About The Boat

 

 

Specifications:

 

  • USS ASPRO (SSN 648) PatchKeel Laid: 08 FEB 44
  • Launched: 15 DEC 44
  • Commissioned: 10 FEB 51
  • Decommissioned: 15 MAY 73
  • Stricken: 15 MAY 73 - Sold to Venezuelan Navy
  • Builder: Boston Navy Yard
  • Propulsion system: 4 × Fairbanks-Morse Model 38D8-⅛ 10-cylinder opposed piston diesel engines
  • Propulsion system: 1 × 184 cell, 1 × 68 cell, and 2 × 126 cell GUPPY-type batteries (total 504 cells)
  • Propulsion system: 2 × low-speed direct-drive Westinghouse electric motors
  • Screw: two
  • Length: 307 ft (94 meters)
  • Beam: 27 ft (8.33 meters)
  • Draft: 17 ft (5.2 meters)
  • Displacement, surfaced: approx. 1870 tons
  • Displacement, submerged: approx. 2440 tons 
  • Speed: Surfaced: in excess of 18 knots
  • Speed: Submerged: in excess of 13.5 knots
  • Armament: 10 x 21 inch (533mm) torpedo tubes (six forward, four aft)
  • Crew: 9-10 Officers, 70 Enlisted

 

Sources: Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, www.navysite.de, Wikipedia

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