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USS PLUNGER
(SS-179)There are only two kinds of Ships,
Submarines and Targets!
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SS-179 Deployments - Major Events
| Add a SS-179 Shellback Initiation | Add a SS-179 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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| JUL | 1935 | Keel Date: 17 JUL 1935 at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Kittery ME |
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| JUL | 1936 | Launch Date: 8 JUL 1936 | |||
| NOV | 1936 | Commissioned: 19 NOV 1936 | |||
| NOV | 1945 | Decommissioned: 15 NOV 1945 | |||
SS-179 General Specifications
Class: Porpoise-class diesel-electric submarine
Named for: Plunger
Complement: 5 Officers and 45 Enlisted
Displacement: 1350 tons
Length: 298 feet
Beam: 25 feet 0.875 inches
Flank Speed: 19 Knots
Range: 11 000 Nautical Miles
Final Disposition:Sold for breaking up 22 April 1957
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