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								U.S.S. SKATE
(SS-305)Click to view crew list
SS-305 Deployments - Major Events
| Add a SS-305 Shellback Initiation | Add a SS-305 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event | 
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| AUG | 1942 | - | Keel Date: 1 AUG  1942 at Mare Island Naval Shipyard Vallejo CA | ||
| MAR | 1943 | - | Launch Date: 4 MAR 1943 | ||
| APR | 1943 | - | Commissioned: 15 APR 1943 | ||
| OCT | 1943 | - | OCT | 1943 | Middle Pacific | 
| DEC | 1946 | - | Decommissioned: 11 DEC 1946 | ||
SS-305 General Specifications
Class: Balao class submarine
Complement: 10 Officers and 70 Enlisted
Displacement: 1526 tons
Length: 311 feet 10 inches
Beam: 27 feet 4 inches
Draft: 16 feet 10 in
Range: 11 000 Nautical Miles
Final Disposition: Sunk as a target off Southern California coast 5 October