USS Wolffish (SS-434)
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| Name: | USS Wolffish |
| Namesake: | The wolffish, also called the seawolf, any of several large blennies |
| Builder: | Cramp Shipbuilding Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (proposed) |
| Laid down: | Never |
| Fate: | Construction contract cancelled 29 July 1944 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Balao class diesel-electric submarine[1] |
| Displacement: | 1,526 long tons (1,550 t) surfaced,[1] 2,414 long tons (2,453 t) submerged[1] |
| Length: | 311 ft 9 in (95.02 m)[1] |
| Beam: | 27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)[1] |
| Draft: | 16 ft 10 in (5.13 m) maximum[1] |
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| Speed: | 20.25 kn (37.50 km/h) surfaced,[5] 8.75 kn (16.21 km/h) submerged[5] |
| Range: | 11,000 nmi (20,000 km) surfaced @ 10 kn (19 km/h)[5] |
| Endurance: | 48 hours @ 2 kn (3.7 km/h) submerged,[5] 75 days on patrol |
| Test depth: | 400 ft (120 m)[5] |
| Complement: | 10 officers, 70–71 enlisted[5] |
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USS Wolffish (SS-434) was a proposed United States Navy World War II Balao-class submarine. She has been the only U.S. Navy ship named for the wolffish (any of several large marine blennies, with strong teeth and great ferocity), although several U.S. Navy ships have been named for the seawolf, which is another name for the same fish.
Wolffish's construction by the Cramp Shipbuilding Company of Philadelphia was authorized but the contract for her construction was cancelled on 29 July 1944.
References
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- ↑ U.S. Submarines Through 1945 p. 261
- ↑ 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
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
