USS Pike (SS-173)
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Builder | Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine |
| Laid down | 20 December 1933 |
| Launched | 12 September 1935 |
| Commissioned | 2 December 1935 |
| Decommissioned | 15 November 1945 |
| Stricken | 17 February 1956 |
| Fate | Sold for breaking up, 14 January 1957 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Porpoise-class diesel-electric submarine |
| Displacement | 1,310 long tons (1,330 t) standard, surfaced, 1,934 long tons (1,965 t) submerged |
| Length | 283 ft 0 in (86.26 m) (waterline), 301 ft 0 in (91.74 m) (overall) |
| Beam | 24 ft 11+3⁄4 in (7.614 m) |
| Draft | 13 ft 10 in (4.22 m) |
| Propulsion | (as built) 4 × Winton Model 16-201A 16-cylinder two-cycle diesel engines, 1,300 hp (970 kW) each, driving electrical generators through reduction gears 2 × 120-cell Exide VL31B batteries, 4 × high-speed Elliott electric motors, total 2,085 hp (1,555 kW) 3 × General Motors six-cylinder four-cycle 6-228 auxiliary diesels, (re-engined 1942) 4 × GM two-cycle Model 12-278A diesels, 1,200 hp (890 kW) each, 2 shafts |
| Speed | 19 knots (35 km/h) surfaced, 8 knots (15 km/h) submerged |
| Range | 6,000 nautical miles (11,000 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h), 22,000 nautical miles (41,000 km) at 8 knots (15 km/h) with fuel in the main ballast tanks, (bunkerage 93,129 US gallons (352,530 L) maximum, 89,945 US gallons (340,480 L) typical, 1944) |
| Endurance | 10 hours at 5 knots (9.3 km/h), 36 hours at minimum speed submerged |
| Test depth | 250 ft (76 m) |
| Complement | 5 officers, 9 chief petty officers, 42 enlisted (1944) |
| Armament | 6 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (four forward, two aft, 16 torpedoes), (two external bow tubes added 1942), 1 × 3-in (76 mm)/50 cal deck gun, 2 × .30 cal (7.62 mm) machine guns |
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USS Pike (SS–173), a Porpoise-class submarine in the United States Navy, was laid down on 20 December 1933 by Portsmouth Navy Yard, in Kittery, Maine. She was launched on 12 September 1935, sponsored by Jane Logan Snyder, and commissioned on 2 December 1935. Pike was the first all-welded submarine. The welded hull allowed Pike to submerge to much greater depths than her predecessors and at the same time provided greater protection against depth-charge attacks.