U.S.S. Porpoise
SS-172
1938
(Trident alpha Ta-10272)
- Class: P Class - 10 submarines of 1933-34
- Displacement: 1,310/1,960 tons
- Dimensions: 283(wl) 301(oa) x 25 x 13 ft.
- Machinery: 2-shaft Diesels, H.P. 4,300/2,085 = 19/8 knots
- Armament: 6-21" T.T.(4 bow, 2 stern), 1-3"/50 gun
- Complement: 55
- Builder: Electric Boat
- Keel Laid: 27 Oct 1933
- Launched: 20 Jun 1935
- Commissioned: 15 Aug 1935
- Decommissioned: 15 Nov 1945
- Notes: In service, in reserve (pierside trainer), 1947-1956.
- Service: Credited with sinking three vessels totaling 9,741 tons during six war patrols. Retired to New London as school boat in late 1943.
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