Salmon 1938
| No | Name | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comm | Fate |
| SS182 | Salmon | 26 | Electric Boat, Groton | 4.1936 | 12.6.1937 | 3/1938 | stricken 10.1945 |
| SS183 | Seal | 27 | Electric Boat, Groton | 5.1936 | 25.8.1937 | 4.1938 | Naval Reserve TS 6.1947, stricken 5.1956 |
| SS184 | Skipjack | 28 | Electric Boat, Groton | 7.1936 | 23.10.1937 | 6.1938 | target at nuclear tests 7.1946, sunk as target 11.8.1948 |
| SS185 | Snapper | Portsmouth N Yd | 7.1936 | 24.8.1937 | 12.1937 | stricken 4.1948 | |
| SS186 | Stingray | Portsmouth N Yd | 10.1936 | 6.10.1937 | 3.1938 | stricken 7.1946 | |
| SS187 | Sturgeon | Mare Island N Yd, Vallejo | 10.1936 | 15.3.1938 | 6.1938 | stricken 3.1948 |
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Displacement standard, t |
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Displacement normal, t |
1449 / 2210 |
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Length, m |
91.4 wl 93.9 oa |
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Breadth, m |
7.98 |
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Draught, m |
4.75 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
4 Hoover, Owens, Rentschler diesels / 4 electric motors |
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Power, h. p. |
5500 / 2660 |
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Max speed, kts |
21 / 9 |
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Fuel, t |
diesel oil 384 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 11000 (10) / 96 (2) |
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Armament |
1 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 17/18, 2 x 1 - 12.7/90, 8 - 533 TT (24 torpedoes or 32 mines, 4 bow, 4 stern) |
| Electronic equipment |
QCC, JK sonars |
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Complement |
59 |
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Diving depth operational, m |
75 |
Project history: Salmon class submarines represented increased version of Ðorpoise class with more powerful machinery, two additional stern TTs (8 at all) and increased to 24 torpedo stowage. In their construction it have returned to diesels with mechanical shaft drive (through a special hydraulic clutch). The similar decision was a tribute to the fears advanced by a number of experts, about insufficient damage tolerance of electrical transmission which could be easily incapacitated at any power cable damage. Double-hulled, built under the FY1936 program.
Modernizations: 1942 - 1943, all survived: CT was rebuilt; - 1 x 1 - 76/50, 2 x 1 - 12.7/90; + 1 x 1 - 102/50 Mk 9 or 1 x 1 - 127/25 Mk 17, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4, SD, SJ radars
1.1946, SS183-187: 8 - 533 TT (4 bow, 4 stern, 24), 1 x 1 - 102/50 Mk 12 or 1 x 1 - 127/25 Mk 40, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, SD, SJ radars, QCC, JK sonars
Naval service: Skipjack in July, 1946 was sunk at nuclear test at Bikini. She was salvaged and again sunk 11.8.1948 as target but stricken only 13.9.1948.
Sturgeon 1938
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