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U.S.S. TARPON

(SS-175)

THE VIKING

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SS-175 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
DEC1933-Keel Date: 22 DEC 1933
at Electric Boat Company Groton CT
SEP1935-Launch Date: 4 SEP 1935
MAR1936-Commissioned: 12 MAR 1936
NOV1945-Decommissioned: 15 NOV 1945

SS-175 General Specifications

Class: Porpoise-class diesel-electric submarine

Complement: 5 Officers and 49 Enlisted

Displacement: 1316 tons

Length: 287 feet 0 inches

Beam: 25 feet

Draft: 13 feet 9 in

Range: 6 000 nautical miles

Final Disposition: Sold for breaking up 8 June 1957;