Darter 1963
Darter 1967
| No | Name | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comm | Fate |
| SS576 | Darter | 144 | Electric Boat, Groton | 10.11.1954 | 28.5.1956 | 20.10.1956 | stricken 6.1990 |
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Displacement standard, t |
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Displacement normal, t |
1872 / 2372 |
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Length, m |
81.7 wl 86.7 oa |
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Breadth, m |
8.30 |
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Draught, m |
5.10 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
3 Fairbank Morse diesel-generators, 2 Elliott electric motors |
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Power, h. p. |
3100 / 4700 |
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Max speed, kts |
15.5 / 16 |
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Fuel, t |
diesel oil |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 13500(10) / 144(3) |
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Armament |
8 - 533 TT (6 bow Mk 54, 2 stern Mk 55, 26) |
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Electronic equipment |
BPS-12 radar, BQS-4, BQR-2 sonars, BLR-1 ECM suite |
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Complement |
83 |
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Diving depth operational, m |
210 |
Project history: Improved version of the Tang class, with console controls. Two planned sisters Grayback and Growler were completes as strategic missile submarines.
Modernizations: late 1960s: + BQG-4 sonar
1960s: - BLR-1 ECM suite; + WLR-1 ECM suite
Naval service: No significant events.
Darter 1987
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