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Type: Submarine
Class: SS 188
Builder: Portsmouth Navy Yard
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| Characteristics |
Length: 311 feet
Beam: 27 feet
Displacement: 2350 tons
# Officers: 5
# Enlisted: 50
Propulsion: Diesel
# Propellers: 2
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| Service |
Launched: 7/27/1938
Commissioned: 1/16/1939
Decommissioned: 11/19/1943
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Crew Lists
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# Crew listed: 245
# Commission Crew: 53
# Decommission Crew: 0
# with e-mail: 7
# Eternal Patrol: 148
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| History
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Status: Lost
Fate: Scuttled in the Gilberts Archipelago on her 9th patrol. The Commanding Officer CDR.Connaway was killed. Capt. Cromwell went down with the ship and was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his act of heroism and devotion to country.
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