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U.S.S. GATO

(SS-212)


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SS-212 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
OCT1940-Keel Date: 5 OCT 1940
at Electric Boat Company Groton CT
AUG1941-Launch Date: 21 AUG 1941
DEC1941-Commissioned: 31 DEC 1941
MAR1946-Decommissioned: 16 MAR 1946

SS-212 General Specifications

Class: Gato-class submarine

Complement: 6 Officers and 54 Enlisted

Displacement: 1525 tons

Length: 311 feet 9 inches

Beam: 27 feet 3 inches

Draft: 17 feet 0 in

Range: 11 000 Nautical Miles

Final Disposition: Sold for scrap 25 July 1960