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English (Translate this text in English): Name: USS Tarpon (SS-175)
Builder: Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut
Laid down: 22 December 1933
Launched: 4 September 1935
Commissioned: 12 March 1936
Decommissioned: 15 November 1945
Struck: 5 September 1956
Fate:
Sold for breaking up, 8 June 1957; foundered off Cape Hatteras, 26 August 1957

General characteristics
Class and type: Porpoise-class diesel-electric submarine
Displacement:
1,316 tons (1,337 t) standard, surfaced
1,968 tons (2,000 t) submerged
Length:
287 ft 0 in (87.48 m) (waterline),[4] 298 ft 0 in (90.83 m) (overall)[5]
Beam: 25 ft ¾ in (7.6 m)[3]
Draft: 13 ft 9 in (4.19 m)[5]
Propulsion:
(as built) 4 × Winton Model 16-201A 16-cylinder two-cycle diesel engines, 1,300 hp (970 kW) each, driving electrical generators through reduction gears
2x120-cell Exide VL31B batteries
4 × high-speed Elliott electric motors, total 2,085 hp (1,555 kW)
three General Motors six-cylinder four-cycle 6-228 auxiliary diesels[7]
(re-engined 1942) 4 × GM two-cycle Model 12-278A diesels, 1,200 hp (890 kW) each
two shafts
4,300 shp (3.2 MW) surfaced
2,085 shp (1.6 MW) submerged
Speed: 19.5 knots (36 km/h) surfaced
8.25 knots (15 km/h) submerged
Range: 6,000 nautical miles (11,000 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h)
21,000 nautical miles (39,000 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h) with fuel in the main ballast tanks
(bunkerage 85,946-86,675 U.S. gallons {325,592-328,353 liters})
Endurance: 10 hours at 5 knots (9.3 km/h), 36 hours at minimum speed submerged
Test depth: 250 ft (76 m)
Complement: 5 officers, 49 enlisted
Armament: 6 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (four forward, two aft, 16 torpedoes)
(two external bow torpedo tubes added 1942; total 18 torpedoes)
1 × 4-inch (102mm)/50 caliber deck gun
two 0.3" (7.62mm) machineguns

English (Translate this text in English): Name: USS Tarpon (SS-175)
Builder: Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut
Laid down: 22 December 1933
Launched: 4 September 1935
Commissioned: 12 March 1936
Decommissioned: 15 November 1945
Struck: 5 September 1956
Fate:
Sold for breaking up, 8 June 1957; foundered off Cape Hatteras, 26 August 1957

General characteristics
Class and type: Porpoise-class diesel-electric submarine
Displacement:
1,316 tons (1,337 t) standard, surfaced
1,968 tons (2,000 t) submerged
Length:
287 ft 0 in (87.48 m) (waterline),[4] 298 ft 0 in (90.83 m) (overall)[5]
Beam: 25 ft ¾ in (7.6 m)[3]
Draft: 13 ft 9 in (4.19 m)[5]
Propulsion:
(as built) 4 × Winton Model 16-201A 16-cylinder two-cycle diesel engines, 1,300 hp (970 kW) each, driving electrical generators through reduction gears
2x120-cell Exide VL31B batteries
4 × high-speed Elliott electric motors, total 2,085 hp (1,555 kW)
three General Motors six-cylinder four-cycle 6-228 auxiliary diesels[7]
(re-engined 1942) 4 × GM two-cycle Model 12-278A diesels, 1,200 hp (890 kW) each
two shafts
4,300 shp (3.2 MW) surfaced
2,085 shp (1.6 MW) submerged
Speed: 19.5 knots (36 km/h) surfaced
8.25 knots (15 km/h) submerged
Range: 6,000 nautical miles (11,000 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h)
21,000 nautical miles (39,000 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h) with fuel in the main ballast tanks
(bunkerage 85,946-86,675 U.S. gallons {325,592-328,353 liters})
Endurance: 10 hours at 5 knots (9.3 km/h), 36 hours at minimum speed submerged
Test depth: 250 ft (76 m)
Complement: 5 officers, 49 enlisted
Armament: 6 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (four forward, two aft, 16 torpedoes)
(two external bow torpedo tubes added 1942; total 18 torpedoes)
1 × 4-inch (102mm)/50 caliber deck gun
two 0.3" (7.62mm) machineguns

