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USS Darter (SS-227)

Submarine
USS Darter (SS-227), a Gato-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the darter. Wikipedia
Launched: June 6, 1943
Length: 312′
Construction started: October 20, 1942
Draft: 16.99′
Armament: 10 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes: 6 forward, 4 aft 24 torpedoes Bofors 40 mm and Oerlikon 20 mm cannon
Fate: Grounded in the Palawan Passage and scuttled on 24 October 1944