USS Swordfish (SS-193) 

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Classification

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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
Service
Launched:  4/1/1939
Commissioned:  7/22/1939
Decommissioned:  1/9/1945

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Crew Lists
# Crew listed:  295
# Commission Crew:  51
# Decommission Crew:  0
# with e-mail:  4
# Eternal Patrol:  81
History

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Status:  Lost
Fate:  After repeated attempts to contact Swordfish by radio had failed, she was reported as presumed lost, the victim of unknown causes. 89 men lost.
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