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Dentuda (SS-335) (AGSS-335)

Radio Call Sign: November - Kilo - Foxtrot - Echo

Balao Class Submarine: Laid down, 18 November 1943, at the Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT.; Launched, 10 September 1944; Commissioned USS Dentuda (SS-335), 30 December 1944; Decommissioned, 11 December 1946 and placed in service as a Naval Reserve Training Vessel in the 12th Naval District, (Hunters Point Navy Shipyard); Reclassified Auxiliary Research Submarine (AGSS-335) in 1962; Placed out of service, 30 June 1967; Struck from the Naval Register, 12 February 1969; Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 12 February 1969. to Zidell Explorations of Portland OR. for $55,459.00. Dentuda earned one battle star for World War II service.

Specifications: Displacement, Surfaced: 1,526 t., Submerged: 2,242 t.; Length 311' 9"; 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, 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, one 20mm gun, two .50 cal. machine guns; Patrol Endurance 75 days; Propulsion, diesel-electric reduction gear with four main generator engines, General Motors diesel engines, HP 5400, Fuel Capacity 118,000, four General Electric motors, HP 2,740, two 126-cell main storage batteries, two propellers.

Size	Image Description	Source
140k	Trains brought the building material for submarine construction at Electric Boat Co., Groton, Conn., circa summer 1943, possibly for the following boats: Chub (SS-329), Brill (SS-330), Bugara (SS-331), Bullhead (SS-332), Bumper (SS-333), Cabezon (SS-334), Dentuda (SS-335), Capitaine (SS-336), or Carbonero(SS-337).	Photo from the Photo Essay How To Build A Submarine at Electric Boat Co. New London, Conn. Photographer: Bernard Hoffman, courtesy of time.com. via / images.google.com & Life. Photo added 11/30/08.
493k	Steel under giant rolls being shaped for submarine construction at Electric Boat Co., Groton, Conn., circa August 1943, probably for one of the following boats: Chub (SS-329), Brill (SS-330), Bugara (SS-331), Bullhead (SS-332), Bumper (SS-333), Cabezon (SS-334), Dentuda (SS-335), Capitaine (SS-336), or Carbonero(SS-337).	Photo from NARA, #: 080-G-468488, photographed by Lt. Comdr. Charles Fenno Jacobs, USNR., from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil.
571k	Welders work on hull of new submarine at Electric Boat Co., Groton, Conn., circa August 1943. This sub is probably one of the following: Chub (SS-329), Brill (SS-330), Bugara (SS-331), Bullhead (SS-332), Bumper (SS-333), Cabezon (SS-334), Dentuda (SS-335), Capitaine (SS-336), or Carbonero(SS-337).	Photo from NARA, #: 080-G-468489, photographed by Lt. Comdr. Charles Fenno Jacobs, USNR., from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil.
16k	Commemorative postal cover marking the twin laying of the keels of the Cabezon (SS-334) & Dentuda (SS-335), 18 November 1943, at the Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT.	Courtesy of Jack Treutle.
53k	Dentuda (SS-335) slides down the launching ways at the Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT., 10 September 1944.	Courtesy of ussubvetsofwwii.org.
19k	Commemorative post mark on the occasion of Dentuda's (SS-335) launching at the Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT., 10 September 1944.	Courtesy of Jack Treutle.
207k	Admiral's farewell. Taking command as CinCPac in Jan. 1942, Admiral Nimitz raised his flag on the Grayling (SS-209). He relinquishes command (scene above) boarding the Menhaden (SS-377) to haul down his flag. The Dentuda (SS-335) is on the other side of the wharf. Note: Quite a few people participated in trying to identify the *Dentuda*. Special thanks go to Ira M. King for finally identifying the boat, Dave Carpenter, Les Guille, Dave McClintock Jr., Jim Clepper, O.H. Wright & Dave Johnston. Most of all, kudos go to Darryl Baker for his extraordinary efforts in not laying the i.d. rest.	Photo courtesy of George Scheer & Darryl Baker.
278k	Three veterans of *Operation Crossroads* are shown at Mare Island on 17 Oct 1946 in the Pacific Reserve Fleet. Left to right: Dentuda (SS-335), Searaven (SS-196) and Tuna (SS-203); Parche (SS-384) is aft of these three. Bluegill (SS-242) and Hackleback (SS-295) are to the left.	USN photo # 3618-46, courtesy of Darryl Baker.
43k	Portside view of the Dentuda (SS-335) pulling into Hunters Point 1946.	Courtesy of John Hummel.
632k	Dentuda (SS-335) at San Francisco Naval Shipyard (Hunters' Point). She was a dockside trainer for submariners at this time.	USN Photo from the 12th Naval District, courtesy of David Buell.
598k	"San Bruno Cub Scout Pack 72 poses for this group picture on the bow of the submarine, Dentuda (SS-335) following a tour of the "boat" during their visit to San Francisco Naval Shipyard, Saturday 16 April '55. The boys also were taken on a motor tour of the entire shipyard and shown the newest film of the submarine service".	USN Photo from the 12th Naval District, courtesy of David Buell.

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