Tambor-class submarine

USS Tambor
USS Tambor (SS-198)
Class overview
NameTambor class
BuildersElectric Boat Company, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Mare Island Naval Shipyard[1]
Operators United States Navy
Preceded bySargo class[1]
Succeeded byMackerel class[1]
Built1939–1941[2]
In commission1940–1946[2]
Completed12[1]
Lost7[1]
Retired5[1]
General characteristics
TypeDiesel-electric submarine
Displacement
  • 1,475 long tons (1,499 t) standard, surfaced[3]
  • 2,370 long tons (2,410 t) submerged[3]
Length307 ft 2 in (93.62 m)[3]
Beam27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)[3]
Draft14 ft 7+12 in (4.458 m)[3]
Propulsion
Speed
  • 20.4 knots (38 km/h) surfaced[3]
  • 8.75 knots (16 km/h) submerged[3]
Range11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h)[3]
Endurance48 hours at 2 knots (3.7 km/h) submerged[3]
Test depth250–300 ft (76–91 m) Crush Depth Possible 500 ft (150 m)[3]
Complement6 officers, 54 enlisted[3]
Armament

The Tambor-class submarine was a United States Navy submarine design, used primarily during World War II. They were the USN's first fully successful fleet submarine, and began the war close to the fighting. Six of the class were in Hawaiian waters or the Central Pacific on 7 December 1941, with Tautog at Pearl Harbor during the attack.[4] They went on to see hard service; seven of the twelve boats in the class were sunk before the survivors were withdrawn from front-line service in early 1945; this was the highest percentage lost of any US submarine class. Tautog was credited with sinking 26 ships, the largest number of ships sunk by a US submarine in World War II. The Tambors attained the top speed of 21 knots (39 km/h) and range of 11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km) (allowing patrols in Japanese home waters) of the preceding Sargo class, and improvements included six bow torpedo tubes, a more reliable full diesel-electric propulsion plant, and improved combat efficiency with key personnel and equipment relocated to the conning tower.[5][6] In some references, the Tambors are called the "T Class", and SS-206 through SS-211 are sometimes called the "Gar class".[7]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Bauer, K. Jack; Roberts, Stephen S. (1991). Register of Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1775-1990: Major Combatants. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. p. 270. ISBN 0-313-26202-0.
  2. ^ a b Friedman, Norman (1995). U.S. Submarines Through 1945: An Illustrated Design History. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. pp. 285–304. ISBN 1-55750-263-3.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 305-311
  4. ^ US submarine deployment 7 December 1941
  5. ^ Friedman, pp. 204-205
  6. ^ Tambor class article at The Pacific War Online Encyclopedia
  7. ^ Silverstone, pp. 190-193

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