilding Co., Philadelphia
Laid down
2 November 1942
Launched
15 August 1943
Commissioned
8 June 1945
Decommissioned
26 October 1946
Struck
1 December 1971
Fate
Former museum ship, at former location of the New Jersey Naval Museum in Hackensack, New Jersey
Status
Preserved

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
11,000 nmi (20,372 km)
Complement
10
Main gun
102 mm (4 in)

USS Ling was a Balao-class submarine diesel-electric submarine in service with the United States Navy. She was named for cobia. Her keel was laid at Cramp Shipbuilding Co., Philadelphia on 2 November 1942. Launched on 15 August 1943, she entered service on 8 June 1945.

111 ships of the class were built. 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 86 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 26 October 1946. She was struck from the register on 1 December 1971.

She has been preserved.

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

86 more in the class

Sources

  • Facts harvested from USS Ling on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: USN — Official U.S. Navy photo 19-N-85741 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons