Tarpon Wreck

Name: USS Tarpon (SS-175) Builder: Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut Laid down: 22 December 1933 Launched: 4 September 1935 Commissioned: 12 March 1936 Decommissioned: 15 November 1945 Struck: 5 September 1956 Fate: Sold for breaking up, 8 June 1957; foundered off Cape Hatteras, 26 August 1957 General characteristics Class and type: Porpoise-class diesel-electric submarine Displacement: 1,316 tons (1,337 t) standard, surfaced 1,968 tons (2,000 t) submerged Length: 287 ft 0 in (87.48 m) (waterline),[4] 298 ft 0 in (90.83 m) (overall)[5] Beam: 25 ft ¾ in (7.6 m)[3] Draft: 13 ft 9 in (4.19 m)[5] Propulsion: (as built) 4 × Winton Model 16-201A 16-cylinder two-cycle diesel engines, 1,300 hp (970 kW) each, driving electrical generators through reduction gears 2x120-cell Exide VL31B batteries 4 × high-speed Elliott electric motors, total 2,085 hp (1,555 kW) three General Motors six-cylinder four-cycle 6-228 auxiliary diesels[7] (re-engined 1942) 4 × GM two-cycle Model 12-278A diesels, 1,200 hp (890 kW) each two shafts 4,300 shp (3.2 MW) surfaced 2,085 shp (1.6 MW) submerged Speed: 19.5 knots (36 km/h) surfaced 8.25 knots (15 km/h) submerged Range: 6,000 nautical miles (11,000 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h) 21,000 nautical miles (39,000 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h) with fuel in the main ballast tanks (bunkerage 85,946-86,675 U.S. gallons {325,592-328,353 liters}) Endurance: 10 hours at 5 knots (9.3 km/h), 36 hours at minimum speed submerged Test depth: 250 ft (76 m) Complement: 5 officers, 49 enlisted Armament: 6 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (four forward, two aft, 16 torpedoes) (two external bow torpedo tubes added 1942; total 18 torpedoes) 1 × 4-inch (102mm)/50 caliber deck gun two 0.3" (7.62mm) machineguns