


Guavina
Country | United States |
Ship Class | Balao-class Submarine |
Hull Number | SS-362 |
Builder | Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co., Manitowoc, WI |
Laid Down | 3 Mar 1943 |
Launched | 29 Aug 1943 |
Commissioned | 23 Dec 1943 |
Decommissioned | 6 Dec 1945 |
Displacement | 1,526 tons standard; 2,424 tons submerged |
Length | 312 feet |
Beam | 27 feet |
Draft | 15 feet |
Machinery | Four Fairbanks Morse diesel engines, four Elliot Motor Co. electric motors |
Bunkerage | 116,000 gallons, two 126-cell main storage batteries |
Power Output | 5,400 SHP |
Speed | 20 knots |
Range | 11,000 miles at 10 knots |
Crew | 66 |
Armament | 10x21in torpedo tubes with 24 torpedoes, 1x5in, 4x machine guns |
Recommission | 1 February 1950 |
Final Decommission | 27 Mar 1959 |
Contributor: C. Peter Chen
ww2dbaseGuavina was commissioned at the end of 1943 with Lieutenant Commander Carl Tiedeman in command. After shakedown and training, she joined the Pacific War on 5 Apr 1945. She went on six patrols during the course of the Pacific War, sinking 8 transports and 5 smaller ships and rescuing many survivors, which included both American aviators and Japanese sailors. After the war, she underwent extensive overhaul and became a submarine and aircraft oiler serving mostly in the Caribbean Sea. She was sunk as a target by submarine Cubera off Cape Henry, Virginia, United States in 1967.
ww2dbaseSource: Wikipedia.
Last Major Revision: Dec 2006
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Guavina Operational Timeline
23 Dec 1943 | Guavina was commissioned into service. |
6 Dec 1945 | Guavina was decommissioned from service. |
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