USS Cachalot (SS-170)
USS Cachalot SS-170 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Cachalot |
| Namesake | sperm whale |
| Builder | Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Seavey's Island, Kittery, Maine |
| Laid down | 21 October 1931 |
| Launched | 19 October 1933 |
| Commissioned | 1 December 1933 |
| Decommissioned | 17 October 1945 |
| Stricken | 1 November 1945, reinstated 28 November 1945, stricken again 8 July 1946 |
| Honors & awards | 3 × battle stars |
| Fate | Sold for breaking up, 26 January 1947 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | V-8 (Cachalot)-class composite direct drive diesel and diesel-electric submarine |
| Displacement | 1,110 tons (1,130 t) surfaced, standard, 1,650 tons (1,680 t) submerged |
| Length | 271 ft 11 in (82.88 m) |
| Beam | 24 ft 11 in (7.59 m) |
| Draft | 16 ft 3 in (4.95 m) maximum |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 17 kn (31 km/h) surfaced, 8 kn (15 km/h) submerged, 7 knots (13 km/h) submerged, service, 1939 |
| Range | 6,000 nautical miles (11,000 km) @ 10 kn (19 km/h), 14,000 nmi (26,000 km) @ 10 kn (19 km/h) with fuel in main ballast tanks, 83,290 US gallons (315,300 L) oil fuel |
| Endurance | 10 hours at 5 kn (9.3 km/h) |
| Test depth | 250 ft (80 m) |
| Complement | 6 officers, 39 enlisted (peacetime); 7 officers, 48 enlisted (war) |
| Armament | 6 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (four forward, two aft, 16 torpedoes), 1 × 3 inch (76 mm)/50 caliber deck gun |
USS Cachalot (SC-4/SS-170) was a United States Navy submarine and the lead ship of her class, known as the "V-boats" and named for the sperm whale. Her keel was laid down by the Portsmouth Navy Yard. She was launched on 19 October 1933 as V-8 (SC-4) sponsored by Miss K. D. Kempff, and commissioned on 1 December 1933 with Lieutenant Commander Merril Comstock in command. Cachalot was the first submarine to have the Torpedo Data Computer, Arma Corporation's Mark 1, installed.