USS Ling (SS-297) Diesel-Electric Submarine (1943)
The USS Ling was based on an improved series of Balao-class submarines.
Additional advances in the USS Ling new sophisticated electronic gear for detecting targets, a Torpedo Data computer (TDC) for working out and setting torpedo firing angles, new Mark 18 electric torpedoes, and a Bathythermograph for detecting cold water layers, or thermoclines, under which the boat could slip to deflect enemy sonar pings and make the Ling hard to detect. These technological advances gave the BALAO class a level of reliability and battle survivability that had never been experienced by submarines up to that time. There were eight waterproof compartments in addition to the conning tower. They were equipped with four engine rooms, diesel-electric reduction gear, one auxiliary generator, four electric motors generating 2,740 hp when submerged driven by two 126-cell batteries. Submerged endurance was 48 hours at 2 knots. Cruising range was 11,000 miles on the surface at 10 knots with 116,000 gallons of diesel fuel. Patrol duration was 75 days. The total boats actually completed are in dispute by the five shipyards, making the Balao-class the most quantitative class of submarines ever built. They were built at Portsmouth, Manitowoc, Electric Boat, Mare Island, and Cramp Shipbuilding.
The Ling made one war patrol in the Atlantic and was the last Balao fleet boat to patrol US shores in the war. She was decommissioned on 10/26/46 and was laid up, moth balled, in the Atlantic fleet. In 1960 she was reactivated into the Naval Reserve training fleet berthed at Brooklyn New York. On 28 June 1972 the USS Ling was placed on permanent display as a memorial at Hackensack, New Jersey in the care of the New Jersey Naval Museum having tours on weekends. Text ©2003-2013 www.MilitaryFactory.com • All Rights Reserved • No Reproduction Permitted
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Specifications for the
USS Ling (SS-297)
Diesel-Electric Submarine
Country of Origin: United States
Initial Year of Service: 1943
Operators: United States
Crew: 80
Length: 311.5ft (94.95m)
Beam: 27.3ft (8.32m)
Draught: 16.1ft (4.91m)
Displacement: 1,526tons
Machinery: 4 x diesel engines driving GM electric motors; 2 x 126 Cell Sargo batteries; 4 x GM high-speed electric motors; 2 x shafts.
Surface Speed: 20kts (23mph)
Submerged Speed: 9kts (10mph)
Range: 12,427miles (19,999km)
Armament:
10 x 21" (533mm) torpedo tube launchers (6 bow; 4 stern; 24 total torpedoes)
1 x 5" (127mm /25 cal deck gun
2 x 12.7mm anti-aircraft machine guns
2 x 7.62mm general purpose machine guns
OPTIONAL ARMAMENT:
2 x 40mm anti-aircraft cannons
Ship Class: Balao-class
Number-in-Class: 138
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