USS Tilefish
Service
- as USS Tilefish (SS-307)15 December 1943 — 4 May 1960627 days of the war
- as ARV Carite (S-11)4 May 1960 — 28 January 1977
- Name
- USS Tilefish
- Builder
- Mare Island Naval Shipyard
- Laid down
- 10 March 1943
- Launched
- 25 October 1943
- Commissioned
- 15 December 1943
- Decommissioned
- 4 May 1960
- Struck
- 1 December 1960
- Fate
- Cannibalized for spare parts
- Status
- Unknown
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 Tilefish was a Balao-class diesel-electric submarine, operated by the United States Navy. Her keel was laid at Mare Island Naval Shipyard on 10 March 1943. Launched on 25 October 1943, she entered service on 15 December 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 2,424 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 served with the United States Navy as USS Tilefish (SS-307) until 4 May 1960. She was in commission for 627 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 4 May 1960. She was struck from the register on 1 December 1960.
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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
- 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 Tilefish on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: US Navy photo — https://www.navsource.net/archives/08/08307b.htm — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons