USS Cochino
USS Cochino (SS-345), leaving Portsmouth, England, for the Barents Sea, c. July 1949.
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | Cochino |
Namesake | The Cuban name of triggerfish Balistes vetula |
Builder | Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut |
Laid down | 13 April 1944 |
Launched | 20 April 1945 |
Commissioned | 25 August 1945 |
Identification |
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Fate | Lost at sea, 26 August 1949 |
General characteristics (As built)[1][2] | |
Class and type | diesel-electric submarine |
Displacement | |
Length | 311 ft 9 in (95.02 m) |
Beam | 27 ft 3 in (8.31 m) |
Draft | 16 ft 10 in (5.13 m) maximum |
Propulsion |
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Speed |
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Range | 11,000 nmi (13,000 mi; 20,000 km) surfaced at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
Endurance |
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Test depth | 400 feet (120 m) |
Complement | 10 officers, 70–71 enlisted |
Armament |
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General characteristics (Guppy II)[3] | |
Displacement |
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Length | 307 ft (94 m) |
Beam | 27 ft 4 in (8.33 m) |
Draft | 17 ft (5.2 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed |
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Range | 15,000 nmi (17,000 mi; 28,000 km) surfaced at 11 kn (20 km/h; 13 mph) |
Endurance | 48 hours at 4 kn (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) submerged |
Complement |
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Sensors and processing systems |
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Armament | 10 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (six forward, four aft) |
Notes | Snorkel added |
USS Cochino (SS-345) was a Balao-class submarine in service with the United States Navy from 1945 to 1949. She sank after a battery explosion off Norway, on 26 August 1949. Cochino was named for the cochino, a triggerfish found in the Atlantic.
Construction
Cochino was laid down by the
Service history
During her
Cochino sailed from New London, on 8 January 1946, in company with
Following a period of upkeep from 24 May–16 August 1946, Cochino operated briefly out of Guantanamo Bay, 18–24 August, before she returned to her home port. Then, sailing in company with Corporal, she visited Galveston, Texas, from 2–7 September. Returning to Key West, upon completion of that port call, Cochino returned to Guantanamo Bay, for another stint of providing services for fleet units in those waters, from 6–10 October. The boat operated out of Key West, for the remainder of the year, punctuating that time with visits to Havana, Cuba, from 18–21 October, and New Orleans, from 25–29 October, and providing services for the fleet out of Guantanamo Bay, from 1–6 December.[4]
Cochino departed her home port on 3 March 1947, and visited St. Thomas, from 7–9 March, before sailing in company with
After visiting Miami, from 25–28 October 1947, Cochino operated with the
Cochino then underwent repairs and major renovations at her builders' yard beginning on 11 May 1948. Converted to a GUPPY/Snorkel boat at Groton, she emerged from the yard on 4 February 1949. Departing New London, on 25 March, the newly modernized submarine visited Boston, from 26–27 March, then returned to New London, from 28 March–2 May, after which time she headed south to return to her home port, arriving at Key West, on 8 May. She then again shaped a course for New London, where she remained from 19 May until 16 July, then proceeded to Argentia, Newfoundland, where she arrived on 22 July, en route to the British Isles and her first deployment to European waters.[4]
She reached Derry, Northern Ireland, on 29 July. She operated locally in those waters for a brief period, then put in to Derry, from 4–8 August, before visiting Portsmouth, England, from 8–12 August. She then put to sea for operations above the Arctic Circle in the Barents Sea before turning for home in late August.[4]
In August 1949, Cochino and Tusk sailed along the Kola Peninsula to determine whether the Soviet Union had detonated an atomic bomb.[5]
On 25 August 1949, Cochino ran into a violent polar storm off
Cochino was stricken from the List of Naval Vessels on 27 October 1949.[4]
Cochino is one of four United States Navy submarines to be lost since the end of World War II. The others are USS Stickleback, USS Thresher and USS Scorpion.
References
- ^ Bauer & Roberts 1991, pp. 275–280.
- ^ Friedman 1995, pp. 305–311.
- ^ Friedman 1994, pp. 11–43, 242.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Cressman 2016.
- ^ "Les navires espions durant la guerre froide".
Bibliography
- Cressman, Robert J. (21 April 2016). "Cochino (SS-345)". Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 3 August 2022. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- Friedman, Norman (1995). U.S. Submarines Through 1945: An Illustrated Design History. ISBN 1-55750-263-3.
- Friedman, Norman (1994). U.S. Submarines Since 1945: An Illustrated Design History. Annapolis, Maryland: United States Naval Institute. ISBN 1-55750-260-9.
- Bauer, K. Jack; Roberts, Stephen S. (1991). Register of Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1775-1990: Major Combatants. ISBN 0-313-26202-0.
External links
- Photo gallery of Cochino at NavSource Naval History
- On Eternal Patrol: USS Cochino
- USS COCHINO (SS-345) and USS TUSK (SS-426)