USS Sea Poacher (SS-406)
Rescues a Blimp 1952, makes head lines.
Grandpa helped with this one.
Here is the Wikipedia description of the boat followed by a ships roster.
USS Sea Poacher (SS-406)
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| Career (US) |  |
| Name: |
USS Sea Poacher (SS-406) |
| Builder: |
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard , Kittery, Maine [ 1] |
| Laid down: |
23 February 1944[ 1] |
| Launched: |
20 May 1944[ 1] |
| Commissioned: |
31 July 1944[ 1] |
| Decommissioned: |
15 November 1969[ 1] |
| Struck: |
15 August 1973[ 1] |
| Fate: |
Transferred to Peru , 1 July 1974[ 1] |
| Career (Peru) |  |
| Name: |
Initially BAP Pabellón de Pica (S-49), changed a few weeks later to La Pedrera |
| Acquired: |
1 July 1974 |
| Decommissioned: |
1995 |
| General characteristics |
| Class and type: |
Balao class diesel-electric submarine [ 2] |
| Displacement: |
1,526 tons (1,550 t ) surfaced[ 2]
2,401 tons (2,440 t) submerged[ 2] |
| Length: |
311 ft 8 in (95.0 m)[ 2] |
| Beam: |
27 ft 3 in (8.3 m)[ 2] |
| Draft: |
16 ft 10 in (5.1 m) maximum[ 2] |
| Propulsion: |
4 × Fairbanks-Morse Model 38D8-⅛ 10-cylinder opposed piston diesel engines driving electrical generators [ 2] [ 3]
2 × 126-cell Sargo batteries [ 4]
4 × high-speed Elliott electric motors with reduction gears [ 2]
two propellers [ 2]
5,400 shp (4.0 MW ) surfaced[ 2]
2,740 shp (2.0 MW) submerged[ 2] |
| Speed: |
20.25 knots (38 km/h ) surfaced[ 4]
8.75 knots (16 km/h) submerged[ 4] |
| Range: |
11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km) surfaced at 10 knots (19 km/h)[ 4] |
| Endurance: |
48 hours at 2 knots (3.7 km/h) submerged[ 4]
75 days on patrol |
| Test depth: |
400 ft (120 m)[ 4] |
| Complement: |
10 officers, 70–71 enlisted[ 4] |
| Armament: |
10 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
(six forward, four aft)
24 torpedoes [ 4]
1 × 5-inch (127 mm) / 25 caliber deck gun [ 4]
four machine guns |
| General characteristics (Guppy IA) |
| Displacement: |
1,830 tons (1,859 t) surfaced[ 5]
2,440 tons (2,479 t) submerged[ 5] |
| Length: |
307 ft 7 in (93.8 m)[ 6] |
| Beam: |
27 ft 4 in (8.3 m)[ 6] |
| Draft: |
17 ft (5.2 m)[ 6] |
| Propulsion: |
Snorkel added[ 5]
Batteries upgraded to Sargo II[ 5] |
| Speed: |
Surfaced:
- 17.3 knots (32.0 km/h) maximum
- 12.5 knots (23.2 km/h) cruising
Submerged:
- 15.0 knots (27.8 km/h) for ½ hour
- 7.5 knots (13.9 km/h) snorkeling
- 3.0 knots (5.6 km/h) cruising[ 5]
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| Range: |
17,000 nm (28,000 km) surfaced at 11 knots (20 km/h)[ 6] |
| Endurance: |
36 hours at 3 knots (6 km/h) submerged[ 6] |
| Complement: |
10 officers
5 petty officers
64–69 enlisted men |
| Armament: |
10 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
(six forward, four aft)[ 6]
all guns removed[ 5] |
USS Sea Poacher (SS/AGSS-406) , a Balao -class submarine , was a ship of the United States Navy named for the sea poacher , a slender, mailed fish of the North Atlantic.
Sea Poacher (SS-406) was built by the Portsmouth Navy Yard in Kittery, Maine ; launched on 20 May 1944; sponsored by Mrs. J. H. Spiller, wife of Commander Spiller, hull superintendent at the Navy Yard; and commissioned on 31 July 1944, Commander Francis M. Gambacorta in command.
Site Page Index
(1) Documents and Historical Facts
(2) The Tear Down
(3) Out with the Old
(4) Der Silberne Blitz ~Reborn~
(5) Modifications and Customs
(6) Der Super 90
(7) Stroker 2180, an Outlaw power plant
(8) Not an Outlaw, Just a Sleeper
(9) The Story
(10) About the Original Owner (Uncle Rod)
(11) About the Second Owner (Grandpa Thompson)
(12) Direct Comparison (old vs new)
(13) First Event and then the rebuild
