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USS GUARDFISH
(SS-217)Click Here
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SS-217 Deployments - Major Events
| Add a SS-217 Shellback Initiation | Add a SS-217 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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| APR | 1941 | Keel Date: 1 APR 1941 at Electric Boat Company Groton CT |
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| 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

































