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NavSource Online: Submarine Photo Archive

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Sea Robin (SS-407)

Radio Call Sign: November - Kilo - Papa - November

Balao Class Submarine: Laid down, 1 March 1944, at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME.; Launched, 25 May 1944; Commissioned USS Sea Robin (SS-407), 7 August 1944; Converted to a Guppy-IA submarine in 1951; Decommissioned and Struck from the Naval Register, 1 October 1970; Final Disposition, sold for scraping, 3 June 1971, to North American Smelting Co. for $ 84,578.00 and scrapped in Bordentown, NJ. Sea Robin received three battle stars for World War II service.
Partial data submitted by Ron Reeves, HTC, USNR (ret.)

Specifications: Displacement, Surfaced 1,526 t., Submerged 2,391 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 10 kts; Submerged Endurance, 48 hours at 2 kts; 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, two single 20mm gun mounts, two .50 cal. machine guns; Patrol Endurance 75 days; Propulsion, diesel-electric reduction gear, four Fairbanks-Morse diesel engines, 5,400 HP, Fuel Capacity, 116,000 gal., four Elliot Motor Co. electric main motors with 2,740 shp, two 126-cell main storage batteries, two propellers.

Size	Image Description	Source
34k	The Sea Robin (SS-407) slides into the Piscataqua River during her launching at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME., 25 May 1944.	Courtesy of ss-407.net.
20k	Commemorative postal cover marking the launching of the Sea Robin (SS-407), 25 May 1944.	Courtesy of Jack Treutle.
25k	Commemorative launch day badge from Sea Robin's (SS-407) at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME., 25 May 1944.	Courtesy of James A Munroe in remembrance of his father Raymond L. Munroe Sr. who worked at the yard during WW II and the Korean wars as a chauffeur.
24k	The Sea Robin (SS-407) during her initial sea trials following construction in Sept. 1944.	US Navy photo courtesy of Gilbert Bohannon, Jr. via ss-407.net.
37k	Sea Robin (SS-407) during shakedown training off Portsmouth, N.H., 4 September 1944. She mounts a single 5"/25 caliber dual-purpose gun abaft the conning tower, with single 20-millimeter guns forward and aft of the bridge.	US Navy photo from DANFS, courtesy of Joe Radigan, MACM USN, Ret.
47k	Sea Robin (SS-407) in WW II configuration.	Courtesy of USNI.
13k	Post war portside view of the Sea Robin (SS-407), circa 1946.	Courtesy of George M. Arnold.
168k	Probable immeadiate post war photo of the Sea Robin (SS-407) underway. On 15 May 1947, the submarine commenced a one and one-half month simulated war patrol in which she circumnavigated the South American continent and became the first submarine to round Cape Horn.	USN photo courtesy of David Buell. Partial text courtesy of DANFS.
43k	Sea Robin (SS-407) entering Toulon, France during their 1950 Med trip.	Courtesy of Erminio Bagnasco book, "Submarines of WW II", submitted by Aryeh Wetherhorn. Photo i.d. courtesy of Paul Roggemann.
55k	The destroyer tender Yellowstone (AD-27) at Augusta Bay, Sicily, 1950. Ships alongside to starboard; Sea Robin (SS-407), Torsk (SS-423), Sea Leopard (SS-483), Burrfish (SS-312). To port; John R Pierce (DD-753), Barton (DD-722), Shea (DM-30) , and in the background Bauer (DM-26).	Paul Roggeman Sea Robin (SS-407) Web Site.
43k	Sea Robin (SS-407), surfaced and underway off Long Island Sound in 1952.	Courtesy of George M. Arnold. Photo i.d. courtesy of Paul Roggemann.
33k	Sea Robin (SS-407) after conversion to Guppy IA submarine from the early 1960's.	Courtesy of John Hummel. Photo i.d. courtesy of Paul Roggemann.
102k	Most likely taken in 1964 when the Sea Robin (SS-407) was awarded the Battle "E". The sonar dome was removed in 1965 at Portsmouth.	Courtesy of George M. Arnold. Photo i.d. courtesy of Paul Roggemann.
47k	View of the open bow torpedo shutter doors and slightly upwards bow planes during Sea Robin's (SS-407) overhaul at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard 1967-68.	Courtesy of Paul McNerney via ss-407.net. Photo i.d. courtesy of Paul Roggemann.
202k	Port side bow view of the Sea Robin (SS-407) in August 1968 on the Northern Atlantic coast.	Copyrighted and photographed by Eugene R. Schaafsma, submitted by Christopher J. Miller.
49k	From left to right, Sea Robin (SS-407) , Tusk (SS-426), Sea Owl (SS-405), Sablefish (SS-303) , Halfbeak (SS-352), Blenny (SS-324), & Becuna (SS-319) at New London CT, in 1968 during change of command.	Courtesy of John Hummel.
749k	Decommissioning ceremony of the Sea Robin (SS-407), 1 October 1970.	Photo courtesy of Ron Reeves, HTC, USNR (ret.) Photo added 03/18/08.