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Narwhal Class Submarine:
Laid down, 10 May 1927, at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME; Launched, 17
December 1929; Commissioned Cruiser Submarine USS V-5 (SC-1), 15 May 1930;
Renamed Narwahl (SS-167), 19 February 1931; Decommissioned, 23 April 1945,
at Philadelphia, PA.; Struck from the Naval Register, 19 May 1945; Final
Disposition, sold for scrapping. Narwhal received 15 battle stars for
World War II service.
Specifications: Displacement, Surfaced: 2,730 t., Submerged: 3,960 t.;
Length 371' ; Beam 33' 3"; Draft 15' 9"; Speed, Surfaced 17 kts, Submerged
8 kts; Depth Limit 300'; Complement 8 officers 80 enlisted; Armament, four
21" torpedo tubes forward, two 21" torpedo tubes aft, four 21" torpedo
tubes topside, 24-26 torpedoes internal (four external tubes {two each bow
and stern, four torpedoes} were added 1942-3; provision for 8-12
additional torpedoes externally); two single 6"/53 deck guns, two
30 cal. mgs.; Propulsion, diesel electric, Maschinfabrik - Augusburg-
Nurnburg, New York Navy Yard diesel engines, hp 3175, Fuel Capacity,
182,778 gal., Westinghouse Electric Co., electric motors, hp 2500, Battery
Cells 240, twin propellers.
