USS T-2 (SS-60)

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USS AA-2, later renamed USS T-2, being launched at the Fore River Shipbuilding Company at Quincy, Massachusetts, on 6 September 1919.
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NameAA-2
Builder Fore River Shipyard [1]
Laid down31 May 1917 [1]
Launched6 September 1919 [1]
Commissioned7 January 1922 [1]
Decommissioned16 July 1923
RenamedT-2 22 September 1920
Stricken19 September 1930 [1]
FateScrapped 1931 [1]
General characteristics (as built)
Type AA-1-class submarine
Displacement
  • 1,106 long tons (1,124 t) surfaced
  • 1,487 long tons (1,511 t) submerged
Length268 ft 9 in (81.9 m)
Beam22 ft 8 in (6.9 m)
Draft15 ft 2 in (4.6 m)
Installed power
  • 4,000  bhp (3,000 kW) (diesel)
  • 1,500 hp (1,100 kW) (electric)
Propulsion
Speed
  • 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) surfaced
  • 10.5 knots (19.4 km/h; 12.1 mph) submerged
Range
  • 3,000  nmi (5,600 km; 3,500 mi) at 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph) on the surface
  • 100 nmi (190 km; 120 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) submerged
Test depth160 feet (48.8 m)
Complement54 officers and enlisted men
Armament

USS T-2 (SS-60) was an AA-1-class submarine built for the United States Navy during World War I.

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Construction and career

The boat was laid down as AA-2 on 31 May 1917 at the Fore River Shipbuilding Company yard in Quincy, Massachusetts, by the Electric Boat Co. of New York, launched on 6 September 1919, sponsored by Miss Madeline Everett, redesignated SF-2 on 17 July 1920, renamed T-2 on 22 September 1920, and placed in commission at the Boston Navy Yard on 7 January 1922.

T-2 was the last of three T-boats placed in commission and served actively for only 18 months. Her unique mission was long-range scouting and reconnaissance for the surface fleet. Like her sister ships, she operated in Submarine Division 15, training crews and conducting maneuvers with the Atlantic Fleet. By the fall of 1922, design and construction flaws in the three T-boats had become apparent. As a result, T-2 was decommissioned on 16 July 1923 at the Submarine Base at Hampton Roads, Virginia, and was placed in reserve there. Later, she was moved to Philadelphia. Following seven years of inactivity, T-2 was stricken from the Navy list on 19 September 1930. She was broken up and her metal was sold for scrap on 20 November 1930.

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Bauer, K. Jack; Roberts, Stephen S. (1991), Register of Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1775–1990: Major Combatants, Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, ISBN   0-313-26202-0

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