USS Remora
USS Remora after Greater Underwater Propulsive Power Program (GUPPY-II) conversion. | |
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Name | Remora |
| Namesake | Remora |
| Builder | Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine |
| Laid down | 5 March 1945 |
| Launched | 12 July 1945 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. T. W. Samuels III |
| Commissioned | 3 January 1946 |
| Decommissioned | 29 October 1973 |
| Stricken | 29 October 1973 |
| Identification | SS-487 |
| Fate | Transferred to Greece, 29 October 1973 |
| Greece | |
| Name | Katsonis |
| Acquired | 29 October 1973 |
| Decommissioned | 31 March 1993 |
| Identification | S-115 |
| General characteristics (As completed) | |
| Class & type | Tench-class diesel-electric submarine |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 311 ft 8 in (95.00 m) |
| Beam | 27 ft 4 in (8.33 m) |
| Draft | 17 ft (5.2 m) maximum |
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| Range | 11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km) surfaced at 10 knots (19 km/h) |
| Endurance |
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| Test depth | 400 ft (120 m) |
| Complement | 10 officers, 71 enlisted |
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| General characteristics (Guppy II) | |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 307 ft (94 m) |
| Beam | 27 ft 4 in (8.33 m) |
| Draft | 17 ft (5.2 m) |
| Propulsion | |
| Speed |
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| Range | 15,000 nmi (28,000 km) surfaced at 11 knots (20 km/h) |
| Endurance | 48 hours at 4 knots (7 km/h) submerged |
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| Armament |
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| General characteristics (Guppy III) | |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 321 ft (98 m) |
| Beam | 27 ft 4 in (8.33 m) |
| Draft | 17 ft (5.2 m) |
| Speed |
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| Range | 15,900 nmi (29,400 km) surfaced at 8.5 knots (16 km/h) |
| Endurance | 36 hours at 3 knots (6 km/h) submerged |
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USS Remora (SS-487), a Tench-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the remora, a fish with a suctorial disk on its head enabling it to cling to other fish and to ships.