|
| History |
 United States |
| Name: |
USS Sea Panther |
| Namesake: |
The sea panther, a South African fish |
| Builder: |
Boston Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts (proposed) |
| Laid down: |
Never |
| Fate: |
Construction contract canceled 29 July 1944 |
| General characteristics |
| Class & type: |
Tench-class diesel-electric submarine[1] |
| Displacement: |
- 1,570 tons (1,595 t) surfaced[1]
- 2,416 tons (2,455 t) submerged[1]
|
| Length: |
311 ft 8 in (95.00 m)[1] |
| Beam: |
27 ft 4 in (8.33 m)[1] |
| Draft: |
17 ft 0 in (5.18 m) maximum[1] |
| Propulsion: |
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| Speed: |
- 20.25 knots (38 km/h) surfaced[5]
- 8.75 knots (16 km/h) submerged[5]
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| Range: |
11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km) surfaced at 10 knots (19 km/h)[5] |
| Endurance: |
- 48 hours at 2 knots (3.7 km/h) submerged[5]
- 75 days on patrol
|
| Test depth: |
400 ft (120 m)[5] |
| Complement: |
10 officers, 71 enlisted [5] |
| Armament: |
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USS Sea Panther (SS-528), a Tench-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the sea panther, a black-spotted, South African fish. Her name was assigned, but construction was canceled on 29 July 1944 before she was laid down.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 261–263
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 305–311
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 305–311
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