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U.S.S. LANCETFISH

(SS-296)


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SS-296 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
SEP1942-Keel Date: 30 SEP 1942
at Cramp Shipbuilding Company Philadelphia PA
AUG1943-Launch Date: 15 AUG 1943
FEB1945-Commissioned: 12 FEB 1945
MAR1945-Decommissioned: 24 MAR 1945

SS-296 General Specifications

Class: Balao class submarine

Complement: 10 Officers and 70 Enlisted

Displacement: 1526 tons

Length: 311 feet 8 inches

Beam: 27 feet 3 inches

Draft: 16 feet 10 in

Range: 11 000 Nautical Miles

Final Disposition: Sold for scrap 20 August 1959