Name: USS Tarpon (SS-175)
Builder: Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut
Laid down: 22 December 1933
Launched: 4 September 1935
Commissioned: 12 March 1936
Decommissioned: 15 November 1945
Struck: 5 September 1956
Fate:
Sold for breaking up, 8 June 1957; foundered off Cape Hatteras, 26 August 1957

General characteristics
Class and type: Porpoise-class diesel-electric submarine
Displacement:
1,316 tons (1,337 t) standard, surfaced
1,968 tons (2,000 t) submerged
Length:
287 ft 0 in (87.48 m) (waterline),[4] 298 ft 0 in (90.83 m) (overall)[5]
Beam: 25 ft ¾ in (7.6 m)[3]
Draft: 13 ft 9 in (4.19 m)[5]
Propulsion:
(as built) 4 × Winton Model 16-201A 16-cylinder two-cycle diesel engines, 1,300 hp (970 kW) each, driving electrical generators through reduction gears
2x120-cell Exide VL31B batteries
4 × high-speed Elliott electric motors, total 2,085 hp (1,555 kW)
three General Motors six-cylinder four-cycle 6-228 auxiliary diesels[7]
(re-engined 1942) 4 × GM two-cycle Model 12-278A diesels, 1,200 hp (890 kW) each
two shafts
4,300 shp (3.2 MW) surfaced
2,085 shp (1.6 MW) submerged
Speed: 19.5 knots (36 km/h) surfaced
8.25 knots (15 km/h) submerged
Range: 6,000 nautical miles (11,000 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h)
21,000 nautical miles (39,000 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h) with fuel in the main ballast tanks
(bunkerage 85,946-86,675 U.S. gallons {325,592-328,353 liters})
Endurance: 10 hours at 5 knots (9.3 km/h), 36 hours at minimum speed submerged
Test depth: 250 ft (76 m)
Complement: 5 officers, 49 enlisted
Armament: 6 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (four forward, two aft, 16 torpedoes)
(two external bow torpedo tubes added 1942; total 18 torpedoes)
1 × 4-inch (102mm)/50 caliber deck gun
two 0.3" (7.62mm) machineguns

English (Translate this text in English): Name: USS Tarpon (SS-175)
Builder: Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut
Laid down: 22 December 1933
Launched: 4 September 1935
Commissioned: 12 March 1936
Decommissioned: 15 November 1945
Struck: 5 September 1956
Fate:
Sold for breaking up, 8 June 1957; foundered off Cape Hatteras, 26 August 1957

General characteristics
Class and type: Porpoise-class diesel-electric submarine
Displacement:
1,316 tons (1,337 t) standard, surfaced
1,968 tons (2,000 t) submerged
Length:
287 ft 0 in (87.48 m) (waterline),[4] 298 ft 0 in (90.83 m) (overall)[5]
Beam: 25 ft ¾ in (7.6 m)[3]
Draft: 13 ft 9 in (4.19 m)[5]
Propulsion:
(as built) 4 × Winton Model 16-201A 16-cylinder two-cycle diesel engines, 1,300 hp (970 kW) each, driving electrical generators through reduction gears
2x120-cell Exide VL31B batteries
4 × high-speed Elliott electric motors, total 2,085 hp (1,555 kW)
three General Motors six-cylinder four-cycle 6-228 auxiliary diesels[7]
(re-engined 1942) 4 × GM two-cycle Model 12-278A diesels, 1,200 hp (890 kW) each
two shafts
4,300 shp (3.2 MW) surfaced
2,085 shp (1.6 MW) submerged
Speed: 19.5 knots (36 km/h) surfaced
8.25 knots (15 km/h) submerged
Range: 6,000 nautical miles (11,000 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h)
21,000 nautical miles (39,000 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h) with fuel in the main ballast tanks
(bunkerage 85,946-86,675 U.S. gallons {325,592-328,353 liters})
Endurance: 10 hours at 5 knots (9.3 km/h), 36 hours at minimum speed submerged
Test depth: 250 ft (76 m)
Complement: 5 officers, 49 enlisted
Armament: 6 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (four forward, two aft, 16 torpedoes)
(two external bow torpedo tubes added 1942; total 18 torpedoes)
1 × 4-inch (102mm)/50 caliber deck gun
two 0.3" (7.62mm) machineguns

