USS Dentuda

History
United States
Builder	General Dynamics Electric Boat, Groton, Connecticut[1]
Laid down	18 November 1943[1]
Launched	10 September 1944[1]
Commissioned	30 December 1944[1]
Decommissioned	11 December 1946[1]
Stricken	30 June 1967[1]
Fate	Sold for scrap, 12 February 1969[1]
General characteristics
Class and type	diesel-electric submarine[3]
Displacement	1,526 tons (1,550 t) surfaced,[3] 2,424 tons (2,460 t) submerged[3]
Length	311 ft 9 in (95.02 m) [3]
Beam	27 ft 3 in (8.31 m) [3]
Draft	16 ft 10 in (5.13 m) maximum[3]
Propulsion	4 × electrical generators 2 × 126- batteries 4 × high-speed General Electric electric motors with reduction gears 2 × propellers 5,400 shp (4.0 MW) surfaced 2,740 shp (2.0 MW) submerged
Speed	20.25 kn (37.50 km/h) surfaced,[2] 8.75 kn (16.21 km/h) submerged[2]
Range	11,000 nmi (20,000 km) @ 10 kn (19 km/h) surfaced[2]
Endurance	48 hours @ 2 kn (3.7 km/h) submerged,[2] 75 days on patrol
Test depth	400 ft (120 m)[2]
Complement	10 officers, 70–71 enlisted[2]
Armament	10 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes 6 forward, 4 aft 24 torpedoes[4] 1 × 5-inch (127 mm) / 25 caliber deck gun[4] Bofors 40 mm and Oerlikon 20 mm cannon

USS Dentuda (SS-335) was a Balao-class submarine of the United States Navy in service from 1944 to 1946. Afterwards, she was used as a training ship until 1967. Two years later, she was sold for scrap.

History

Originally named Capidoli, she was renamed Dentuda on 24 September 1942, launched on 10 September 1944 by

Assigned to JTF 1 as a test vessel for

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