USS Croaker (SS-246)
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USS Croaker (SS-246) is a World War II-era Gato-class submarine of the United States Navy that earned multiple battle stars in the Pacific and is now preserved as a museum ship.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Gato-class submarine
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United States Navy submarine ⓘ World War II submarine ⓘ museum ship ⓘ |
| armament |
10 × 21-inch torpedo tubes
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deck gun ⓘ |
| beam | 27 feet 3 inches ⓘ |
| becameMuseumShipOn | 1976 ⓘ |
| builder | Electric Boat Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| builtAt | Groton, Connecticut NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| class | Gato class NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commissionedOn | 21 April 1944 ⓘ |
| convertedTo | radar picket / hunter-killer configuration ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crewComplement | about 60 officers and enlisted ⓘ |
| decommissionedOn | 2 December 1946 ⓘ |
| displacement |
1526 tons surfaced
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2424 tons submerged ⓘ |
| draft | 17 feet ⓘ |
| earnedAward | battle stars for World War II service ⓘ |
| exhibitedAt | Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| finalDecommissioningDate | 1 December 1968 ⓘ |
| flag | United States Navy ensign NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| homeportDuringColdWar | New London, Connecticut NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hullNumber | SS-246 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| IMO | not applicable (naval vessel) ⓘ |
| laidDownOn | 1 December 1943 ⓘ |
| laterHomeport | Key West, Florida NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchedOn | 19 December 1943 ⓘ |
| length | 311 feet 9 inches ⓘ |
| museumLocation | Buffalo, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | croaker (a type of fish) ⓘ |
| notableAction | sank multiple Japanese vessels during World War II ⓘ |
| numberOfWarPatrols | 6 ⓘ |
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| pennantNumber | SS-246 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| postwarRole | hunter-killer submarine (SSK) ⓘ |
| propulsion | diesel-electric ⓘ |
| reclassifiedAs | SSK-246 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reclassifiedOn | 18 February 1953 ⓘ |
| recommissionedOn | 7 May 1951 ⓘ |
| servedInConflict | World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sponsoredBy | Mrs. Walter T. Griffith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status |
on public display
ⓘ
preserved ⓘ |
| strickenFromNavalRegisterOn | 1 December 1968 ⓘ |
| successorClassInService | Balao-class submarine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theaterOfOperations | Pacific Theater NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| topSpeed |
20 knots surfaced
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9 knots submerged ⓘ |
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