USS Sea Robin
Sea Robin (SS-407) during shakedown training off Portsmouth, N.H., 4 September 1944. | |
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Name | USS Sea Robin |
| Builder | Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine |
| Laid down | 1 March 1944 |
| Launched | 25 May 1944 |
| Commissioned | 7 August 1944 |
| Decommissioned | 1 October 1970 |
| Stricken | 1 October 1970 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap, 3 June 1971 |
| General characteristics (As completed) | |
| 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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| 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 IA) | |
| Class & type | none |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 307 ft 7 in (93.75 m) |
| Beam | 27 ft 4 in (8.33 m) |
| Draft | 17 ft (5.2 m) |
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| Range | 17,000 nautical miles (31,000 km) surfaced at 11 knots (20 km/h) |
| Endurance | 36 hours at 3 knots (6 km/h) submerged |
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USS Sea Robin (SS-407), a Balao-class submarine, was a vessel of the United States Navy named for the sea robin. This is a spiny-finned fish with red or brown coloring on its body and fins. The first three rays of its pectoral fin separate from the others and are used in walking on the sea bottom.