USS Pomfret
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Name | USS Pomfret (SS-391) |
| Builder | Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine |
| Laid down | 14 July 1943 |
| Launched | 27 October 1943 |
| Sponsored by | Miss Marilyn Maloney |
| Commissioned | 19 February 1944 |
| Decommissioned | April 1952 |
| Recommissioned | 5 December 1952 |
| Decommissioned | 1 July 1971 |
| Stricken | 1 August 1973 |
| Fate | Transferred to Turkey, 1 July 1971, sold to Turkey 1 August 1973 |
| Turkey | |
| Name | TCG Oruçreis (S 337) |
| Acquired | 1 July 1971 |
| Commissioned | 3 May 1972 |
| Decommissioned | 1987 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Balao-class diesel-electric submarine |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 311 ft 6 in (94.95 m) |
| Beam | 27 ft 3 in (8.31 m) |
| Draft | 16 ft 10 in (5.13 m) maximum |
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| Range | 11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km) surfaced at 10 knots (19 km/h) |
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| Test depth | 400 ft (120 m) |
| Complement | 10 officers, 70–71 enlisted |
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| General characteristics (Guppy IIA) | |
| Class & type | none |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 307 ft (93.6 m) |
| Beam | 27 ft 4 in (8.3 m) |
| Draft | 17 ft (5.2 m) |
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USS Pomfret (SS-391), a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the pomfret, a fish of the seabream family which is a powerful and speedy swimmer, capable of operating at great depths.