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Gunnel

國家美國
艦級Gato 級 潛艇
Hull NumberSS-253
造船廠Electric Boat Company
安放龍骨日期1941年7月21日
下水日期1942年5月17日
服役日期1942年8月20日
除役日期1946年5月18日
排水量1,549 tons standard; 2,463 tons submerged
長度312 feet
寬度27 feet
吃水17 feet
動力來源Four Hooven-Owens-Rentschler diesel engines (5,400shp), four General Electric electric motors (2,740shp), two 126-cell Sargo batteries, two propellers
燃料儲存量97,140gal fuel oil
速度21 knots
續航力11,000nm at 10 knots surfaced, 48 hours at 2 knots submerged
乘員60
武裝6x533mm forward torpedo tubes, 4x533mm aft torpedo tubes, 24 torpedoes, 1x76mm 50cal deck gun, 2x .50cal machine guns, 2x .30cal machine guns
Submerged Speed9 knots

Contributor:

ww2dbaseUSS Gunnel was commissioned into service in May 1942 with Lieutenant Commander John S. McCain, Jr., son of Rear Admiral John S. McCain, Sr. and father of the future US Senator John S. McCain III. Her first war patrol saw her attached to the invasion fleet for Operation Torch, during which she conducted a pre-invasion reconnaissance mission and used infra-red signals to guide invasion ships to one of the invasion beaches. En route between Scotland, United Kingdom and the east coast of the United States, one of her four main diesel engines failed, which led to a major overhaul Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine, United States before she was able to rejoin the war effort. Starting with her second war patrol, which began in May 1943, she served in the Pacific Ocean. Her first sinking was achieved on 15 Jun 1943 when she sank Japanese cargo ship Kayo Maru in the East China Sea off Jeju Island, Korea. She would embark on a total of eight war patrols in her career, four of which were considered successful, during which she was credited with six sinkings. The Pacific War ended as she was refitting at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii. She was decommissioned in 1946 and was sold for scrap in 1959.

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Last Major Revision: May 2013

Submarine Gunnel (SS-253) 互動地圖

Photographs

Submarine Gunnel at sea off Groton, Connecticut, United States, 17 May 1942Two submarines of US Navy Submarine Squadron 50 at Rosneath, Scotland, United Kingdom, circa 7 Dec 1942; sub possibilities were USS Barb, USS Blackfish, USS Herring, USS Shad, USS Gunnel, and USS GurnardBow view of USS Gunnel off Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States, Oct 1943Stern view of USS Gunnel off Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States, Oct 1943
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Gunnel Operational Timeline

1941年7月21日 The keel of submarine Gunnel was laid down by the Electric Boat Company in Groton, Connecticut, United States.
1942年5月17日 Submarine Gunnel was launched at Groton, Connecticut, United States, sponsored by the wife of US Navy Chief of the Bureau of Yards and Docks Ben Morell.
1942年8月20日 USS Gunnel was commissioned into service with Lieutenant Commander John S. McCain, Jr. in command.
1942年10月19日 USS Gunnel started her first war patrol.
1942年11月6日 USS Gunnel conducted reconnaissance in Fedhala Roads off French North Africa.
1942年11月8日 USS Gunnel used infra-red signals to guide ships to a invasion beach in Operation Torch.
1942年12月7日 USS Gunnel ended her first war patrol and departed North African waters.
1943年5月28日 USS Gunnel started her second war patrol.
1943年6月15日 USS Gunnel sank Japanese cargo ship Kayo Maru in the East China Sea, hitting her with 2 of 7 torpedoes fired.
1943年6月19日 USS Gunnel sank Japanese cargo ship Tokiwa Maru in the East China Sea, hitting her with 1 of 6 torpedoes fired She also claimed 1 torpedo hit (of 2 fired) on a Japanese destroyer, but the sinking was not confirmed.
1943年7月3日 USS Gunnel ended her second war patrol.
1943年8月2日 USS Gunnel began a period of overhaul at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States.
1943年10月31日 USS Gunnel completed a period of overhaul at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States.
1943年11月17日 USS Gunnel started her third war patrol.
1943年12月2日 USS Gunnel attacked a Japanese carrier in the Pacific Ocean; all 4 torpedoes missed.
1943年12月4日 USS Gunnel sank Japanese passenger-cargo ship Hiyoshi Maru in the Pacific Ocean, hitting her with 4 of 4 torpedoes.
1944年1月7日 USS Gunnel ended her third war patrol.
1944年2月5日 USS Gunnel departed Midway Atoll for her fourth war patrol.
1944年4月6日 USS Gunnel arrived at Fremantle, Australia, ending her fourth war patrol.
1944年5月3日 USS Gunnel started her fifth war patrol.
1944年7月4日 USS Gunnel ended her fifth war patrol.
1944年7月29日 USS Gunnel started her sixth war patrol.
1944年8月18日 USS Gunnel attacked a Japanese transport with her deck gun in the South China Sea, causing no damage.
1944年8月20日 USS Gunnel attacked a Japanese transport in the South China Sea; all 9 torpedoes missed.
1944年8月22日 USS Gunnel attacked a Japanese transport in the South China Sea; all 6 torpedoes missed.
1944年9月22日 USS Gunnel ended her sixth war patrol.
1944年10月21日 USS Gunnel started her seventh war patrol.
1944年11月8日 USS Gunnel sank Japanese motor torpedo boat Sagi in the South China Sea, hitting her with 1 of 3 torpedoes fired.
1944年11月17日 USS Gunnel attacked a Japanese convoy in the South China Sea, sinking passenger-cargo ship Shunten Maru and damaging several ships; 16 torpedoes were expended during this attack, 7 of which scored hits.
1944年12月1日 USS Gunnel embarked 11 US naval aviators at Palawan, Philippine Islands.
1944年12月28日 USS Gunnel ended her seventh war patrol.
1945年6月13日 USS Gunnel started her eighth war patrol.
1945年7月9日 USS Gunnel attacked a Japanese submarine south of Japan; all 4 torpedoes missed.
1945年7月24日 USS Gunnel arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, ending her eighth war patrol.
1946年5月18日 USS Gunnel was decommissioned from service at New London, Connecticut, United States.
1958年8月1日 Submarine Gunnel was struck from the US Naval Register.
1959年7月17日 Submarine Gunnel was sold to the firm Luria Bros. of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States for scrapping.
1959年8月1日 The firm Luria Bros. of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States took control of submarine Gunnel.




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Oh no! Not ANOTHER US Navy submarine. Why can't we have something a little bigger as a feature article occasionally? (HMS Nelson or HMS Rodney perhaps).
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