SS - USS Harder (SS-257)

SS-257 USS Harder

class: Gato
shipyard: Electric Boat Company, Groton Connecticut
construction launched: 1 December 1941
launched: 19 August 1942
taken into the service: 1 December 1942

sunk: 24 August 1944
cause of loss: the patrol boat no 22
position: 15°50'N and 119°43'E in Davol Bay, on the west coast of the island of Luzon

length: 311'9" 95,02 m
width: 27'3" 8,30 m
draft: 15'3" 4,6 m

Displacement
vynořená: 1 526 tonnes
engrossed: 2 424 tons

Speed
vynořená: 20.25 knots
engrossed: 8.75 knots

the depth of immersion of the
300' 91 m
450' 137 m

reach 11 000 n. miles / 10 knots
stamina 48 h / 2 knots

the length of the operating cruises: 75 days

Drive
4xHoover,Owens Rentschler 5 400 shp
4xAllis Chalmers Manufacturing Company 2 740 shp
2x126 apron battery
stock pohoných materials: 97 140 gallonů / 367 675 litres

the crew
8 officers
72 seafarers

Armament
1x76 mm 3"/50, 2x12,7 mm 0.50"MG 2x7,62 mm 0.30"MG

torpedo tubes
10x533 mm ( 6xvpředu, 4xvzadu )
stock of torpedoes: 24 pieces.
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USS Harder sank during its sixth combat patrol.Received 1xPresidental Unit Citation and 6xBattle Star.
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