USS Corsair (SS-435)
History | |
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United States | |
Builder | Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut[1] |
Laid down | 1 March 1945[1] |
Launched | 3 May 1946[1] |
Commissioned | 8 November 1946[1] |
Decommissioned | 1 February 1963[1] |
Stricken | 1 February 1963[1] |
Fate | Sold for scrap, 8 November 1963[1] |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | |
Displacement | |
Length | 311 ft 9 in (95.02 m)[3] |
Beam | 27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)[3] |
Draft | 17 ft 0 in (5.18 m) maximum[3] |
Propulsion | |
Speed | |
Range | 11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km) surfaced at 10 knots (19 km/h)[2] |
Endurance |
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Test depth | 400 ft (120 m)[2] |
Complement | 10 officers, 71 enlisted[2] |
Armament |
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From 15 November 1947 Corsair provided services to the Submarine School at New London, cruising to the Caribbean Sea several times, until April 1949 when she was assigned to Submarine Development Group 2. She sailed from New London 18 July with the rest of her group on a cruise which took them to Northern Ireland, Portsmouth in the United Kingdom, and Arctic waters. One of her group, Cochino (SS-345), was lost 26 August from a battery explosion and fire. All but one of the Cochino's crew and six from the Tusk, who were lost in an attempt to bring medical supplies to the stricken Cochino, were rescued by Tusk (SS-426) exhibiting brilliant seamanship in the midst of a violent Arctic storm. The group raced through the storm to land two of the crew at Saint John, New Brunswick, for emergency medical care. Corsair returned to New London on 15 September to continue local operations with the development group. Their duties included providing services to the sound laboratory at Portsmouth, and participating in large-scale submarine exercises, including another in northern waters from 27 October to 24 November 1952 during which they visited Reykjavík, Iceland.
Corsair was detached from the development group, in March 1954, and went into a "reduced complement" status. Continuing to operate out of New London, she provided services to the Submarine School; Commander, Destroyers, Atlantic; and
Corsair was decommissioned on 1 February 1963 and scrapped later that year. Her name plate is on display at the Freedom Park.[8]
References
- ^ ISBN 1-55750-263-3.
- ^ a b c d e f U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 305–311
- ^ ISBN 0-313-26202-0.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-313-26202-9.
- ^ U.S. Submarines Through 1945 p. 261
- ^ a b c U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 305–311
- ^ "1959: Operation Inland Seas". Torsk Volunteer Association, Inc. Archived from the original on 26 May 2008. Retrieved 27 April 2008.
- ^ "Omaha, Nebraska - Freedom Park, MO river view". Mapio.net. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.