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    Posted: 12 Dec 2018 at 12:10pm
Boats-163, 64, 65--341' x 27'--7 Officers, 11 CPOs, 69 enlisted. 
200' max depth-Riveted hull
Layout:

Forward TR-4 tubes
Officers Quarters over Foward Battery (60 cells)
Fwd Engine Room with small crew berthing above and aft
Control Room
Aft Engine Room
Maneuvering Room over Motor Room
Crews Quarters over aft Battery (60 cells)
Mess over storage room
Aft Torpedo Room (2 tubes)
Aft Steering Room-The torpedo tubes were actually in this room) 

The V Class was for 9 boats but it ended up 5 designs. The first 3 were the Bass, Barracuda, Bonita 
The Bow planes actually folded back into the superscructure

Charles Lockwood was first CO of V-3 and actually made an escape from the escape trunk forward to demonstate to the crew of this escape method.  
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Some details. 

CLASS: Barracuda Design Designator Bureau of C&R (preliminary), Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (detaled).

Class consists of three ship, USS Barracuda (SS-163), USS Bass (SS -164), USS Bonita (SS-165) ; built at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, ME

Physical Characteristics:

Length (feet) 342; Beam (feet) 27.5

Displacement (tons), Surfaced/Submerged 2000/2620

Speed (knots), Surfaced/Submerged 21/2620

Endurance (nautical miles/speed), Surfaced:Submerged 6000/11:10hrs/5

Design Test Depth (feet) 200

Personnel Complement (officer/enlisted) 6/50

Remarks: Also known as V-1 Class


Sensor Systems:

Sonar System(s) C-tube, JP and WFA (later)

Fire Control Systems; Manual/Slide Rule

Navigation System(s); Visual/RDF

Communication System(s); Visual Signal/CW and Voice radio

Periscope(s); Three


Armament:

Torpedo Tubes (s) Six 22’ x 21” (four bow, two stern) All removed in 1943 converion

Deck Gun(s) One 5"/50 (replaced with 3”/50 in 1923


Engineering:

Number of main shafts; 2,

Main Engines; Number, 2, Manufacturer Busch-Sulzer, Type Diesel, Model 6M375

Main Engines were replaced with two MAN Four cycle diesels

Propulsion control type; GE Electro-pneumatic

Main Motors; Number 2, Manufacturer Elliot (repl by Ridgeway)., Horsepower 1200

Battery: 2 batteries of 60 cells each, Manuf. ?, Capacity ?, Model ?


CLASS: Argonaut Design Designator Bureau of Construction and Repair (Preliminary) and Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (Detail); Class consists of one ship, USS Argonaut SS-166 ; built at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, ME

Physical Characteristics:

Length (feet) 381; Beam (feet) 33.5

Displacement (tons), Surfaced/Submerged 3128/4164

Speed (knots), Surfaced/Submerged 15/10

Endurance (nautical miles/speed), Surfaced:Submerged 8000/10:10hrs/5

Design Test Depth (feet) 300

Personnel Complement (officer/enlisted) 8/80


Sensor Systems:

Sonar System(s)

Fire Control Systems; Manual/Slide Rule

Navigation System(s); Visual/RDF

Communication System(s); Visual Signal/CW and Voice radio

Periscope(s); Three


Armament:

Torpedo Tubes (s) Four 22’x21” (bow) (Two deck 22’x21” added 1942)

Deck Gun(s) Two 6”/53 Mark XII Mod 2

Mines Could carry up to 60 MK XI and launch through two 40” dia stern tubes (all removed 1942)


Engineering:

Number of main shafts; 2,

Main Engines; Number, 2, Manufacturer MAN, Type Diesel, Model

Note: Re-engined in 1942 with General Motors 12-258S

Propulsion control type; Ridgeway Manual

Main Motors; Number 2, Manufacturer Ridgway., Horsepower 1100

Battery: 2 batteries of 120 cells each, Manuf. Exide, Capacity ?, Model ?



CLASS: Narwhal Design Designator GOVT

Class consists of two ships, USS Narwhal (SS-167) and USS Nautilus (SS-168) ; built at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, ME

Physical Characteristics:

Length (feet) 371; Beam (feet) 33.3

Displacement (tons), Surfaced/Submerged 3128/4023

Speed (knots), Surfaced/Submerged 17/10

Endurance (nautical miles/speed), Surfaced:Submerged 8000/10:10hrs/5

Design Test Depth (feet) 300

Personnel Complement (officer/enlisted) 8/80

Remarks: Also known as V-5 Class, Also known as N Class, Also known as SC-1 and SC-2.


