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Dace

USS Dace

Survived

United States Navy

TypeSubmarine
ClassGato
WarSecond World War
Main guns1 × 3″ gun

Sank Maya in the Palawan Passage on 23 October 1944, and rescued the crew of the stranded Darter. Lent to Italy in 1955 as Leonardo da Vinci.

The USS Dace (SS-247) at left. At the New London submarine base, Groton, Connecticut, on 23 July 1943, the day she was placed in commission. Photographed by Commander Edward Steichen, USNR. Photo: Commander Edward Steichen, USNR, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 10 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
  • 6 forward, 4 aft
  • 24 torpedoes
  • 1 × 3-inch (76 mm) / 50 caliber deck gun
  • Bofors 40 mm and Oerlikon 20 mm cannon
BuilderGeneral Dynamics Electric Boat, Groton, Connecticut
Laid down22 July 1942
Launched25 April 1943
Commissioned23 July 1943
Displacement1,525 long tons (1,549 t) surfaced 2,424 long tons (2,463 t) submerged
Length311 ft 9 in (95.02 m)
Speed21 kn (39 km/h) surfaced, 9 kn (17 km/h) submerged
Complement6 officers, 54 enlisted

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

25 April 1943

23 October 1944