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COBIA (AGSS 245)
(ex-SS 245)

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UIC:05245
Class:AGSS 212 Fleet:
Status:Donated as a Museum and Memorial Homeport:
Date status changed:07/24/1970 Berth:
Maintenance Category:
Force: MARAD Type:
Builder: GENERAL DYN/GROTON
Delivery Date:03/28/1944
Award Date:09/09/1940 Age (since delivery) (At time of disposal):26.3 years
Keel Date:03/17/1943 Commission Date:03/29/1944
Launch Date:11/28/1943 Inactivation Date:
Age (since launch)(At time of disposal)26.7 years Decommission Date:03/19/1954
Years from Commission to Decommission: 10.0
Stricken Date: 07/01/1970

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:2070 tons
Dead Weight:580 tons
Hull Material: Steel hull, steel superstructure.
Number of Propellers: 2
Number of Waterjets:
Propulsion Type:
Accommodations: Officers: 10 Enlisted: 70

Remarks: COBIA IS LOCATED AT THE WISCONSIN MARITIME MUSEUM, 75 MARITIME DRIVE, MANITOWOC,
WI. SHE IS LISTED ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES, REF. NO. 8600008
7 AND DESIGNATED A NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK ON 1/14/1986.






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