SS - USS Drum (SS-228)

     
Název:
Name:
USS DrumUSS Drum
Originální název:
Original Name:
USS Drum
Kategorie:
Category:
oceánská ponorkasubmersible ship, ocean
Třída:
Class:
Gato
Kódové označení:
Pennant Number:
SS-228
Loděnice:
Builder:
Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery /
Založení kýlu:
Laid Down:
11.09.1940
Spuštění na vodu:
Launched:
12.05.1941
Uvedení do služby:
Commissioned:
01.11.1941
Vyřazení ze služby:
Decommissioned:
16.02.1946
Potopené lodě:
Sunk Ships:
02.05.1942 Mizuho (10930 t),
13.05.1942 Shonan Maru (5356 BRT),
25.05.1942 Kitakata Maru (2380 BRT), 34°00'00.00"N 139°00'00.00"E
08.10.1942 Hague Maru (5641 GRT),
09.10.1942 Yawatasan Maru (2461 BRT),
20.10.1942 Ryunan Maru (5106 BRT),
09.04.1943 Oyama Maru (3809 GRT),
18.04.1943 Nisshun Maru (6380 GRT),
17.06.1943 Myoko Maru (5086 GRT),
17.11.1943 Hie Maru (11621 BRT),
24.10.1944 Shikisan Maru (4725 GRT),
26.10.1944 Taisho Maru (6886 BRT),
26.10.1944 Taihaku Maru (6061 BRT), 19°21'00.00"N 120°50'00.00"E
Velitel:
Commander:
01.11.1941-14.11.1942 Rice, Robert Henry (Lieutenant Commander)
14.11.1942-07.10.1943 McMahon, Bernard Francis (Lieutenant Commander)
07.10.1943-18.10.1943 Kimmel, Thomas E. (Lieutenant Commander)
18.10.1943-24.06.1944 Williamson, Delbert Fred (Commander)
24.06.1944-15.11.1944 Rindskopf, Maurice Herbert (Lieutenant Commander)
15.11.1944-04.01.1946 Eddy, Frank Merrill (Lieutenant Commander)
04.01.1946-DD.MM.RRRR McNeal, Horace P. (Lieutenant Commander)
Jednotka:
Unit:
DD.MM.RRRR-DD.MM.RRRR DD.MM.RRRR-DD.MM.RRRR
Poznámka:
Note:
potopeno 12 obchodních lodí (65 512 BRT)
potopena 1 válečná loď (10 930 t)
poškozeny 2 obchodní lodě (12 858 BRT)
poškozena 1 válečná loď (13 360 t)

- první dokončená ponorka třídy Gato a první, která vstoupila do bojů ve 2. světové válce
- nejstarší existující ponorka třídy Gato
sunk 12 merchant ships (65,512 GRT)
sunk 1 warship (10,930 t)
damaged 2 merchant ships (12,858 GRT)
damaged 1 warship (13,360 t)

- the first completed Gato-class submarine and the first to enter combat in World War II
- oldest submarine of her Gato-class still in existence
Zdroje:
Sources:
www.history.navy.mil
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SS - 228 USS Drum

class: Gato
shipyard: Portsmouth Naval Shipyard,Kittery,Maine
construction started: September 11, 1940
launched: 12 may 1941
taken into service: 1 November 1941

decommissioned: 16 February 1946
reclassified AGSS-228: 1 December 1962
written off: 30 June 1968

monument: 30 jun 1968

length: 311'10" 98,04 m
width: 27' 3" 8,30 m
draught: 15'2" 4,62 m

Displacement
the above water: 1 526 tonnes
submerged: 2 410 tonnes

Speed
the above water: 20.25 knots
submerged: 8.75 knots

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

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

the length of the operating cruises: 75 day

Drive
4 x Fairbanks-Morse 5 400shp
4 x Elliot Motor Company 2 740 shp
2 x 126 cell batteries
reserve propellant: 94 400 gallons / 357 304 liters

The crew
officers: 6
sailors: 54

Armament
1 x 76 mm 3"/50
2 x 12.7 mm 0.50" MG
2 x 7.62 mm 0.30" MG

tubes
10 x 533 mm ( 6 in front, 4 x rear )

reserve torpedoes: 24 pieces.
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