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Patch on left courtesy of Mike Smolinski, on right by Ray Young

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.
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Corsair 408k Insignia of the Corsair (SS-435) designed for the submarine by Ray Young, circa 1944.
 Photo by Ray Young, courtesy of his son, William Young. Photo added 04/23/10.
Corsair 19k Commemorative post mark on the occasion of the keel laying of the Corsair (SS-435), 1 March 1945.
 Photo courtesy of Jack Treutle.
Corsair 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.
Corsair 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.
Corsair 44k Corsair (SS-435) underway, port side view, date and location unknown.
 US Navy photo courtesy of subnet.com.
Corsair 176k Corsair (AGSS-435) on 21 April 1952. She returned to New London 15 September to continue local operations with Submarine Development Group 2. Their duties included providing services to the sound laboratory at Portsmouth, and participating in large scale submarine exercises, including another in northern waters from 27 October to 24 November 1952 during which they visited Reykjavik, Iceland. Text courtesy of DANFS. US Navy photo # USN 442352, courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com. Photo added 09/04/10.
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