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NavSource Online: Submarine Photo Archive

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Clamagore (SS-343)

Radio Call Sign: November - Juliet - Delta - Uniform

Balao Class Submarine: Laid down, 16 March 1944, at the Electric Boat Co., Groton, CT.; Launched, 25 February 1945; Commissioned USS Clamagore (SS-343), 28 June 1945; Converted to a Guppy type submarine in 1948; Decommissioned, 27 June 1975; Struck from the Naval Register, 27 June 1975; Final Disposition, Donated as Museum Ship at Patriot's Point, Charleston, South Carolina since 11 May 1981.
Partial data submitted by Ron Reeves, HTC, USNR (ret.)

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
26k	Commemorative postal cover on the occasion of Clamagore's (SS-343) commissioning at the Electric Boat Co., Groton, CT., 28 June 1945.	US Navy photo courtesy of Jack Treutle.
42k	Starboard photo of the Clamagore (SS-343) in 1946. She operated off Key West with various fleet units and with the Fleet Sonar School, voyaging on occasion to Cuba and the Virgin Islands until 5 December 1947, when she entered Philadelphia Naval Shipyard for modernization and installation of snorkel.	USN photo courtesy of home.sc.rr.com. Text courtesy of DANFS.
42k	Bow on view of the Clamagore (SS-343) pierside at Key West in 1946.	USN photo courtesy of home.sc.rr.com.
83k	Medregal (SS-480), Clamagore (SS-343) & Cubera (SS-347), at Key West in 1948.	Courtesy of Jack Treutle.
229k	Clamagore (SS-343) sometime after her GUPPY conversion, circa post 1948.	US Navy photo courtesy of usssubvetsofwwii.org.
62k	Clamagore (SS-343) sailing down the river to the sub base at New London CT, in one of her final configurations, with the shark fin arrays with the standard BQG-4 PUFFS system. This photo was taken in the 1960's timeframe.	Text courtesy of DANFS & QM2(SS) David Johnston, USNR. USN photo courtesy of John Hummel.
107k	Clamagore (SS-343), 15 Febrary 1967 off Puerto Rico.	US Navy photo by PH3 Higgins.
31k	*Sub Ron 8: Clamagore* (SS-343),(front) Cobbler (SS-344) on her starboard side Corporal (SS-346) on her port side, Blenny (SS-324) bringing up the rear. Circa 1968-71, location unknown.	Courtesy of John Hummel.
78k	An Acrylic painting by the artist Dante H. Bertoni entitled "Berthing the Newly Arrived Submarine Clamagore* (SS-343),* 1971.	Painting # 88-161-AP. Courtesy of the USNHC.
16k	Soviet *Krupny class* destroyer taken thru periscope of Clamagore (SS-343), date and location unknown.	Courtesy of John Hummel.
20k	Soviet *Krupny class* destroyer taken thru periscope of Clamagore (SS-343), date and location unknown.	Courtesy of John Hummel.
23k	Commemorative postal cover marking the decommissioning of the Clamagore (SS-343), 12 June 1975.	Courtesy of Jack Treutle.
28k	Clamagore (SS-343) against pier, Tiru (SS-416), Blenny (SS-324) & Albacore (AGSS-569), circa early 80's at the Philadelphia Navy Yard.	Courtesy of John Hummel. Photo I.d. submitted by Ron Reeves, HTC, USNR (ret.)
30k	Clamagore (SS-343) at Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum, Charleston, SC. 1989.	Courtesy of Wendell McLaughlin.
16k	Commemorative postal cover issued on the occasion of the Clamagore's (SS-343) 50th anniversary commissioning, 28 June 1995.	Courtesy of Jack Treutle.
43k	Clamagore (SS-343) at Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum, Charleston, SC. 2002.	Courtesy of George M. Arnold.
39k	Clamagore (SS-343) at Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum, Charleston, SC. 2002.	Courtesy of George M. Arnold.
47k	Stern tubes of the Clamagore (SS-343) have lost their pristine shine after 62 years, April 2007.	Courtesy of Robert Hall. Photo added 07/21/07.
42k	Clamagore (SS-343) at Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum, Charleston, SC. April 2007.	Courtesy of Robert Hall via Fabio Peña.