USS Tarpon (SS-175) 

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Classification

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Type:  Submarine
Class:  SS 172
Builder:  Electric Boat Co (General Dynamics)
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Characteristics
Length:  298 feet
Beam:  25 feet
Displacement:  1968 tons
# Officers:  5
# Enlisted:  45
Propulsion:  Diesel - Electric
# Propellers:  2
Service
Launched:  12/4/1935
Commissioned:  3/12/1936
Decommissioned:  11/15/1945

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Crew Lists
# Crew listed:  303
# Commission Crew:  9
# Decommission Crew:  9
# with e-mail:  12
# Eternal Patrol:  93
History

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Status:  Sunk
Fate:  Tarpon foundered in deep water, South of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, while under tow to the scrap yard.
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