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USS GUARDFISH

(SS-217)

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SS-217 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
APR 1941 Keel Date: 1 APR 1941
at Electric Boat Company Groton CT
JAN 1942 Launch Date: 20 JAN 1942
MAY 1942 Commissioned: 8 MAY 1942
MAY 1942 - MAY 1942 Commisioning
JUN 1942 - JUL 1942 Middle Pacific
AUG 1942 - SEP 1942 Middle Pacific
MAY 1946 Decommissioned: 25 MAY 1946

SS-217 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

Range: 11 000 Nautical Miles

Final Disposition: Sunk as a target off Block Island 10 October 1961