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U.S.S. FLYING FISH

(SS-229)


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SS-229 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
DEC1940-Keel Date: 6 DEC 1940
at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Kittery ME
JUL1941-Launch Date: 9 JUL 1941
DEC1941-Commissioned: 10 DEC 1941
MAY1954-Decommissioned: 28 MAY 1954

SS-229 General Specifications

Class: Gato-class submarine

Complement: 6 Officers and 54 Enlisted

Displacement: 1525 tons

Length: 311 feet 9 inches

Beam: 27 feet 3 inches

Draft: 17 feet

Range: 11 000 Nautical Miles

Final Disposition: Sold for scrap 1 May 1959