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Corsair (SS-435) (AGSS-435)

Radio Call Sign: November - Xray - Whiskey - Hotel

Tench Class Submarine: Laid down, 1 March 1945, at the Electric boat Co., Groton, CT.; Launched, 3 May 1946; Commissioned USS Corsair (SS-435), 8 November 1946; Redesignated Auxiliary Research Submarine (AGSS-435) in 1960; Decommissioned and struck from the Naval Register, 1 February 1963; Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 21 October 1963. Removed 8 Nov 1963.
Partial data submitted by Ron Reeves, HTC, USNR (ret.)

Specifications: Displacement, Surfaced: 1,570 t., Submerged: 2,428 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 7 Officers 69 Enlisted; Armament, ten 21" torpedo tubes, six forward, four aft, 24 torpedoes, one 5"/25 deck gun, two 20mm gun, two .30 cal. machine guns; Patrol Endurance 75 days; Propulsion, diesel-electric reduction gear with four General Motors main generator diesel engines, 5,400 hp, Fuel Capacity, 97,140 gals, two General Electric main motors, 2,740 hp, two 126-cell main storage batteries, two propellers.

Size	Image Description	Source
19k	Commemorative post mark on the occasion of the keel laying of the Corsair (SS-435), 1 March 1945.	Photo courtesy of Jack Treutle.
127k	Corsair (SS-435) underway in the Atlantic, possibly during her shakedown cruise when she visited Havana, Panama, Trinidad, and Rio de Janeiro, circa winter 1946, spring 1947.	Partial text courtesy of DANFS, US Navy photo courtesy of John Hummel.
114k	Outboard to inboard, the Halfbeak (SS-352),Tusk (SS-426) & Corsair (SS-435) with two unidentified boats, pre Oct. 1947 in New London, CT.	Photo courtesy of Gary Parker. Photo added 03/17/08.
44k	Corsair (SS-435) underway, port side view, date and location unknown.	US Navy photo courtesy of subnet.com.
54k	Corsair (AGSS-435) underway, circa 1960.	US Navy photo.

View the Corsair (SS-435)
DANFS history entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site.

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Guppy Submarines
Tench Class Submarines
Full Fathom Five, U.S. Submarine War Against Japan

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