Sensor Systems:

Sonar System(s)

Fire Control Systems; Manual/Slide Rule

Navigation System(s); Visual/RDF

Communication System(s); Visual Signal/CW and Voice radio

Periscope(s); Unknown


Armament:

Torpedo Tubes (s)Six 22’ x 21” (4 bow, 2 stern) in 1941 Nautilus and Narwhal received four additional tubes, two under superstructure just forward of bridge and two under after deck gun. On Nautilus, in 1943, the forward deck tubes were relocated nearer the bow in the superstructure. Narwhal, in 1942, got two additional tubes forward near the bow and two aft near stern. The forward tubes under the bridge were removed and the aft tubes under the deck gun were retained for pressure tight storage containers.

Deck Gun(s)Two 6”/53 MkXII Mod 2 (Narwhal’s are at NavSubBase Groton, CT)


Engineering:

Number of main shafts; 2,

Main Engines; Number, 2, Manufacturer MAN, Type Diesel, Model

Note: Engines to be replaced with Fairbanks Morse but actually replaced in 1942 with GM 16-258s (Nautilus) and GM 16-278A (Narwhal)

Propulsion control type; Westinghouse Manual

Main Motors; Number 2, Manufacturer Westinghouse., Horsepower 800

Battery: 2 batteries of 120 cells each, Manuf. ?, Capacity ?, Model ?



CLASS: Dolphin Design Designator Bureau of Construction and Repair

Class consists of one ship, USS Dolphin (SS-169) ; built at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, ME

Physical Characteristics:

Length (feet) 319; Beam (feet) 27.5

Displacement (tons), Surfaced/Submerged 1718/2215

Speed (knots), Surfaced/Submerged 17/2215

Endurance (nautical miles/speed), Surfaced:Submerged 4900/10:10hrs/5

Design Test Depth (feet) 250

Personnel Complement (officer/enlisted) 7/56

Remarks: First boat to have W/T door in conning tower for access to gun (vice gun trunk) and last boat to have watertight windlass compartment. Also known as SC-3 (submarine cruiser, SC-1 and SC-2 were Nautilus and Narwhal respectively


Sensor Systems:

Sonar System(s) C-tube, JP and WFA

Fire Control Systems; Manual/Slide Rule

Navigation System(s); Visual/RDF

Communication System(s); Visual Signal/CW and Voice radio

Periscope(s); 1x 81KA-30; 1x 80KA-34


Armament:

Torpedo Tubes (s) Six 22’x21” (four in bow, two in stern)

Deck Gun(s) One 4”/50


Engineering:

Number of main shafts; 2,

Main Engines; Number, 2, Manufacturer MAN, Type Diesel, Model

Propulsion control type; GE Manual

Main Motors; Number 2, Manufacturer Ele. Dyn.., Horsepower 875 Triple armature type, two for normal series and parallel opertation and one 25 hp motor for creeping

Battery: 2 batteries of 120 cells each, Manuf. ?,Capacity ?, Model ?



CLASS: Cachalot Design Designator Portsmouth for 170 and EB-165A for 171 on preliminary design by BuC&R. Class consists of two ships, USS Cachalot (SS-170)built at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, ME and Cuttlefish (SS-171), built at Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT

Physical Characteristics:

Length (feet) 274; Beam (feet) 24.7

Displacement (tons), Surfaced/Submerged 1110/1650

Speed (knots), Surfaced/Submerged 17/8

Endurance (nautical miles/speed), Surfaced:Submerged 6000/10:10hrs/5

Design Test Depth (feet) 250

Personnel Complement (officer/enlisted) 3/39

Remarks: Also known as V-8 Class.


Sensor Systems:

Sonar System(s) C-Tube, JP and WFA (later)

Fire Control Systems; Manual/Slide Rule

Navigation System(s); Visual/RDF

Communication System(s); Visual Signal/CW and Voice radio

Periscope(s); 1x 81KA-30; 1x 80KA-34


Armament:

Torpedo Tubes (s) Six 22’x21” (four bow, two stern)

Deck Gun(s) One 3”/50 (two 20mm single mounts later in the war)


Engineering:

Number of main shafts; 2, Machinery

Main Engines; Number, 2, Manufacturer MAN, Type Diesel, Model

Engines replaced by GM 16-258 four cycle direct reversing type.

Propulsion control type; Westinghouse Manual

Main Motors; Number 2, Manufacturer West., Horsepower 800

Battery: 2 batteries of 120 cells each, Manuf. Exide, Capacity, Model ULS37

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