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SS-394 USS Razorback
Namesake. The fin whale also known as finback whale or common rorqual and formerly known as herring whale or razorback whale
Builder: Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine
Laid down: 9 Sep 1943
Launched: 27 Jan 1944
Commissioned: 3 Apr 1944
Decommissioned: Aug 1952
Recommissioned: 1954
Decommissioned: 30 Nov 1970
Stricken	. 30 Nov 1970
Fate. Sold to Turkey, 30 Nov 1970; on display at Arkansas Inland Maritime Museum since 2004
Class and type: Balao-class diesel-electric submarine
Displacement:	
1,526 long tons (1,550 t) surfaced
2,391 long tons (2,429 t) submerged
Length. 311 ft 6 in (94.95 m)
Beam. 27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)
Draft. 16 ft 10 in (5.13 m) maximum
Propulsion:	
4 × Fairbanks-Morse Model 38D8-⅛ 10-cylinder opposed piston diesel engines driving electrical generators
2 × 126-cell Sargo batteries
4 × high-speed Elliott electric motors with reduction gears
two propellers 
5,400 shp (4.0 MW) surfaced
2,740 shp (2.0 MW) submerged
Speed:	
20.25 knots (37.50 km/h; 23.30 mph) surfaced
8.75 knots (16.21 km/h; 10.07 mph) submerged
Range. 11,000 nmi (20,000 km; 13,000 mi) surfaced at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Endurance:	
48 hours at 2 knots (3.7 km/h; 2.3 mph) submerged
75 days on patrol
Test depth. 400 ft (120 m)
Complement. 10 officers, 70–71 enlisted
Armament:	
10 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
6 forward, 4 aft
24 torpedoes
1 × 4-inch (102 mm) / 50 caliber deck gun
Bofors 40 mm and Oerlikon 20 mm cannon

SS-394 USS Razorback

Namesake. The fin whale also known as finback whale or common rorqual and formerly known as herring whale or razorback whale
Builder: Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine
Laid down: 9 Sep 1943
Launched: 27 Jan 1944
Commissioned: 3 Apr 1944
Decommissioned: Aug 1952
Recommissioned: 1954
Decommissioned: 30 Nov 1970
Stricken . 30 Nov 1970
Fate. Sold to Turkey, 30 Nov 1970; on display at Arkansas Inland Maritime Museum since 2004
Class and type: Balao-class diesel-electric submarine
Displacement:
1,526 long tons (1,550 t) surfaced
2,391 long tons (2,429 t) submerged
Length. 311 ft 6 in (94.95 m)
Beam. 27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)
Draft. 16 ft 10 in (5.13 m) maximum
Propulsion:
4 × Fairbanks-Morse Model 38D8-⅛ 10-cylinder opposed piston diesel engines driving electrical generators
2 × 126-cell Sargo batteries
4 × high-speed Elliott electric motors with reduction gears
two propellers
5,400 shp (4.0 MW) surfaced
2,740 shp (2.0 MW) submerged
Speed:
20.25 knots (37.50 km/h; 23.30 mph) surfaced
8.75 knots (16.21 km/h; 10.07 mph) submerged
Range. 11,000 nmi (20,000 km; 13,000 mi) surfaced at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Endurance:
48 hours at 2 knots (3.7 km/h; 2.3 mph) submerged
75 days on patrol
Test depth. 400 ft (120 m)
Complement. 10 officers, 70–71 enlisted
Armament:
10 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
6 forward, 4 aft
24 torpedoes
1 × 4-inch (102 mm) / 50 caliber deck gun
Bofors 40 mm and Oerlikon 20 mm cannon

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