USS Dorado (SS-526)

For other ships of the same name, see USS Dorado.
History
United States
Name: USS Dorado
Namesake: The dorado, also known as the dolphin fish or mahi-mahi
Builder: Boston Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts
Laid down: Date unknown
Launched: Never
Fate: Construction contract cancelled 29 July 1944
General characteristics
Class & type: Tench-class diesel-electric submarine [1]
Displacement:
  • 1,570 tons (1,595 t) surfaced [1]
  • 2,416 tons (2,455 t) submerged [1]
Length: 311 ft 8 in (95.00 m) [1]
Beam: 27 ft 4 in (8.33 m) [1]
Draft: 17 ft 0 in (5.18 m) maximum [1]
Propulsion:
Speed:
  • 20.25 knots (38 km/h) surfaced [5]
  • 8.75 knots (16 km/h) submerged [5]
Range: 11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km) surfaced at 10 knots (19 km/h) [5]
Endurance:
  • 48 hours at 2 knots (3.7 km/h) submerged [5]
  • 75 days on patrol
Test depth: 400 ft (120 m) [5]
Complement: 10 officers, 71 enlisted [5]
Armament:

USS Dorado (SS-526), a Tench-class submarine, was the second submarine of the United States Navy to be named for the dorado, the Spanish language name for the fish also known as the dolphinfish and the mahi-mahi. Her keel was laid down, but construction was canceled on 29 July 1944.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Bauer, K. Jack; Roberts, Stephen S. (1991). Register of Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1775-1990: Major Combatants. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. pp. 280–282. ISBN 0-313-26202-0.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Bauer, K. Jack; Roberts, Stephen S. (1991). Register of Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1775–1990: Major Combatants. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. pp. 275–282. ISBN 978-0-313-26202-9.
  3. ↑ U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 261–263
  4. 1 2 3 U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 305–311
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 305-311
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