Salmon 1938
| No | Name | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comm | Fate |
| SS182 | Salmon | Electric Boat, Groton | 4/1936 | 12/6/1937 | 3/1938 | stricken 10/1945 |
| SS183 | Seal | Electric Boat, Groton | 5/1936 | 25/8/1937 | 4/1938 | Naval Reserve TS 6/1947, stricken 5/1956 |
| SS184 | Skipjack | Electric Boat, Groton | 7/1936 | 23/10/1937 | 6/1938 | target at nuclear tests 7/1946, sunk as target 11/8/1948 |
| SS185 | Snapper | Portsmouth N Yd | 7/1936 | 24/8/1937 | 12/1937 | stricken 4/1948 |
| SS186 | Stingray | Portsmouth N Yd | 10/1936 | 6/10/1937 | 3/1938 | stricken 7/1946 |
| SS187 | Sturgeon | Mare Island N Yd, Vallejo | 10/1936 | 15/3/1938 | 6/1938 | stricken 3/1948 |
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Displacement standard, t |
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Displacement normal, t |
1449 / 2210 |
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Length, m |
91.4 wl 93.9 oa |
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Breadth, m |
7.98 |
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Draught, m |
4.75 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
4 diesels / 2 electric motors |
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Power, h. p. |
5500 / 2660 |
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Max speed, kts |
21 / 9 |
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Fuel, t |
diesel oil 384 |
| Endurance, nm (kts) | 11000 (10) / 96 (2) |
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Armament |
1 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 17/18/21, 2 x 1 - 12.7/90, 8 - 533 TT (24 torpedoes or 32 mines, 4 bow, 4 stern) |
| Sensors |
sonar |
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Complement |
59 |
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Diving depth operational, m |
75 |
Ship project history: Salmon class submarines represented increased version of Ð class with more powerful machinery, two additional stern TTs (8 at all) and increased to 24 torpedo stowage. In their construction it have returned to diesels with mechanical shaft drive (hydraulic more precisely, through a special clutch). The similar decision was a tribute to the fears advanced by a number of experts, about insufficient damage tolerance of electrical transmission which could be easily incapacitated at any power cable damage. Double-hulled, built under the FY1936 program.
Modernizations: 1942 - 1943, all survived: CT was rebuilt; - 1 x 1 - 76/50, 2 x 1 - 12.7/90; + 1 x 1 - 102/50 Mk 9 or 1 x 1 - 127/25 Mk 17, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon
Naval service: Skipjack in July, 1946 was sunk at nuclear test at Bikini. She was salvaged and again sunk 11/8/1948 as target but stricken only 13/9/1948.
Sturgeon 1938
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