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U.S.S. SILVERSIDES

(SS-236)

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SS-236 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
NOV1940-Keel Date: 4 NOV 1940
at Mare Island Naval Shipyard Vallejo CA
AUG1941-Launch Date: 26 AUG 1941
DEC1941-Commissioned: 15 DEC 1941
JUL1943-MAR1945San Francisco
APR1946-Decommissioned: 17 APR 1946

SS-236 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: Museum ship at Muskegon Michigan