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Haddo (SS-255)

Radio Call Sign: November - Alpha - Bravo - November

Gato Class Submarine: Laid down, 1 October 1941, at Electric Boat Co., Groton, CT.; Launched, 21 June 1942; Commissioned USS Haddo (SS-255), 9 October 1942; Decommissioned, 16 February 1946, at Sub Base New London, CT.; Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, New London; Struck from the Naval Register, 1 August 1958; Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 30 April 1959, to Luria Brothers & Co., Philadelphia, PA. Removed 5-4-59. Haddo received six battle stars for World War II service in addition to a Navy Unit Commendation.
Partial data submitted by Ron Reeves, HTC, USNR (ret.)

Specifications: Displacement, Surfaced: 1,526 t., Submerged: 2,424 t.; Length 311' 9"; Beam 27' 3"; Draft 15' 3"; Speed, Surfaced 20.25 kts, Submerged 8.75 kts; Complement 6 Officers 54 Enlisted; Operating Depth, 300 ft; Submerged Endurance, 48 hrs at 2 kts; Patrol Endurance 75 days; Cruising Range, 11,000 miles surfaced at 10 kts; Armament, ten 21" torpedo tubes, six forward, four aft, 24 torpedoes, one 3"/50 deck gun, two .50 cal. machine guns, two .30 cal. machine guns; Propulsion, diesel electric reduction gear with four Hoover, Owens, Rentschler Co. main generator diesel engines, 5,400HP, Fuel Capacity, 97,140 gal., four General Electric main motors, 2,740HP, two 126-cell main storage batteries, twin screws.

Size	Image Description	Source
20k	Commemorative post mark on the occasion of Haddo's (SS-255) keel launching, 1 October 1941, at Electric Boat Co., Groton, CT.	Courtesy of Jack Treutle. Photo added 11/30/06.
14k	Commemorative post mark on the occasion of Haddo's (SS-255) launching, 21 June 1942.	Courtesy of Jack Treutle.
91k	Haddo's (SS-255) conning tower is shown after her last wartime overhaul, 10 April 1945, when a new Mk 4 torpedo data computer was installed. Other details include the course clock near the wheel, for systamatic zigzagging to avoid Japanese submarine torpedoes, and the ST & SJ radars (SD) had been moved outside the conning tower). SJ was provided with manual train so that the antenna could be pointed at a target before the radar was turned on; sweeping the radar beam might be quite dangerous. Other indications are: 1 MB, engine order telegraph; 2MB, motor order telegraph, & 7 MC: maneuvering intercom that connects the bridge, conning tower, maneuvering room, control room, wardroom, & torpedo rooms.	Drawing & text courtesy of U.S. Submarines Through 1945, An Illustrated Design History by Norman Friedman. Naval Institute Press.
55k	Aft port quarter view of Haddo (SS-255) departing Mare Island on 10 April 1945.	US Navy photo # 2551-45, courtesy of Darryl Baker. The photo is off a negative from the Vallejo Naval Historic Museum. Photo added 03/31/07.
189k	Stern view of Haddo (SS-255) off Mare Island on 10 April 1945.	US Navy photo # 2552-45, courtesy of Darryl Baker.
234k	Broadside view of Haddo (SS-255) off Mare Island on 10 April 1945. She was in overhaul at the shipyard from 10 Jan until 18 April 1945.	US Navy photo # 2553-45, courtesy of Darryl Baker.
209k	Bow on view of Haddo (SS-255) off Mare Island on 10 April 1945. Carquinez bridge is in the background.	US Navy photo # 2555-45, courtesy of Darryl Baker.
95k	Proteus (AS-19) with submarines of Submarine Squadron 20 alongside in Tokyo Bay, on VJ-Day, 2 September 1945. Names of the submarines present, their commanding officers and the commanding officers of SubRon20 and Proteus (AS-19) are printed at the bottom of the image: Archerfish (SS-311) Cavalla (SS-244) Gato (SS-212) Haddo (SS-255) Muskallunge (SS-262) Pilotfish (SS-386) Razorback (SS-394) Runner (SS-476) Segundo (SS-398) Sea Cat (SS-399) and Tigrone (SS-419).	US Navy photo # NH 95019, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. Courtesy of Captain Joseph F. Enright, USN(Retired), 1979.
76k	Battleflag of the Haddo (SS-255), 1945.	US Navy photo courtesy of ussubvetsofwwii.org.

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