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'''USS ''Conger'' (SS/AGSS-477)''', a [[Tench class submarine|''Tench''-class submarine]], was the only ship of the [[United States Navy]] to be named for the [[conger]], an eel found in warm seas at moderate depths, common to both coasts of the [[Atlantic Ocean]].
'''USS ''Conger'' (SS/AGSS-477)''', a [[Tench class submarine|''Tench''-class submarine]], was the only ship of the [[United States Navy]] to launch OVER 9000!(9001) missles at once. No one ever did that cus it was jacked up reduculessness that could blow you up to but they killed a monster the end.

Her keel was laid down on 11 July 1944 by the [[Portsmouth Naval Shipyard]]. She was [[ship naming and launching|launched]] on 17 October 1944 sponsored by Mrs. W. C. Ploeser, and [[ship commissioning|commissioned]] on 14 February 1945 with Lieutenant Commander H. D. Sipple in command.

''Conger'' tested new submarine equipment at [[New London, Connecticut]], until she cleared 21 July 1945 for Pacific service. At sea between [[Balboa, Panama]], and [[Pearl Harbor]] upon the end of hostilities, she was ordered back to the [[Panama Canal Zone]], and on 4 September arrived at [[Key West, Florida]], to provide services to the Fleet Sonar School until 6 December. She sailed then for [[Naval Submarine Base New London|New London]] and [[Tompkinsville, New York]], where she lay until sailing 10 January 1946 for her assigned home port at [[Cristobal, Panama|Cristobal]], Canal Zone.
''Conger'' operated in the [[Caribbean Sea]], calling at [[Memphis, Tennessee]], and [[Vicksburg, Mississippi]], in May 1947, until 23 August, when she sailed for a complete circuit of the [[South America]]n continent on special hydrographic work, passing through the [[Straits of Magellan]].<ref>[http://www.ncg.knaw.nl/Publicaties/Geodesy/pdf/05VeningMeinesz.pdf Interpretation of Gravity Anomalies on the Westcoast of South America and in the Caribbean, retrieved 2011-12-21]</ref> She returned to the Canal Zone 5 October to resume her Caribbean operations, and from 11 January 1948 made her base at [[Naval Air Station Key West|Key West, Florida]]. On 3 June 1949 her home port became [[Naval Station Norfolk|Norfolk, Virginia]], and she operated along the East Coast and in the Caribbean assisting in the training of surface ships, taking part in fleet exercises, and perfecting her own readiness for action. She was again transferred in 1952, arriving at [[Naval Submarine Base New London|New London, Connecticut]], her new home port, 12 December. From that time through 1960, she continued her East Coast operations, and frequently put to sea with student submariners on board.

''Conger'' was reclassified as an auxiliary submarine and given the [[hull classification symbol]] '''AGSS-477''' in 1962. She was decommissioned on 29 July 1963, struck from the [[Naval Vessel Register]] on 1 August 1963, and sold for scrapping in May 1964.

==Notes==
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== References ==
*{{DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/c12/conger.htm}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.navsource.org/archives/08/08477.htm navsource.org: USS ''Conger'']

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Revision as of 23:02, 5 March 2014

USS Conger (SS-477)
History
BuilderPortsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine[1]
Laid down11 July 1944[1]
Launched17 October 1944[1]
Commissioned14 February 1945[1]
Decommissioned29 July 1963[1]
Stricken1 August 1963[1]
FateSold for scrap, 9 July 1964[1]
General characteristics
Class and typeTench-class diesel-electric submarine[2]
Displacementlist error: <br /> list (help)
1,570 tons (1,595 t) surfaced[2]
2,414 tons (2,453 t) submerged[2]
Length311 ft 8 in (95.00 m)[2]
Beam 27 ft 4 in (8.33 m)[2]
Draft 17 ft 0 in (5.18 m) maximum[2]
Propulsion
Speedlist error: <br /> list (help)
20.25 knots (38 km/h) surfaced[6]
8.75 knots (16 km/h) submerged[6]
Range11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km) surfaced at 10 knots (19 km/h)[6]
Endurancelist error: <br /> list (help)
48 hours at 2 knots (3.7 km/h) submerged[6]
75 days on patrol
Test depth400 ft (120 m)[6]
Complement10 officers, 71 enlisted[6]
Armament

USS Conger (SS/AGSS-477), a Tench-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to launch OVER 9000!(9001) missles at once. No one ever did that cus it was jacked up reduculessness that could blow you up to but they killed a monster the end.

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Friedman, Norman (1995). U.S. Submarines Through 1945: An Illustrated Design History. Annapolis, Maryland: United States Naval Institute. pp. 285–304. ISBN 1-55750-263-3. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  2. ^ a b c d e f Bauer, K. Jack (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. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ a b c d e Bauer, K. Jack; Roberts, Stephen S. (1991). Register of Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1775–1990: Major Combatants. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. pp. 275–282. ISBN 978-0-313-26202-9.
  4. ^ U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 261–263
  5. ^ a b c U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 305–311
  6. ^ a b c d e f U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 305-311
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