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

USS Moray

Balao-class submarine diesel-electric submarine

Displacement
1,526 long tons (1,550 t)
Length
94.79 m (311 ft)
Beam
8.23 m (27 ft)
Speed
20.3 knots (37.5 km/h, 23.3 mph)
Complement
10
Main gun
127 mm (5 in)

Service

  1. United States Navy as Moray26 January 1945 — 12 April 1946219 days of the war
Balao-class submarine diesel-electric submarine Particulars
Name
USS Moray
Namesake
Moray eel
Builder
Cramp Shipbuilding Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Laid down
21 April 1943
Launched
14 May 1944
Commissioned
26 January 1945
Decommissioned
12 April 1946
Struck
1 April 1967
Fate
Sunk as a target off Southern California, 18 June 1970 (1970)
Status
Wreck

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
127 mm (5 in)

USS Moray was a Balao-class submarine diesel-electric submarine in service with the United States Navy. She was named for Moray eel. Her keel was laid at Cramp Shipbuilding Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 21 April 1943. Launched on 14 May 1944, she entered service on 26 January 1945.

She was one of 111 ships of her class. 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 127 mm (5 in) calibre.

She was in commission for 219 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 12 April 1946. She was struck from the register on 1 April 1967.

She was expended as a target on 18 June 1970. The wreck survives.

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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 × 5-inch (127 mm) / 25 caliber deck gun
  • Bofors 40 mm and Oerlikon 20 mm cannon

Sister ships

86 more in the class

Sources

  • Facts harvested from USS Moray on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.