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U.S.S. BLOWER
(SS-325)Click to view crew list
SS-325 Deployments - Major Events
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| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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| JUL | 1943 | - | Keel Date: 15 JUL 1943 at Electric Boat Company Groton CT | ||
| APR | 1944 | - | Launch Date: 23 APR 1944 | ||
| AUG | 1944 | - | Commissioned: 10 AUG 1944 | ||
| OCT | 1944 | - | OCT | 1944 | Panama Canal |
| MAR | 1945 | - | Shellback Initiation - 9 MAR 1945 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| NOV | 1950 | - | Decommissioned: 16 NOV 1950 | ||
SS-325 General Specifications
Class: Balao class submarine
Complement: 10 Officers and 70 Enlisted
Displacement: 1526 tons
Length: 311 feet 9 inches
Beam: 27 feet 3 inches
Draft: 16 feet 10 in
Range: 11 000 Nautical Miles
Final Disposition: Collided with the Swedish freighter Naboland and sunk 4 April 1953