
Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945
SS-176 USS Perch
- Porpoise Class Submarine:
- Displacement: 1330 tons surfaced, 1998 tons submerged
- Length: 300'6"
- Beam: 25'
- Draft: 13'10"
- Speed: 20 knots surfaced, 9 knots submerged
- Armament: 1 3"/50, 4 bow and 2 stern torpedo tubes, (#?) 21" torpedoes
- Complement: 73
- Diesel engines/electric motors
- Range: 10,000 miles surfaced
- Built at Electric Boat Co. and commissioned 1936
: Scuttled under destroyer gunfire in the Java Sea, 3 March 42, after repeated depth charge attacks, 1-3 March, left her barely seaworthy.
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Last updated:
221 January 2008