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U.S.S. CORPORAL
(SS-346)EXARTEPENDEMUS
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USS CORPORAL (SS-346) - a Balao class submarine
In Commission 1945 to 1973SS-346 Deployments - Major Events
| Add a SS-346 Shellback Initiation | Add a SS-346 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| APR | 1944 | - | Keel Date: 27 APR 1944 at Electric Boat Company Groton CT | ||
| JUN | 1945 | - | Launch Date: 10 JUN 1945 | ||
| NOV | 1945 | - | Commissioned: 9 NOV 1945 | ||
| JAN | 1951 | - | JAN | 1970 | Mediterranean |
| JAN | 1954 | - | DEC | 1954 | Alaska |
| NOV | 1960 | - | MAR | 1961 | North Atlantic-Med-Indian Ocean |
| JAN | 1962 | - | JAN | 1963 | Cuban Missle Blockade |
| JUL | 1963 | - | NOV | 1963 | Blue Nose - Arctic Circle |
| JAN | 1966 | - | MAR | 1966 | Special Operations North Atlantic |
| MAY | 1966 | - | JUL | 1966 | Special Operations North Atlantic |
| NOV | 1973 | - | Decommissioned: 28 NOV 1973 | ||
SS-346 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 21 November 1973
USS CORPORAL (SS-346)
Corporal (SS-346) was launched 10 June 1945 by Electric Boat Co. Groton Conn.; sponsored by Mrs. H. C. Wick; commissioned 9 November 1945 Commander E. E. Shelby in command; and reported to the Atlantic Fleet.
Corporal cleared New London 8 January 1946 for her base at
Key West
arriving 25 February. She took part in antisubmarine
warfare projects and fleet exercises off Florida and Bermuda and in
the Caribbean until returning to Groton
Conn. 26 February 1947.
After extensive modernization
she returned to Key West 2 March 1948.
She continued to conduct training and join in exercises off Florida
and in the Caribbean until her first tour of duty in the
Mediterranean with the 6th Fleet from 16 July 1952 to 15 October.
Returning to local operations off Key West
she also participated in
large-scale fleet exercises in the Atlantic and Caribbean. She
cruised to the British Isles from 11 March to 16 May 1957
and upon
her return to Key West
continued training and services to the Fleet
Sonar School. Through 1958 and 1959
she operated frequently in
ordnance tests
and from August 1959
when Charleston
S.C.
became
her home port
cruised widely along the east coast. In December 1960
Corporal sailed to visit Germany and then join the 6th Fleet
in the Mediterranean.
[Note: The above USS CORPORAL (SS-346) history may or may not contain text provided by crew members of the USS CORPORAL (SS-346) or by other non-crew members and text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]