USS Carbonero

Coordinates: 4°35′N 103°30′E / 4.583°N 103.500°E / 4.583; 103.500
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USS Carbonero (SS-337) about to tie up inboard of the Gudgeon (SS-567) at Pearl Harbor, c. 1963.
USS Carbonero (SS-337) about to tie up inboard of USS Gudgeon (SS-567) at Pearl Harbor, c. 1963.
History
United States
Ordered10 April 1942
BuilderElectric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut[1]
Laid down16 December 1943[1]
Launched15 October 1944[1]
Commissioned7 February 1945[1]
Decommissioned1 December 1970[1]
Stricken1 December 1970[1]
FateSunk as a target off Pearl Harbor, 27 April 1975[2]
General characteristics
Class and type
diesel-electric submarine[2]
Displacement
  • 1,526 long tons (1,550 t) surfaced[2]
  • 2,424 long tons (2,463 t) submerged[2]
Length311 ft 9 in (95.02 m)[2]
Beam27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)[2]
Draft16 ft 10 in (5.13 m) maximum[2]
Propulsion
Speed
  • 20.25 knots (37.50 km/h; 23.30 mph) surfaced[3]
  • 8.75 knots (16.21 km/h; 10.07 mph) submerged[3]
Range11,000 nmi (20,000 km; 13,000 mi) surfaced at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)[3]
Endurance
  • 48 hours at 2 kn (3.7 km/h; 2.3 mph) submerged[3]
  • 75 days on patrol
Test depth400 ft (120 m)[3]
Complement10 officers, 70–71 enlisted[3]
Armament

USS Carbonero (SS/AGSS-337) was a Balao-class submarine, the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the carbonero, a salt-water fish found in the West Indies.

Construction and commissioning

Carbonero′s

Electric Boat Company of Groton, Connecticut. She was launched on 19 October 1944, sponsored by Mrs. S.S. Murray, and commissioned
on 7 February 1945.

World War II

Sailing from

Gulf of Siam on 4 August, and cruising off the east coast of the Malay Peninsula, sank four schooners, two sampans, and two junks, some of the small remnants of the Japanese merchant fleet. This second war patrol ended with the cease fire order on 15 August, and Carbonero put back to Subic Bay
.

1945–1962

Carbonero reported at

Regulus missile
program, Carbonero was re-designated an auxiliary submarine (AGSS-337) in 1949.

Fitted with the

Loon missiles
and the evaluation of Regulus missile guidance equipment.

On 13 May 1957, her home port shifted to Pearl Harbor. In July 1959, Carbonero became the

Republic of Korea and of Japan, and called at ports of Japan and the Philippines
during these deployments.

Early in 1962 the Regulus missile guidance equipment was removed. Carbonero returned to the standard "Fleet Snorkel" configuration, and was re-designated an attack submarine (SS-337).

1962–1970

Shot Frigate Bird, 600 kilotons of TNT (2,500 TJ), as viewed from the submarine USS Carbonero. Only full-scale US test of a strategic missile system.

Carbonero participated in the 1962 nuclear tests in the Central Pacific off

nuclear weapon test. Carbonero and Medregal
were about 30 miles (48 km) from the detonation.

During the Vietnam War Carbonero again performed aviator lifeguard duties during trips to the Far East. During the mid 1960s while operating off Kaena Point, Oahu, Carbonero ran aground at a depth of 250 feet (76 m), requiring drydock repair at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard.

Carbonero also participated in the

Kaneohe Marine Corps Air Station.[4]

Montage of the end of Carbonero; sunk as a target by USS Pogy firing a Mk 48 torpedo off Pearl Harbor on 27 April 1975

Carbonero was decommissioned on 1 December 1970. On 27 April 1975, she was taken to sea for one last time and used as a test target for a Mark 48 torpedo fired by the submarine USS Pogy off Hawaii.

Honors and awards

One of Carbonero′s two war patrols was designated as "successful."

References

  1. ^
    ISBN 1-55750-263-3
    .
  2. ^
    ISBN 0-313-26202-0
    .
  3. ^ a b c d e f U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 305–311
  4. ^ Ships Associated with SHAD Tests Archived 2012-09-15 at the Wayback Machine

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