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USS Silversides

USS Silversides

Gato-class submarine in Muskegon, Michigan
USS Silversides is a Gato-class submarine, the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the silversides. Silversides was one of the most successful submarines in the Pacific Theater of World War II, with 23 confirmed sinkings,... Wikipedia
Length: 312′
Launched: August 26, 1941
Armament: 10 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes: 6 forward, 4 aft 24 torpedoes Bofors 40 mm and Oerlikon 20 mm cannon
Built: 1941
Complement: 6 officers, 54 enlisted
Decommissioned: 17 April 1946