USS Cavalla (SS-244)
Cavalla, possibly making her way to the International Naval Review in Norfolk, Va., 1957. She is in hunter-killer submarine (SSK) configuration, with a streamlined sail and large bow sonar housing for the BQR-4 sonar system. | |
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Name | Cavalla |
| Namesake | Cavalla |
| Builder | Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut |
| Laid down | 4 March 1943 |
| Launched | 14 November 1943 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. M. Comstock |
| Commissioned | 29 February 1944 |
| Decommissioned | 16 March 1946 |
| Recommissioned | 10 April 1951 |
| Decommissioned | 3 September 1952 |
| Recommissioned | 15 July 1953 |
| Decommissioned | 3 June 1968 |
| Reclassified |
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| Stricken | 30 December 1969 |
| Status | Museum ship at Galveston, Texas as of 21 January 1971 |
| Notes | Sank the Japanese carrier Shōkaku |
| Badge | |
| 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 |
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| Speed |
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| Range | 11,000 nmi (20,000 km) surfaced at 10 kn (19 km/h) |
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| Test depth | 300 ft (90 m) |
| Complement | 6 officers, 54 enlisted |
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USS Cavalla (submarine) | |
| Location | E. end of Seawolf Park, Galveston, Texas |
| Coordinates | 29°20′08″N 94°46′42″W / 29.33556°N 94.77833°W |
| Area | 0.3 acres (0.12 ha) |
| NRHP reference No. | 08000477 |
| Added to NRHP | 27 May 2008 |
USS Cavalla (SS/SSK/AGSS-244), a Gato-class submarine, is a submarine of the United States Navy named for a salt water fish, best known for sinking the Japanese aircraft carrier Shōkaku.
Her keel was laid down on 4 March 1943 by Electric Boat Co., Groton, Connecticut. She was launched on 14 November 1943 (sponsored by Mrs. M. Comstock), and commissioned on 29 February 1944, Lieutenant Commander (later Rear Admiral) Herman J. Kossler, USN, (class of 1934) in command.