USS Mackerel (SST-1)
USS Mackerel (SST-1) | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name |
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| Namesake | As Mackerel: The mackerel, a sport and game fish |
| Builder | General Dynamics Electric Boat, Groton, Connecticut |
| Laid down | 1 April 1952 |
| Launched | 17 July 1953 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. Charles R. Muir |
| Commissioned | 9 October 1953 |
| Decommissioned | 31 January 1973 |
| In service | 9 October 1953, as USS T-1 (SST-1) |
| Renamed | USS Mackerel (SST-1), 15 July 1956 |
| Reclassified | From auxiliary submarine (AGSS-570) to training submarine (SST-1) prior to commissioning |
| Stricken | 31 January 1973 |
| Fate | Sunk as target 18 October 1978 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | T-1-class training submarine |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 131 ft 3 in (40 m) |
| Beam | 13 ft 7 in (4.14 m) |
| Draft | 12 ft (3.7 m) |
| Propulsion | diesel-electric, single screw |
| Speed | |
| Complement | 2 officers, 12 enlisted men |
| Armament | 1 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tube |
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USS Mackerel (SST-1), originally known as USS T-1 (SST-1), was the lead ship of the T-1-class of training submarines. She was the second submarine of the United States Navy named for the mackerel, a common food and sport fish, and was in service from 1953 to 1973. She was one of the smallest operational submarines ever built for the U.S. Navy.