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U.S.S. SUNFISH

(SS-281)


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SS-281 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
SEP1941-Keel Date: 25 SEP 1941
at Mare Island Naval Shipyard Vallejo CA
MAY1942-Launch Date: 2 MAY 1942
JUL1942-Commissioned: 15 JUL 1942
DEC1945-Decommissioned: 26 DEC 1945

SS-281 General Specifications

Class: Gato-class submarine

Complement: 6 Officers and 54 Enlisted

Displacement: 1525 tons

Length: 311 feet 9 inches

Beam: 27 feet 3 inches

Draft: 17 feet 0 in

Range: 11 000 Nautical Miles

Final Disposition: Sold for scrap 15 December 1960