Technical information
Type | Submarine |
Displacement | 1475 / 2370 BRT |
Length | 307 feet |
Complement | 5 + 54 men |
Armament | Ten 21" torpedo tubes, six forward, four aft, 24 torpedoes. one 3"/50 deck gun. two .50 calibre machine guns. two .30 calibre machine guns. |
Max speed | 20 / 8 kts knots (surfaced/submerged) |
Engines | Diesel / electric 2 shafts |
Power | 5400 / 2740 hp. (surfaced/submerged) |
Notes on class | The second batch of ships (names starting with the letter G) had a slightly larger fuel capacity. |
All ships of the Tambor class
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Tambor (SS-198) | ||
Tautog (SS-199) | ||
Thresher (SS-200) | ||
Triton (SS-201) | Lost on 10 Apr 1943 | |
Trout (SS-202) | Lost on 29 Feb 1944 | |
Tuna (SS-203) | ||
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See all Submarine classes.
We were pirates Robert Schultz |
Books dealing with this subject include:
We were pirates, Robert Schultz, 2009 |