USS Ling
USS Ling (SS-297), wearing camouflage paint scheme in July 1945, during sea trials. | |
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Namesake | Ling, Fish |
| Builder |
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| Yard number | 552 |
| Laid down | 2 November 1942 |
| Launched | 15 August 1943 |
| Commissioned | 8 June 1945 |
| Decommissioned | 26 October 1946 |
| Stricken | 1 December 1971 |
| Honours & awards | 1 Battle Star |
| Status | Former Museum Ship, at former location of the New Jersey Naval Museum in Hackensack, New Jersey |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Balao-class diesel-electric submarine |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 311 ft 8 in (95.00 m) |
| Beam | 27 ft 3 in (8.31 m) |
| Draft | 16 ft 10 in (5.13 m) maximum |
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| Speed |
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| Range | 11,000 nm (20,000 km) surfaced at 10 knots (19 km/h) |
| Endurance |
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| Test depth | 400 ft (120 m) |
| Complement | 10 officers, 70–71 enlisted |
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U.S.S. LING | |
| Location | Hackensack River at 150 River Street, Hackensack, New Jersey |
| Coordinates | 40°52′48.2″N 74°2′22.8″W / 40.880056°N 74.039667°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1945 |
| Architect | Cramp, William & Sons |
| Architectural style | BALAO Class |
| NRHP reference No. | 78001736 |
| NJRHP No. | 525 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | 19 October 1978 |
| Designated NJRHP | 16 January 1978 |
USS Ling (hull number SS-297) is a Balao-class submarine of the United States Navy, named for the ling fish, also known as the cobia. The vessel was built during World War II, but was completed in the final months of the conflict and so saw no action. She was placed in reserve in 1946 until being converted into a training ship in 1960. In 1971, she was struck from the naval register and donated to the Submarine Memorial Association for use as a museum ship. The ship was grounded in the Hackensack River at the former location of the defunct New Jersey Naval Museum in Hackensack, New Jersey. Since 2016, Ling has been inaccessible to the public.