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USS Barracuda (SS-163)

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46: 761: 784: 794: 774: 755: 31: 1209: 509:. The latter were primarily for charging batteries, but to reach maximum surfaced speed, they could augment the mechanically coupled main-propulsion engines by driving the 1,200 hp (890 kW) electric motors in parallel via an electric transmission. Although it wasn't until about 1939 that its problems were solved, electric transmission in a pure 725:, for overhaul. At this time she was converted to a cargo submarine with the removal of her main engines, severely restricting her speed on the auxiliary engines. Following overhaul she was based at New London until February 1945 with Submarine Divisions 13 and 31. She operated on training problems with 637: 561:
had been commissioned in 1924 for surface running only, to permit an early trial of her engines. She was assigned to Submarine Division 20 and, after cruising along the
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was converted to a cargo submarine, with the main engines removed to provide cargo space, significantly reducing her speed on the remaining auxiliary diesels.
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of 2,250 hp (1,680 kW) each, along with two Busch-Sulzer auxiliary diesel engines of 1,000 hp (750 kW) each, driving
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was assigned to Submarine Division 12 and, until late in 1936, operated along the west coast and cruised to
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with the fleet. On 28 October 1936 she left San Diego for the Caribbean where she took part in the
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to SS-163, 1 July 1931. In May 1932 she went into Rotating Reserve with Submarine Division 15 at
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served with the Squadron on routine operations with the fleet along the west coast, in the
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requirement of 21 knots (39 km/h) surface speed for operating with contemporary
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on 16 February 1945; was decommissioned 3 March 1945; and sold 16 November 1945.
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engines 1940, main engines removed 1942-43 on conversion to a cargo submarine
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2 Γ— Busch-Sulzer auxiliary diesel engines, 1,000 hp (750 kW) each,
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was attached to Submarine Division 31 and completed six war patrols in the
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cruised along the Atlantic coast and in the Caribbean until November 1927.
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11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km) at 11 knots with fuel in main
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direct-drive main diesel engines, 2,250 hp (1,680 kW) each
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diesel engines of 1,000 hp (750 kW) each. In 1942-43
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were the only class of the nine "V-boats" designed to meet the
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coast, sailed on 14 January 1925 on a surface cruise of the
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arrangement became the propulsion system for the successful
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U.S. Submarines Through 1945: An Illustrated Design History
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(Fall 2003). 984:: Greenwood Press. p. 265. 792: 782: 772: 759: 753: 608:weapon. Her name was changed to 289:9 knots (17 km/h) submerged 286:21 knots (39 km/h) surfaced 242:Auxiliary engines replaced with 44: 29: 612:9 March 1931 (for the scrapped 553: 147:)-class composite direct-drive 1046:Naval Weapons of World War Two 1011: 998: 957: 788:Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal 767:American Defense Service Medal 479: 411:Construction and commissioning 393:," was the second ship of the 16:Submarine of the United States 1: 1506:Ships built in Kittery, Maine 1223:. The entry can be found 1141:U.S. Warships of World War II 1139:Silverstone, Paul H. 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USS Barracuda
USS Barracuda (SS-163)
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Kittery, Maine
diesel
diesel-electric
submarine
tons
t
Busch-Sulzer
diesel-electric
BuEng
MAN
cell
Exide
batteries
Elliott
electric motors
ballast tanks
petty officers
torpedo tubes
torpedoes
5 inch (127 mm)/51 caliber
deck gun
lead ship
her class
V-boats
United States Navy
barracuda
F-2

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