USS Walrus (SS-437)

	USS Walrus (SS-437) is launched by the Electric Boat Company at Groton, Connecticut, on 20 September 1946.
History
United States
Name	USS Walrus
Namesake	The walrus
Builder	Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut
Laid down	21 June 1945
Launched	20 September 1946
Sponsored by	Miss Winifred P. Nagle
Completed	Never
Commissioned	Never
Stricken	9 June 1958
Fate	Construction contract cancelled 7 January 1946; Sold incomplete for scrapping 1958;
General characteristics
Class and type	Tench-class diesel-electric submarine[1]
Displacement	1,570 tons (1,595 t) surfaced [1]; 2,416 tons (2,455 t) submerged [1];
Length	311 ft 8 in (95.00 m) [1]
Beam	27 ft 4 in (8.33 m) [1]
Draft	17 ft 0 in (5.18 m) maximum [1]
Propulsion	4 × Fairbanks-Morse Model 38D8-⅛ 10-cylinder opposed piston diesel engines driving electrical generators[2][3]; 2 × 126-cell Sargo batteries[4]; 2 × low-speed direct-drive General Electric electric motors[2]; two propellers [2]; 5,400 shp (4.0 MW) surfaced[2]; 2,740 shp (2.0 MW) submerged[2];
Speed	20.25 knots (38 km/h) surfaced [5]; 8.75 knots (16 km/h) submerged [5];
Range	11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km) surfaced at 10 knots (19 km/h) [5]
Endurance	48 hours at 2 knots (3.7 km/h) submerged [5]; 75 days on patrol;
Test depth	400 ft (120 m) [5]
Complement	10 officers, 71 enlisted [5]
Armament	10 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes; 6 forward, 4 aft); 28 torpedoes[4]; 1 × 5-inch (127 mm) / 25 caliber deck gun[4]; Bofors 40 mm and Oerlikon 20 mm cannon;

USS Walrus (SS-437), a World War II Tench-class submarine, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for the walrus, a gregarious, aquatic mammal found in Arctic waters, related to the seal and a prime source of leather, oil, ivory, and food. Like the second USS Walrus (SS-431), she was not completed.

Walrus's keel was laid down on 21 June 1945 by the Electric Boat Company at Groton, Connecticut. Work on the submarine was suspended on 7 January 1946 when the contract for her construction was cancelled, although she was launched on 20 September 1946, sponsored by Miss Winifred P. Nagle.

Walrus's hull was assigned to the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, New London Group of the Atlantic Reserve Fleet on 9 December 1952. Her name was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 9 June 1958 and she was sold incomplete for scrapping.

References

Bauer, K. Jack; Roberts, Stephen S. (1991). Register of Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1775-1990: Major Combatants. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. pp. 280–282. ISBN 0-313-26202-0.
Bauer, K. Jack; Roberts, Stephen S. (1991). Register of Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1775–1990: Major Combatants. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. pp. 275–282. ISBN 978-0-313-26202-9.
U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 261–263
U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 305–311
U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 305-311

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[Register-1] Bauer, K. Jack; Roberts, Stephen S. (1991). Register of Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1775-1990: Major Combatants. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. pp. 280–282. ISBN 0-313-26202-0.

[Register_275–282-2] Bauer, K. Jack; Roberts, Stephen S. (1991). Register of Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1775–1990: Major Combatants. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. pp. 275–282. ISBN 978-0-313-26202-9.

[FriedmanSubs1-engines_261–263-3] U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 261–263

[FriedmanSubs1-specs_305–311-4] U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 305–311

[FriedmanSubs1-specs-5] U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 305-311