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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]
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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
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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]
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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