Naval Historical Center #NH 61687
|
Tonnage |
2710 tons standard displacement |
|
Dimensions |
381' by 33'10" by 15'4" 116.13m by 10.31m by 4.67m |
|
Maximum speed |
15
knots surfaced 7.4 knots submerged |
| Dive |
to 300' (90m) |
|
Complement |
105 |
|
Armament |
4 21" torpedo
tubes 2 6"/53 guns 2 machine guns 60 mines |
| Machinery |
2-shaft diesel (2800 bhp) or
electric (2200 hp) |
|
Bunkerage |
153 tons diesel fuel |
|
Range |
8000 nautical miles at 10 knots surfaced 50 nautical miles at 5 knots submerged |
| Sensors |
JK
and QCD-1 sonar |
The Argonaut was completed in 1928 as a specialized minelaying submarine. She was very large and therefore unusually habitable for a submarine. However, she was slow and quite unmaneuverable and took seemingly forever to dive.
Argonaut
was off Wake
on 7 December 1941. She was lost off New Britain on 10 January 1943 to
a depth charge attack that
was witnessed by American aircraft. Fife's
decision to send this clumsy and ancient vessel on a war patrol remains
controversial.
References
The Pacific War Online Encyclopedia © 2007, 2009 by Kent G. Budge. Index
