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U.S.S. KINGFISHR

(SS-234)


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SS-234 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
AUG1941-Keel Date: 29 AUG 1941
at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Kittery ME
MAR1942-Launch Date: 2 MAR 1942
MAY1942-Commissioned: 20 MAY 1942
MAR1946-Decommissioned: 9 MAR 1946

SS-234 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 6 October 1960