USS Grayling (SS-492)
For other ships of the same name, see USS Grayling (disambiguation).
| Career (United States) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Grayling |
| Namesake: | The grayling |
| Builder: | Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine (proposed) |
| Laid down: | Never |
| Fate: | Construction contract cancelled 12 August 1945 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Tench-class diesel-electric submarine [1] |
| Displacement: | 1,570 tons (1,595 t) surfaced [1] 2,416 tons (2,455 t) submerged [1] |
| Length: | 311 ft 8 in (95.00 m) [1] |
| Beam: | 27 ft 4 in (8.33 m) [1] |
| Draft: | 17 ft 0 in (5.18 m) maximum [1] |
| Propulsion: |
4 × Fairbanks-Morse Model 38D8-⅛ 10-cylinder opposed piston diesel engines driving electrical generators[1][2] |
| Speed: | 20.25 knots (38 km/h) surfaced [3] 8.75 knots (16 km/h) submerged [3] |
| Range: | 11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km) surfaced at 10 knots (19 km/h) [3] |
| Endurance: | 48 hours at 2 knots (3.7 km/h) submerged [3] 75 days on patrol |
| Test depth: | 400 ft (120 m) [3] |
| Complement: | 10 officers, 71 enlisted [3] |
| Armament: | 10 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (six forward, four aft) 28 torpedoes[3] 1 × 5-inch (127 mm) / 25 caliber deck gun[3] Bofors 40 mm and Oerlikon 20 mm cannon |
USS Grayling (SS-492), a Tench-class submarine, was the fifth ship of the United States Navy to be named for the grayling, a fresh-water game fish closely related to the trout. Her name was assigned on 29 August 1944, but her construction was cancelled 12 August 1945.
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k 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.
- ^ U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 261–263
- ^ a b c d e f g h i 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.
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