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USS Walrus (SS-437)

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USS Walrus (SS-437) is launched by the Electric Boat Company at GrotonConnecticut, on 20 September 1946.
History
United States
NameUSS Walrus
NamesakeThe walrus
BuilderElectric Boat Company, GrotonConnecticut
Laid down21 June 1945
Launched20 September 1946
Sponsored byMiss Winifred P. Nagle
CompletedNever
CommissionedNever
Stricken9 June 1958
Fate
  • Construction contract cancelled 7 January 1946
  • Sold incomplete for scrapping 1958
General characteristics
Class and typeTench-class diesel-electric submarine[1]
Displacement
  • 1,570 tons (1,595 t) surfaced [1]
  • 2,416 tons (2,455 t) submerged [1]
Length311 ft 8 in (95.00 m) [1]
Beam27 ft 4 in (8.33 m) [1]
Draft17 ft 0 in (5.18 m) maximum [1]
Propulsion
Speed
  • 20.25 knots (38 km/h) surfaced [5]
  • 8.75 knots (16 km/h) submerged [5]
Range11,000 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 depth400 ft (120 m) [5]
Complement10 officers, 71 enlisted [5]
Armament

USS Walrus (SS-437), a World War II Tench-class submarine, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for the walrus, a gregarious, aquatic mammal found in Arctic waters, related to the seal and a prime source of leather, oil, ivory, and food. Like the second USS Walrus (SS-431), she was not completed.

Walrus's keel was laid down on 21 June 1945 by the Electric Boat Company at Groton, Connecticut. Work on the submarine was suspended on 7 January 1946 when the contract for her construction was cancelled, although she was launched on 20 September 1946, sponsored by Miss Winifred P. Nagle.

Walrus's hull was assigned to the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, New London Group of the Atlantic Reserve Fleet on 9 December 1952. Her name was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 9 June 1958 and she was sold incomplete for scrapping.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f Bauer, K. Jack; Roberts, Stephen S. (1991). Register of Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1775-1990: Major Combatants. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. pp. 280–282. ISBN 0-313-26202-0.
  2. ^ a b c d e Bauer, K. Jack; Roberts, Stephen S. (1991). Register of Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1775–1990: Major Combatants. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. pp. 275–282. ISBN 978-0-313-26202-9.
  3. ^ U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 261–263
  4. ^ a b c U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 305–311
  5. ^ a b c d e f U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 305-311