| USS Whiting (SS-433) | |
|---|---|
| Career (United States) |  |
| Name: | USS Whiting |
| Namesake: | The Merlangius merlangus or "whiting" |
| Builder: | Cramp Shipbuilding Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (proposed) |
| Laid down: | Never |
| Fate: | Construction contract cancelled 29 July 1944 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Balao class diesel-electric submarine[1] |
| Displacement: | 1,526 long tons (1,550 t) surfaced,[1] 2,414 long tons (2,453 t) submerged[1] |
| Length: | 311 ft 9 in (95.02 m)[1] |
| Beam: | 27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)[1] |
| Draft: | 16 ft 10 in (5.13 m) maximum[1] |
| Propulsion: | |
| Speed: | 20.25 kn (37.50 km/h) surfaced,[5] 8.75 kn (16.21 km/h) submerged[5] |
| Range: | 11,000 nmi (20,000 km) surfaced @ 10 kn (19 km/h)[5] |
| Endurance: | 48 hours @ 2 kn (3.7 km/h) submerged,[5] 75 days on patrol |
| Test depth: | 400 ft (120 m)[5] |
| Complement: | 10 officers, 70–71 enlisted[5] |
| Armament: |
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USS Whiting (SS-433), a proposed World War II Balao-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the Merlangius merlangus or "whiting", a small European food fish. Her construction by the Cramp Shipbuilding Company in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was authorized but the contract for her construction was cancelled on 29 July 1944.
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedRegister - ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 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 978-0-313-26202-9.
- ↑ U.S. Submarines Through 1945 p. 261
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 305–311
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 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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