English (Translate this text in English): Name: USS Tarpon (SS-175)
Builder: Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut
Laid down: 22 December 1933
Launched: 4 September 1935
Commissioned: 12 March 1936
Decommissioned: 15 November 1945
Struck: 5 September 1956
Fate:
Sold for breaking up, 8 June 1957; foundered off Cape Hatteras, 26 August 1957

General characteristics
Class and type: Porpoise-class diesel-electric submarine
Displacement:
1,316 tons (1,337 t) standard, surfaced
1,968 tons (2,000 t) submerged
Length:
287 ft 0 in (87.48 m) (waterline),[4] 298 ft 0 in (90.83 m) (overall)[5]
Beam: 25 ft ¾ in (7.6 m)[3]
Draft: 13 ft 9 in (4.19 m)[5]
Propulsion:
(as built) 4 × Winton Model 16-201A 16-cylinder two-cycle diesel engines, 1,300 hp (970 kW) each, driving electrical generators through reduction gears
2x120-cell Exide VL31B batteries
4 × high-speed Elliott electric motors, total 2,085 hp (1,555 kW)
three General Motors six-cylinder four-cycle 6-228 auxiliary diesels[7]
(re-engined 1942) 4 × GM two-cycle Model 12-278A diesels, 1,200 hp (890 kW) each
two shafts
4,300 shp (3.2 MW) surfaced
2,085 shp (1.6 MW) submerged
Speed: 19.5 knots (36 km/h) surfaced
8.25 knots (15 km/h) submerged
Range: 6,000 nautical miles (11,000 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h)
21,000 nautical miles (39,000 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h) with fuel in the main ballast tanks
(bunkerage 85,946-86,675 U.S. gallons {325,592-328,353 liters})
Endurance: 10 hours at 5 knots (9.3 km/h), 36 hours at minimum speed submerged
Test depth: 250 ft (76 m)
Complement: 5 officers, 49 enlisted
Armament: 6 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (four forward, two aft, 16 torpedoes)
(two external bow torpedo tubes added 1942; total 18 torpedoes)
1 × 4-inch (102mm)/50 caliber deck gun
two 0.3" (7.62mm) machineguns

English (Translate this text in English): Name: USS Tarpon (SS-175)
Builder: Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut
Laid down: 22 December 1933
Launched: 4 September 1935
Commissioned: 12 March 1936
Decommissioned: 15 November 1945
Struck: 5 September 1956
Fate:
Sold for breaking up, 8 June 1957; foundered off Cape Hatteras, 26 August 1957

