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U.S.S. SARDA
(SS-488)PER EXERCITATEM AD SCIENTIAM
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USS SARDA (SS-488) - a Tench-class submarine
In Commission 1946 to 1964SS-488 Deployments - Major Events
Add a SS-488 Shellback Initiation | Add a SS-488 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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APR | 1945 | - | Keel Date: 12 APR 1945 at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Kittery ME | ||
AUG | 1945 | - | Launch Date: 24 AUG 1945 | ||
APR | 1946 | - | Commissioned: 19 APR 1946 | ||
JUN | 1964 | - | Decommissioned: 1 JUN 1964 |
SS-488 General Specifications
Class: Tench-class submarine
Complement: 10 Officers and 71 Enlisted
Displacement: 1570 tons
Length: 311 feet 8 inches
Beam: 27 feet 4 inches
Draft: 17 feet 0 in
Range: 11 000 Nautical Miles
Final Disposition: Sold for scrap 14 May 1965
USS SARDA (SS-488)
Sarda (SS-488), her building financed by bonds purchased by the residents of Lynn, Mass., was laid
down on 12 April 1945 at the
Portsmouth (N.H.) Navy Yard; launched
on 24 August 1945; sponsored by Mrs. James
J. Heffernan; and commissioned on 19 April 1946, Comdr. C. W. Nimitz, Jr., in command.
During the period between launching and commissioning, Sarda, no longer needed for
wartime service, was fitted out with
an extra large conning tower to permit installation of experimental
equipment. After commissioning, she
conducted her shakedown cruise in the Caribbean, then returned north to
commence experimental work out of New
London. There she joined Submarine
Division (SubDiv) 22 of Submarine Squadron
2; and, for the next four years, tested new equipment for the Underwater Sound Laboratory, Fort Trumbull, and evaluated new ship control
procedures. In the fall of 1949, she
was transferred to SubDiv 21, and her
primary mission was shifted from test and evaluation work to school ship duties. She continued that work through
the 1950's, interrupting it only for type
training; mine planting exercises; ASW exercises; fleet exercises; occasional participation in NATO or joint United States-Canadian exercises off
the coasts of the Atlantic Provinces
and northern New England; and, from
January to June 1957, operations in
the Caribbean and the Guiana and Brazilian basins for the Hydrographic Office. On her return, she resumed
her primary function, training submarine school students.
In the early 1960's, she
continued that work, but devoted
more time to providing services to ASW units conducting exercises. During the winter of 1960, she provided services to 92 surface ships and 14 air
squadrons participating in annual
training exercises in the Caribbean. During the winter of 1962, she again returned to the Caribbean for an extended stay and, when not employed in servicing Atlantic Fleet air
and surface ASW units, she tested
and evaluated acoustical torpedoes. The following winter, 1963, she deployed to
the Mediterranean where she operated
with the 6th Fleet; and, on her return
to New London in late May, she
resumed school ship duties.
Eleven months later, Sarda
was declared to be surplus to
Navy needs. May 1964 was spent in port at New London preparing for inactivation; and, on 1 June, Sards, was decommissioned. Her name
was struck from the Navy list on the
same day, and her hulk was sold for
scrapping in March 1965.
[Note: The above USS SARDA (SS-488) history may, or may not, contain text provided by crew members of the USS SARDA (SS-488), or by other non-crew members, and text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]