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U.S.S. HARDER

(SS-257)

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SS-257 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
DEC1941-Keel Date: 1 DEC 1941
at Electric Boat Company Groton CT
AUG1942-Launch Date: 19 AUG 1942
DEC1942-Commissioned: 2 DEC 1942

SS-257 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: Sunk by kamikaze 28 May 1945