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USS Thresher SS200

 

SPECIFICATIONS

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Tambor Class

Displacement:           1475 Tons Surfaced, 2370 Tons Submerged

Length:                     307ft

Beam:                        27ft

Max Speed:              20 Knots Surfaced, 8.75 Knots Submerged

Complement:            5 Officers, 54 Enlisted Men

Armament:                6 Torpedo Tubes Forward, 4 Torpedo Tubes Aft, Various Deck Weapon Configurations Throughout The War

Keel:                          Laid 27 April 1939, Electric Boat Company, Groton CT

Launched:                27 March 1940, Sponsored By Mrs. Claude A. Jones

Commissioned:       27 August 1940, Lcdr. William L. Anderson In Command

Decommissioned:   13 December 1945

Recommissioned:   6 February 1946

Decommissioned:  12 July 1946

Struck:                     23 December 1947

Disposition:            Sold For Scrapping To Max Siegel, 18 March 1948

 

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