USS Cachalot (SS-170)
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| Ordered: | Not known |
| Keel laying: | October 21, 1931 |
| Launch: | October 19, 1933 |
| Commissioning: | December 1, 1933 |
| Decommissioning: | October 17, 1945 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrapping on January 26, 1947 |
| Technical specifications | |
| Displacement: | 1130 t surfaced 1680 t submerged |
| Length: | 82.9 m |
| Width: | 7.6 m |
| Draft: | 5 m |
| Drive: | 2 × MAN M9Vu40 / 46, each 1535 PS, reversible. |
| Speed: | 17 knots above water 8 knots under water |
| Crew: | 6 officers, 39 sailors (peace) 7 officers, 48 sailors (war) |
The USS Cachalot (SS-170) was an American submarine and the lead ship of the Cachalot- class in the service of the United States Navy .
history
The Cachalot was built by the Portsmouth Navy Yard and laid down in the shipyard on October 21, 1931. On December 1, 1933, the ship was put into service under the command of Lieutenant Commander Merril Comstock . After all test drives were completed, the boat was relocated to San Diego, California , where it joined the US submarine fleet.
Until 1937 the ship was mainly used for torpedo and noise tests as well as exercises in the fleet. The ship twice patrolled the waters off Hawaii and also participated in a large-scale naval exercise in the Panama Canal zone .
On June 16, 1937, the Cachalot left San Diego for New London, Connecticut . Torpedo tests were carried out for the Newport Torpedo Station during this time. Before the boat was overhauled from October 26, 1937 in the New York Navy Yard , noise tests were carried out for the New London Submarine School. After a year-long overhaul, the Cachalot was relocated to the Caribbean Sea for various fleet tasks, torpedo and volume tests.
The boat entered WWII when it was docked in the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard for overhaul . When Pearl Harbor was attacked by Japanese fighters on December 7, 1941, the boat in the yard was not damaged. One crew member was wounded. In response to the attack, the ship's overhaul proceeded rapidly and was completed on January 12, 1942. The first patrol made the Cachalot towards Midway , where it was refueled. In the area around Wake Island , Eniwetok , Ponape , Truk , Namonuito and Hall Islands , the boat was part of a reconnaissance mission. On March 12, the ship returned to Pearl Harbor with important information about Japanese bases. For the second patrol, the boat ran out of Pearl Harbor on June 9 and damaged a tanker off the Japanese home islands. On June 26th the Cachalot returned to Pearl Harbor. The ship left for its last patrol on July 26th. On September 23, the ship sailed through the Bering Sea to provide support for military operations around the Aleutian Islands . After the war, the boat was moved to the submarine school in New London for training purposes, where it remained until June 30, 1945. The Cachalot was then decommissioned in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and sold for scrapping on January 26, 1947.
Awards
The Cachalot was awarded 3 battle stars for its service in World War II .
Web links
- History of Cachalot in the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (English)
Footnotes
- ↑ Award of the Cachalot with 3 Battlestars ( English ) NavSource Naval History. Retrieved January 12, 2008.