USS Cochino (SS-345)

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USS Cochino (SS-345)
USS Cochino (SS-345)
Overview
Keel laying April 13, 1944
Launch April 20, 1945
1. Period of service flag
period of service

August 25, 1945–26. August 1949

Whereabouts decreased
Technical specifications
displacement

1526 ts surfaced
2424 ts surfaced
length

95.0 meters

width

8.3 meters

Draft

4.6 meters

Diving depth 120 meters
crew

6 officers, 60 sailors

drive

4 × 1350 PS diesel engines
4 × electric motors
(total 2740 PS)

speed

Surfaced 20.25 knots surfaced
8.75 knots

Range

11,000  nautical miles at 10 knots

The USS Cochino (SS-345) was a submarine of the United States Navy of Balao-class submarine . It served in the US Navy from 1945 until its sinking in 1949.

history

The Cochino was laid down at Electric Boat on April 13, 1944 and launched around a year later. The name denotes Sufflamen verres from the triggerfish family . Godmother was Mrs. Mortimer E. Serat, the wife of a manager of the shipyard. Commissioning took place on August 25, 1945 in New London . The boat was part of the Atlantic fleet .

Trial and test drives of the new boat were carried out until November. In 1946, the Cochino operated mainly from the naval base in Guantánamo Bay . In May, the submarine took part in an exercise during which it carried out simulated attacks on parts of the US 8th Fleet. A first overhaul took place in April 1947 at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard . This was delayed by a slight damage when undocking. In June, after the repairs had been carried out, deep diving tests were due, after which the boat remained in the shipyard until the beginning of July. The rest of the year the Cochino spent doing local operations.

On April 26, 1948, collided Cochino the tractor USS Salinan (ATF-161) , causing the submarine to the tower took damage. These were remedied at the manufacturing yard, and on this occasion the boat was also modernized according to the GUPPY program. It was not until February 1949 that the shipyard was in dock. In July, the submarine moved to the British Isles; it reached Londonderry on the 29th, and later Portsmouth . The boat then sailed the Barents Sea before starting its journey home in late August.

On August 25, the Cochino crossed a strong storm off Norway's coast. The submarine snorkel was hit so hard by the waves that the whole boat started moving. This started a fire on board, which in turn detonated a battery. Oxyhydrogen gas from defective batteries now streamed into the interior of the boat. The Cochino appeared, together with the men of her accompanying sister ship USS Tusk (SS-426) , the crew fought the fire for 14 hours. Another battery explosion on August 26, however, made the need to evacuate the ship apparent. The men of the Cochino were therefore transferred to the Tusk , SS-345 then went under.

The accident cost the life of a civilian technician from the Bureau of Ships on board the Cochino , and six Tusk sailors who had also been thrown into the water by the waves died.

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Coordinates: 71 ° 35 ′ 0 ″  N , 23 ° 35 ′ 0 ″  E