General characteristics
Class and type: Porpoise-class diesel-electric submarine
Displacement:
1,316 tons (1,337 t) standard, surfaced
1,968 tons (2,000 t) submerged
Length:
287 ft 0 in (87.48 m) (waterline),[4] 298 ft 0 in (90.83 m) (overall)[5]
Beam: 25 ft ¾ in (7.6 m)[3]
Draft: 13 ft 9 in (4.19 m)[5]
Propulsion:
(as built) 4 × Winton Model 16-201A 16-cylinder two-cycle diesel engines, 1,300 hp (970 kW) each, driving electrical generators through reduction gears
2x120-cell Exide VL31B batteries
4 × high-speed Elliott electric motors, total 2,085 hp (1,555 kW)
three General Motors six-cylinder four-cycle 6-228 auxiliary diesels[7]
(re-engined 1942) 4 × GM two-cycle Model 12-278A diesels, 1,200 hp (890 kW) each
two shafts
4,300 shp (3.2 MW) surfaced
2,085 shp (1.6 MW) submerged
Speed: 19.5 knots (36 km/h) surfaced
8.25 knots (15 km/h) submerged
Range: 6,000 nautical miles (11,000 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h)
21,000 nautical miles (39,000 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h) with fuel in the main ballast tanks
(bunkerage 85,946-86,675 U.S. gallons {325,592-328,353 liters})
Endurance: 10 hours at 5 knots (9.3 km/h), 36 hours at minimum speed submerged
Test depth: 250 ft (76 m)
Complement: 5 officers, 49 enlisted
Armament: 6 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (four forward, two aft, 16 torpedoes)
(two external bow torpedo tubes added 1942; total 18 torpedoes)
1 × 4-inch (102mm)/50 caliber deck gun
two 0.3" (7.62mm) machineguns

English (Translate this text in English): Name: USS Tarpon (SS-175)
Builder: Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut
Laid down: 22 December 1933
Launched: 4 September 1935
Commissioned: 12 March 1936
Decommissioned: 15 November 1945
Struck: 5 September 1956
Fate:
Sold for breaking up, 8 June 1957; foundered off Cape Hatteras, 26 August 1957

General characteristics
Class and type: Porpoise-class diesel-electric submarine
Displacement:
1,316 tons (1,337 t) standard, surfaced
1,968 tons (2,000 t) submerged
Length:
287 ft 0 in (87.48 m) (waterline),[4] 298 ft 0 in (90.83 m) (overall)[5]
Beam: 25 ft ¾ in (7.6 m)[3]
Draft: 13 ft 9 in (4.19 m)[5]
Propulsion:
(as built) 4 × Winton Model 16-201A 16-cylinder two-cycle diesel engines, 1,300 hp (970 kW) each, driving electrical generators through reduction gears
2x120-cell Exide VL31B batteries
4 × high-speed Elliott electric motors, total 2,085 hp (1,555 kW)
three General Motors six-cylinder four-cycle 6-228 auxiliary diesels[7]
(re-engined 1942) 4 × GM two-cycle Model 12-278A diesels, 1,200 hp (890 kW) each
two shafts
4,300 shp (3.2 MW) surfaced
2,085 shp (1.6 MW) submerged
Speed: 19.5 knots (36 km/h) surfaced
8.25 knots (15 km/h) submerged
Range: 6,000 nautical miles (11,000 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h)
21,000 nautical miles (39,000 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h) with fuel in the main ballast tanks
(bunkerage 85,946-86,675 U.S. gallons {325,592-328,353 liters})
Endurance: 10 hours at 5 knots (9.3 km/h), 36 hours at minimum speed submerged
Test depth: 250 ft (76 m)
Complement: 5 officers, 49 enlisted
Armament: 6 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (four forward, two aft, 16 torpedoes)
(two external bow torpedo tubes added 1942; total 18 torpedoes)
1 × 4-inch (102mm)/50 caliber deck gun
two 0.3" (7.62mm) machineguns

English (Translate this text in English): Name: USS Tarpon (SS-175)
Builder: Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut
Laid down: 22 December 1933
Launched: 4 September 1935
Commissioned: 12 March 1936
Decommissioned: 15 November 1945
Struck: 5 September 1956
Fate:
Sold for breaking up, 8 June 1957; foundered off Cape Hatteras, 26 August 1957

