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| Career | |
|---|---|
| Ordered: | |
| Laid down: | 3 April 1944 |
| Launched: | 1 April 1945 |
| Commissioned: | 8 August 1945 |
| Decommissioned: | 21 November 1973 |
| Struck: | 21 November 1973 |
| Fate: | sold to Turkey, 21 November 1973 |
| Commissioned: | 12 February 1974 |
| Decommissioned: | 1998 |
| Struck: | |
| Fate: | |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement, Surfaced: Submerged: | 1,526 tons (1550 t), 2,424 tons (2460 t) |
| Length: | 311.8 ft (95.0 m) |
| Beam: | 27.3 ft (8.3 m) |
| Draft: | 15.3 ft (4.6 m) |
| Depth limit: | 400 ft (120 m) |
| Speed, Surfaced: Submerged: | 20.25 knotA knot is a unit of speed equal to one nautical mile per hour. 852 kilometres per hour precisely (approximately 1. 15 miles per hour or 0. 514 metres per second). Knot is usually abbreviated kt''. The knot is widely used in air and sea navigation. Becauses (37 km/h) 8.75 knots (16 km/h) |
| Propulsion: | four 5400-hp diesel engineThe diesel engine is a type of internal combustion engine; more specifically, a compression ignition engine, in which the fuel is ignited by the high temperature of a compressed gas, rather than a separate source of energy (such as a spark plug). It was is four 2740-hp (2.0 MWThe megawatt (symbol: MW) is a unit for measuring power corresponding to one million (106) watts. The productive capacity of electrical generators operated by utility companies are often measured in MW. Few things can sustain the transfer or consumption o) electric motors, two propellers |
| Submerged Endurance: | 48 hours at 2 knots |
| Patrol Endurance: | 75 days |
| Range: | 11,000 nmi.A nautical mile is a unit of distance, or, as physical scientists like to call it, length. It is widely used around the world for maritime and aviation purposes. The international nautical mile is defined as exactly 1,852 metres. This definition was adopt (20,000 km) surfaced at 10 knots |
| Complement: | 66 officers and enlisted |
| Armament: | ten 21" torpedo tubes, (six forward, four aft), 24 torpedoes, one 5"/25 deck gun, four machine guns |
| Motto: | |
USS Cobbler (SS-344), a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the cobbler, the killifish of New South Wales.
Cobbler (SS-344) was launched 1 April 1945 by Electric Boat Co., Groton, Conn.; sponsored by Mrs. J. B. Rutter; commissioned 8 August 1945, Commander J. B. Grady in command.
Cobbler arrived at Key West 11 January 1946, for operations locally and in the Caribbean for exercises and training until 27 November 1948. She then sailed for Groton, arriving 1 December for a GUPPY III modernization. Conversion completed 17 August 1949, she departed Groton 24 August for Norfolk, her home port from the time of her arrival, 27 August.
She conducted operations in Florida and Caribbean waters and along the east coast visiting Quebec 10 to 14 September 1953, and returning to Norfolk 19 September. On 27 March 1954 she cleared Norfolk for 3 weeks of operations under the control of the Operational Development Force, cruising with units of the Canadian navy and air force from Bermuda to Nova Scotia.
Her operations in the Caribbean and off the east coast continued, until 6 January 1958, when she departed Norfolk for a tour of duty in the Mediterranean Sea, returning 18 April. She resumed operations off the east coast, cruising to Bermuda in June 1958, and to Quebec with midshipmen embarked in July 1959. From 9 September 1959 through 1960 she was assigned to the Atlantic Fleet's Antisubmarine Development Force.