USS Perch (SS-176)
USS Perch (SS-176) - a Porpoise-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the perch.
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Builder | General Dynamics Electric Boat, Groton, Connecticut |
| Laid down | 25 February 1935 |
| Launched | 9 May 1936 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. Thomas Withers |
| Commissioned | 19 November 1936 |
| Stricken | 24 June 1942 |
| Fate | Scuttled in the Java Sea on 3 March 1942 after being damaged by Japanese destroyers; wreck illegally scrapped. |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Porpoise-class diesel-electric submarine |
| Displacement | 1,350 long tons (1,370 t) standard, surfaced, 1,997 long tons (2,029 t) submerged |
| Length | 298 ft (91 m) (waterline), 300 ft 6 in (91.59 m) (overall) |
| Beam | 26 ft (7.9 m) |
| Draft | 15 ft (4.6 m) |
| Propulsion | 4 × Winton Model 16-201A 16-cylinder two-cycle diesel engines, 1,300 hp (0.97 MW) each, driving electrical generators through reduction gears, 2 × 120-cell Gould AMTX33HB batteries, 8 × General Electric electric motors, 538 hp (401 kW) each, 2 × General Motors six-cylinder four-cycle 6-241 auxiliary diesels |
| Speed | 19.25 kn (35.65 km/h) surfaced, 8.75 kn (16.21 km/h) submerged |
| Range | 11,000 nmi (20,000 km) @ 10 kn (19 km/h), (bunkerage 92,801 US gal (351,290 L)) |
| Endurance | 10 hours @ 5 kn (9.3 km/h), 36 hours @ minimum speed submerged |
| Test depth | 250 ft (76 m) |
| Complement |
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| Armament | 6 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (four forward, two aft; 16 torpedoes), 1 × 4 in (100 mm)/50 caliber deck gun, 4 × 0.3 cal (7.62 mm) machineguns (2x2) |
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