General characteristics
Class and type: Porpoise-class diesel-electric submarine
Displacement:
1,316 tons (1,337 t) standard, surfaced
1,968 tons (2,000 t) submerged
Length:
287 ft 0 in (87.48 m) (waterline),[4] 298 ft 0 in (90.83 m) (overall)[5]
Beam: 25 ft ¾ in (7.6 m)[3]
Draft: 13 ft 9 in (4.19 m)[5]
Propulsion:
(as built) 4 × Winton Model 16-201A 16-cylinder two-cycle diesel engines, 1,300 hp (970 kW) each, driving electrical generators through reduction gears
2x120-cell Exide VL31B batteries
4 × high-speed Elliott electric motors, total 2,085 hp (1,555 kW)
three General Motors six-cylinder four-cycle 6-228 auxiliary diesels[7]
(re-engined 1942) 4 × GM two-cycle Model 12-278A diesels, 1,200 hp (890 kW) each
two shafts
4,300 shp (3.2 MW) surfaced
2,085 shp (1.6 MW) submerged
Speed: 19.5 knots (36 km/h) surfaced
8.25 knots (15 km/h) submerged
Range: 6,000 nautical miles (11,000 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h)
21,000 nautical miles (39,000 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h) with fuel in the main ballast tanks
(bunkerage 85,946-86,675 U.S. gallons {325,592-328,353 liters})
Endurance: 10 hours at 5 knots (9.3 km/h), 36 hours at minimum speed submerged
Test depth: 250 ft (76 m)
Complement: 5 officers, 49 enlisted
Armament: 6 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (four forward, two aft, 16 torpedoes)
(two external bow torpedo tubes added 1942; total 18 torpedoes)
1 × 4-inch (102mm)/50 caliber deck gun
two 0.3" (7.62mm) machineguns

English (Translate this text in English): Name: USS Tarpon (SS-175)
Builder: Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut
Laid down: 22 December 1933
Launched: 4 September 1935
Commissioned: 12 March 1936
Decommissioned: 15 November 1945
Struck: 5 September 1956
Fate:
Sold for breaking up, 8 June 1957; foundered off Cape Hatteras, 26 August 1957

General characteristics
Class and type: Porpoise-class diesel-electric submarine
Displacement:
1,316 tons (1,337 t) standard, surfaced
1,968 tons (2,000 t) submerged
Length:
287 ft 0 in (87.48 m) (waterline),[4] 298 ft 0 in (90.83 m) (overall)[5]
Beam: 25 ft ¾ in (7.6 m)[3]
Draft: 13 ft 9 in (4.19 m)[5]
Propulsion:
(as built) 4 × Winton Model 16-201A 16-cylinder two-cycle diesel engines, 1,300 hp (970 kW) each, driving electrical generators through reduction gears
2x120-cell Exide VL31B batteries
4 × high-speed Elliott electric motors, total 2,085 hp (1,555 kW)
three General Motors six-cylinder four-cycle 6-228 auxiliary diesels[7]
(re-engined 1942) 4 × GM two-cycle Model 12-278A diesels, 1,200 hp (890 kW) each
two shafts
4,300 shp (3.2 MW) surfaced
2,085 shp (1.6 MW) submerged
Speed: 19.5 knots (36 km/h) surfaced
8.25 knots (15 km/h) submerged
Range: 6,000 nautical miles (11,000 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h)
21,000 nautical miles (39,000 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h) with fuel in the main ballast tanks
(bunkerage 85,946-86,675 U.S. gallons {325,592-328,353 liters})
Endurance: 10 hours at 5 knots (9.3 km/h), 36 hours at minimum speed submerged
Test depth: 250 ft (76 m)
Complement: 5 officers, 49 enlisted
Armament: 6 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (four forward, two aft, 16 torpedoes)
(two external bow torpedo tubes added 1942; total 18 torpedoes)
1 × 4-inch (102mm)/50 caliber deck gun
two 0.3" (7.62mm) machineguns

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