USS Bashaw
USS Bashaw (SSK-241) in the 1950s. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Builder | General Dynamics Electric Boat, Groton, Connecticut |
| Laid down | 4 December 1942 |
| Launched | 25 July 1943 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. Norman S. Ives |
| Commissioned | 25 October 1943 |
| Decommissioned | 29 June 1949 |
| Recommissioned | 3 April 1951 |
| Decommissioned | 10 May 1952 |
| Recommissioned | 28 March 1953 |
| Decommissioned | 13 September 1969 |
| Stricken | 13 September 1969 |
| Fate | Sunk as target July 1972 or sold for scrap 4 August 1972 (sources disagree) |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Gato-class diesel-electric submarine |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 311 ft 9 in (95.02 m) |
| Beam | 27 ft 3 in (8.31 m) |
| Draft | 17 ft (5.2 m) maximum |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 21 kn (39 km/h) surfaced, 9 kn (17 km/h) submerged |
| Range | 11,000 nmi (20,000 km) surfaced @ 10 kn (19 km/h) |
| Endurance | 48 hours @ 2 kn (3.7 km/h) submerged, 75 days on patrol |
| Test depth | 300 ft (91 m) |
| Complement | 6 officers, 54 enlisted |
| Armament |
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USS Bashaw (SS/SSK/AGSS-241), a Gato-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the bashaw. Between 10 March 1944 and 29 April 1945, she completed six war patrols in the Celebes, Philippine, and South China Seas during World War II. Bashaw sank three Japanese merchant vessels totaling 19,269 gross register tons as well as several small craft. She later served in the Vietnam War.