Dave O'Meara (Grumpyoldman) got tired of my "pesting": "Go to Hackensack, please Go to Hackensack"...so he did! And he will again, when I get to NYC once more
.Ok, enough fun, let's go to business.
Here's Dave release post
And now for some facts and extra Lings... links
Balao Class Submarine: Laid down, 2 November 1942, at Cramp Ship building Corp., Philadelphia, PA.; Launched, 15 August 1943; Commissioned USS Ling (SS-297), 8 June 1945, at Boston Navy Yard, Boston, MA.; Decommissioned 26 October 1946; Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet; Assigned to Naval Reserve Training duty at Brooklyn, NY in March 1960; Reclassified Auxiliary Submarine (AGSS-297) in 1962; Reclassified Miscellaneous Unclassified Submarine (IXSS-297), and struck from the Naval Register, 1 December 1971; Final Disposition, placed on permanent display as a memorial at Hackensack, NJ, 28 June 1972. Ling received one battle star for World War II service.
Specifications: Displacement, Surfaced: 1,526 t., Submerged: 2,424 t.; Length 311'''' 6"; Beam 27'''' 3"; Draft 15'''' 3"; Speed, Surfaced 20.25 kts, Submerged 8.75 kts; Cruising Range, 11,000 miles surfaced at 10kts; Submerged Endurance, 48 hours at 2kts; Operating Depth Limit, 400 ft; Complement 6 Officers 60 Enlisted; Armament, ten 21" torpedo tubes, six forward, four aft, 24 torpedoes, one 5"/25 deck gun, one 40mm gun, two .50 cal. machine guns; Patrol Endurance 75 days; Propulsion, diesel-electric reduction gear with four Fairbanks-Morse main generator diesel engines, 5,400hp, Fuel Capacity 116,000 gal., four Elliot Motor Co., main motors with 2,740 hp, two 126-cell main storage batteries, two propellers.
New Jersey Naval Museum
NavSource USS Ling
Thank you Dave for you trouble:)
We will Enjoy your pictures for our Gato/Balao Revell Kits
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