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USS BLACKFISH

(SS-221)

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SS-221 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
JUL 1941 Keel Date: 1 JUL 1941
at General Dynamics Electric Boat Groton CT
APR 1942 Launch Date: 18 APR 1942
JUL 1942 Commissioned: 22 JUL 1942
MAY 1946 Decommissioned: 11 MAY 1946

SS-221 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: Sold for scrap on 4 May 1959