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U.S.S. LIONFISH

(SS-298)


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SS-298 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
DEC1942-Keel Date: 15 DEC 1942
at Cramp Shipbuilding Company Philadelphia PA
NOV1943-Launch Date: 7 NOV 1943
NOV1944-Commissioned: 1 NOV 1944
DEC1953-Decommissioned: 15 DEC 1953

SS-298 General Specifications

Class: Balao class submarine

Complement: 10 Officers and 70 Enlisted

Displacement: 1526 tons

Length: 311 feet 6 inches

Beam: 27 feet 3 inches

Draft: 16 feet 10 in

Range: 11 000 Nautical Miles

Final Disposition: Museum ship at Battleship Cove Fall River Massachusetts since 30 August 1972