USS Nerka (SS-380)
| Career (United States) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Nerka |
| Namesake: | The nerka |
| Builder: | Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company, Manitowoc, Wisconsin (proposed)[1] |
| Laid down: | Never |
| Fate: | Construction contract cancelled 29 July 1944 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Balao class diesel-electric submarine[2] |
| Displacement: | 1,526 long tons (1,550 t) surfaced,[2] 2,414 long tons (2,453 t) submerged[2] |
| Length: | 311 ft 9 in (95.02 m)[2] |
| Beam: | 27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)[2] |
| Draft: | 16 ft 10 in (5.13 m) maximum[2] |
| Propulsion: |
4 × General Motors Model 16-248 V16 diesel engines driving electrical generators[2][3] |
| Speed: | 20.25 kn (37.50 km/h) surfaced,[4] 8.75 kn (16.20 km/h) submerged[4] |
| Range: | 11,000 nmi (20,000 km) surfaced @ 10 kn (19 km/h)[4] |
| Endurance: | 48 hours @ 2 kn (3.7 km/h) submerged,[4] 75 days on patrol |
| Test depth: | 400 ft (120 m)[4] |
| Complement: | 10 officers, 70–71 enlisted[4] |
| Armament: | 10 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (six forward, four aft) 24 torpedoes[4] 1 × 4-inch (102 mm) / 50 caliber deck gun[4] Bofors 40 mm and Oerlikon 20 mm cannon |
USS Nerka (SS-380), named for the nerka, a lake and river salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) of the Pacific Northwest, also called sockeye, sawqui, red salmon, and redfish, would have been a United States Navy Balao-class submarine. Her construction was authorized during World War II, but cancelled on 29 July 1944.
The name USS Nerka was used for a fictional U.S. Navy submarine in Edward L. Beach's 1955 novel Run Silent, Run Deep.
References
- ^ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922-1946, p. 146
- ^ 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. 275–280. ISBN 0-313-26202-0.
- ^ U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 261
- ^ 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.
- Gardiner, Robert, Ed. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922-1946. New York: Mayflower Books, 1980. ISBN 0-8317-0303-2.
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