USS Redfin
Service
- as USS Redfin31 August 1943 — 15 May 1967736 days of the war
- Name
- USS Redfin
- Namesake
- Redfin shiner
- Builder
- Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company, Manitowoc, Wisconsin
- Laid down
- 3 September 1942
- Launched
- 4 April 1943
- Commissioned
- 31 August 1943
- Decommissioned
- 1 November 1946
- Recommissioned
- 9 January 1953
- Struck
- 1 July 1970
- Fate
- Sold for scrap, 31 March 1971 (1971)
- Status
- Scrapped
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
- 10,799 nmi (20,000 km)
- Complement
- 60
- Main gun
- 76 mm (3 in)
USS Redfin was a Gato-class diesel-electric submarine built for the United States Navy. She was named for Redfin shiner. Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company, Manitowoc, Wisconsin laid her keel on 3 September 1942. Launched on 4 April 1943, she entered service on 31 August 1943.
Her class ran to 76 ships. 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 60. Her main battery was of 76 mm (3.0 in) calibre.
She was in commission for 736 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 1 November 1946. She recommissioned on 9 January 1953. She was struck from the register on 1 July 1970.
She was broken up for scrap on 31 March 1971.
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 Redfin on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Unknown author — Unknown source — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons