USS Icefish
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Icefish (SS-367) |
| Builder | Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co., Manitowoc, Wisconsin |
| Laid down | 4 September 1943 |
| Launched | 20 February 1944 |
| Commissioned | 10 June 1944 |
| Decommissioned | 21 June 1946 |
| Recommissioned | 5 May 1952 |
| Decommissioned | 29 July 1952 |
| Recommissioned | 10 December 1952 |
| Decommissioned | 21 February 1953 |
| Fate | Transferred to the Netherlands, 21 February 1953, sold for scrap, 12 November 1971 |
| Stricken | 15 July 1971 |
| Netherlands | |
| Name | HNLMS Walrus (S802) |
| Commissioned | 21 February 1953 |
| Decommissioned | 15 July 1971 |
| Fate | Returned to United States custody and sold for scrap, 15 August 1971 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Balao class diesel-electric submarine |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 311 ft 9 in (95.02 m) |
| Beam | 27 ft 3 in (8.31 m) |
| Draft | 16 ft 10 in (5.13 m) maximum |
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| Speed |
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| Range | 11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km) surfaced at 10 knots (19 km/h) |
| Endurance |
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| Test depth | 400 ft (120 m) |
| Complement | 10 officers, 70–71 enlisted |
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USS Icefish (SS-367), a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the icefish, any member of the family Salangidae, small smeltlike fishes of China and Japan. These fish are also collectively known as whitebait.