USS Pomfret
Service
- as USS Pomfret (SS-391)19 February 1944 — 1 July 1971561 days of the war
- as TCG Oruçreis (S 337)3 May 1972 — 1987
- Name
- USS Pomfret
- Builder
- Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine
- Laid down
- 14 July 1943
- Launched
- 27 October 1943
- Commissioned
- 19 February 1944
- Decommissioned
- April 1952
- Recommissioned
- 5 December 1952
- Struck
- 1 August 1973
- Fate
- Transferred to Turkey, 1 July 1971, sold to Turkey 1 August 1973 (1971)
- Status
- Unknown
Specifications — As built
- Displacement, surfaced
- 1,526 long tons (1,550 t)
- Displacement, submerged
- 2,391 long tons (2,429 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 Pomfret was a Balao-class submarine diesel-electric submarine of the United States Navy. Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine laid her keel on 14 July 1943. She entered service on 19 February 1944, having been launched on 27 October 1943.
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 2,391 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 served with the United States Navy as USS Pomfret (SS-391) until 1 July 1971. She then passed to the Turkish Navy, serving as TCG Oruçreis (S 337) from 3 May 1972. She was in commission for 561 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned in April 1952. She recommissioned on 5 December 1952. She was struck from the register on 1 August 1973.
She was transferred on 1 July 1971.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
This vessel is recorded in 2 configurations. Wartime refits changed armament and complement substantially, so each is kept separately rather than averaged into one set of figures. The figures above are as built.
As built
- Propulsion
- 4 × Fairbanks-Morse Model 38D8-⅛ 10-cylinder opposed piston diesel engines driving electrical generators
- 2 × 126-cell Sargo batteries
- 4 × high-speed Elliott 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 × 5-inch (127 mm) / 25 caliber deck gun
- Bofors 40 mm and Oerlikon 20 mm cannon
Guppy IIA
- Displacement, surfaced
- 1,848 long tons (1,878 t)
- Displacement, submerged
- 2,440 long tons (2,479 t)
- Length
- 93.57 m (307 ft)
- Beam
- 8.23 m (27 ft)
- Draught
- 5.18 m (17 ft)
- Speed
- 17 knots (31.5 km/h, 19.6 mph)
- Propulsion
- Snorkel added
- One diesel engine and generator removed
- Batteries upgraded to Sargo II
- Armament
- 10 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
- (six forward, four aft)
- all guns removed
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 Pomfret on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Unknown author — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons