| USS Razorback SS 394 TCG Murat Reis S 336 |
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| History of the Razorback |
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| USS RAZORBACK SS-394 BALAO Class Fleet Submarine As Built Displacement: 1870 Tons Surfaced, 2391 Tons Submerged Length: 311 Feet 7 Inches Width: 27 Feet 3 Inches Draft 16 Feet 10 Inches Test Depth: 400 Feet Diesel: Fairbanks Morse Diesel, 5,400 shp. Electric: Elliot electric Motor. 2,740 shp. Speed: 20.25 Knots Surfaced; 8.75 Knots Submerged Range: 10,000 miles surfaced Torpedo Tubes: Six 21 Inch Forward Tubes and Four - 21 Inch Tubes Aft Guns: (1) Three Inch-Fifty Cal Crew: 6 Officers 60 Enlisted Class: BALAO Keel laid by the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, ME, 9 September 1943 Launched: 27 January 1944, Sponsored by Mrs. Henry F.D. Davis Commissioned: 3 April 1944 with LCdr. Albert M. Bontier in command Decommissioned: 1 August 1952. Re-commissioned: 1January 54 Decommissioned and struck from the Navy List 30 November 1970 Sold to the Turkey Navy to serve as Murat Reis (S-336) 30 November 1970 Decommissioned February 2002 Sold To the Arkansas Inland Maritime Museum March 25, 2004 Moved to North Little Rock Arkansas August 29, 2004 |
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