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SILVERSIDES (AGSS 236)
(ex-SS 236)

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UIC:05236
Class:AGSS 212 Fleet:
Status:Donated as a Museum and Memorial Homeport:
Date status changed:09/15/1972 Berth:
Maintenance Category:
Force: MARAD Type:
Builder: NAV SY/MARE ISLAND
Delivery Date:02/14/1942
Award Date:06/28/1940 Age (since delivery) (At time of disposal):30.6 years
Keel Date:11/04/1940 Commission Date:12/15/1941
Launch Date:08/26/1941 Inactivation Date:
Age (since launch)(At time of disposal)31.1 years Decommission Date:04/17/1946
Years from Commission to Decommission: 4.3
Stricken Date: 06/30/1969

Overall Length: 312 ft Waterline Length:307 ft
Extreme Beam:27 ft Waterline Beam:
Maximum Navigational Draft:17 ft Draft Limit:
Light Displacement:1490 tons Full Displacement:2020 tons
Dead Weight:530 tons
Hull Material: Steel hull, steel superstructure.
Number of Propellers: 2
Number of Waterjets:
Propulsion Type:
Accommodations: Officers: 9 Enlisted: 63

Remarks: SILVERSIDES IS LOCATED AT THE USS SILVERSIDES NAVAL & MARITIME MUSEUM, MUSKEGON,
MI. SHE IS LISTED ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES, REF. NO. 7200045
3 AND DESIGNATED A NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK ON 1/14/1986.






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