USS Lancetfish (SS-296)

USS Lancetfish (SS-296) after being recovered in early April 1945.
Overview
Keel laying	September 30, 1942
Launch	August 15, 1943
1. Period of service
period of service	February 12, 1945 - March 24, 1945;
Whereabouts	Sunk in port on March 24, 1945; subsequently repaired and in reserve until June 8, 1959
Technical specifications
displacement	1526  ts surfaced 2424 ts surfaced
length	95.0 meters
width	8.3 meters
Draft	5.1 meters (maximum)
Diving depth	120 meters
crew	10 officers , 70 NCOs and men
drive	4 × 1350 PS-Fairbanks Morse Model 38D8-1/8 9-cylinder diesel - opposed piston engines (. Ges 5400 PS) 4 × 685-horsepower electric motors (. Ges 2740 hp)
speed	Surfaced 20.25 knots surfaced 8.75 knots
Range	11,000  nautical miles at 10 knots
Armament	10 × 53.3 cm torpedo tubes (6 in the bow; 4 in the stern) 1 × 10.2 cm (4 inch) gun 1945 replaced by: 2 × 12.7 cm (5 inch) 2 × 4.0 cm Bofors FlaK 3 × 12.7 mm  Browning M2 machine guns

The USS Lancetfish (SS-296) was a submarine of the Balao class and served in the US Navy . It was named after the lance fish . The Lancetfish was built and put into service during the Second World War, but sank shortly after its commissioning on March 24, 1945 lying in the port of Boston in an accident and was therefore no longer used in the war. Afterwards, salvaged and repaired, the Lancetfish was transferred to the reserve fleet at the end of the war and remained there until it was finally deleted from the fleet register in June 1958. During this time, she served as a training submarine of the 11th Marine District. The Lancetfish was sold for scrapping and scrapped in 1959.

Web links

• USS Lancetfish in the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships
• Pictures of the USS Lancetfish at navsource.org (picture gallery)

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Friedman, Norman (1995). US Submarines Through 1945: An Illustrated Design History. Annapolis, Maryland: United States Naval Institute. Pp. 285-304. ISBN 1-55750-263-3 .