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U.S.S. ENTEMEDOR
(SS-340)Click to view crew list
USS ENTEMEDOR (SS-340) - a Balao class submarine
In Commission 1945 to 1948SS-340 Deployments - Major Events
| Add a SS-340 Shellback Initiation | Add a SS-340 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FEB | 1944 | - | Keel Date: 3 FEB 1944 at Electric Boat Company Groton CT | ||
| DEC | 1944 | - | Launch Date: 17 DEC 1944 | ||
| APR | 1945 | - | Commissioned: 6 APR 1945 | ||
| SEP | 1961 | - | NOV | 1961 | Blue Nose - Arctic Circle |
| SEP | 1971 | - | Shellback Initiation - 10 SEP 1971 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
| JAN | 1972 | - | MAR | 1972 | Caribbean |
| JUL | 1972 | - | Decommissioned: 31 JUL 1972 | ||
SS-340 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: Transferred to Turkey on 31 July 1972; sold to Turkey on 1 August 1973
USS ENTEMEDOR (SS-340)
SS-340
originally named Chickwick
was renamed Entemedor on 24 September 1942 and launched 17 December 1944 by Electric Boat Co.
Groton
Conn.; sponsored by Mrs. E. V. Izac; and commissioned 6 April 1945
Lieutenant Commander W. R. Smith
Jr.
in command.
Entemedor reached Pearl Harbor 29 June 1945 from New London
en route to Midway for advanced training and to prepare for war patrols. She put to sea on her first war patrol 24 July
and served as lifeguard for air strikes on Marcus Island before sailing on to patrol off Japan. When hostilities ceased she was ordered to Saipan
where she arrived 17 August.
The submarine returned to Seattle 22 September 1945
and began a program of training operations along the west coast from San Diego. In 1946 and 1947
she made extended cruises in the Far East
basing at Subic Bay. She was decommissioned and placed in reserve at Mare Island Shipyard 10 December 1948.
Recommissioned 24 October 1950
Entemedor trained off the coast of California
and on 2 January 1951 sailed for New London and through the remainder of the year operated in the Atlantic. On 31 January 1952 she entered the Electric Boat Co.'s yard for extensive modernization
was placed in commission in reserve 28 February 1952
and returned to active status 17 October 1952.
Every second year beginning in 1953 Entemedor deployed to the Mediterranean to serve with the 6th Fleet and from her home port at New London also sailed for a midshipman cruise to northern European ports in the summer of 1958
and to Portland
England
in February 1960. Her stateside operations included participation in large-scale exercises off the east coast and in the Caribbean
and serving as target for TF "Alfa
" in development of antisubmarine warfare techniques. Through 1962 she continued to operate from New London.
[Note: The above USS ENTEMEDOR (SS-340) history may or may not contain text provided by crew members of the USS ENTEMEDOR (SS-340) or by other non-crew members and text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]