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U.S.S. SEA DEVIL

(SS-400)


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SS-400 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
NOV1943-Keel Date: 18 NOV 1943
at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Kittery ME
DEC1943-Shellback Initiation - 22 DEC 1943 - Pacific Ocean
FEB1944-Launch Date: 28 FEB 1944
MAY1944-Commissioned: 24 MAY 1944
FEB1954-Decommissioned: 19 FEB 1954
FEB1961-JUN1961West Pac

SS-400 General Specifications

Class: Balao class submarine

Named for: The sea devil

Complement: 10 Officers and 70 Enlisted

Displacement: 1526 tons

Length: 311 feet 6 inches

Beam: 27 feet 3 inches

Flank Speed: 20 Knots

Range: 11 000 Nautical Miles

Final Disposition:Sunk as a target off southern California 24 November 1964