Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945

SM-1 USS Argonaut  (Minelaying Submarine)
APS-1 USS Argonaut  (Transport Submarine)

• Displacement: 2,170 tons surfaced, 4,164 tons submerged
• Length: 381'
• Beam: 33'10"
• Draft: 15'4"
• Speed: 15 knots surfaced, 8 knots submerged
• Armament: 2 6"/53, 4 bow torpedo tubes, (#?) 21" torpedoes, 2 stern minelaying tubes, 60 mines
• Complement: 89
• Diesel engines/electric motors
• Built at Portsmouth Navy Yard and commissioned 1928; converted to Transport Submarine in 1942

: Sunk by depth charges and gunfire from IJN destroyers Maikaze, Isokaze, and Hamakaze while attacking a Japanese convoy in the S.W. Pacific, 10 Jan 43

Additional Links:

• "Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships" -- USS Argonaut
• War Patrol reports -- USS Argonaut
• United States Submarine Losses--World War II

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Argonaut  & Raiders: Back from Makin August, 1942

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