USS Cochino (SS-345)
August 25, 1945 - August 26, 1949
Appeared in 1526 ts Immersed 2424 ts
95.0 meters
8.3 meters
4.6 meters
6 officers, 60 sailors
4x 1350 hp diesel engines 4x electric motors (total 2740 hp)
Surfaced 20.25 knots Dipped 8.75 knots
11,000 nautical miles at 10 knots
The USS Cochino (SS -345 ) was a submarine of the United States Navy of the Balao class. It served from 1945 until his demise in 1949 in the U.S. Navy.
History
The Cochino was posted on April 13, 1944 set at Electric Boat in Kiel and ran about a year later from the stack. The name referred Sufflamen verres from the family of Triggerfish. Godmother was Mrs. Mortimer E. Serat, the wife of a manager of the shipyard. On 25 August 1945, the commissioning took place in New London. The boat belonged to the Atlantic Fleet.
Until occurred in the November sample and test drives of the new boat. In 1946, the Cochino operated mainly from the naval base in Guantánamo Bay. In May, the submarine took part in an exercise during which it went simulated attacks on parts of the U.S. 8th Fleet. A first overhaul took place in the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard in April 1947. This was delayed by a slight corruption when undocking. In June stood after repair of deep- diving tests until early July, the boat remained thereafter in the yard. The rest of the year spent Cochino with local operations.
On April 26, 1948, the Cochino collided with the tug USS Salinan (ATF -161 ), whereby the U- boat at the Tower took damage. These have been fixed in the production yard, on this occasion the boat has also been modernized by GUPPY. In February 1949, the dockyard time was over. In July, the submarine moved toward the British Isles; on the 29th it reached Londonderry, later Portsmouth. Then sailed the boat nor the Barents Sea, before it took the trip home in late August.
On August 25, Cochino crossed the coast of Norway, a strong storm. The submarine snorkel was hit so hard by the waves that the whole boat started to move. Accordingly, the fire was sparked on board, which in turn detonate a battery. For defective batteries oxyhydrogen now flowed into the interior of the boat. The Cochino appeared, together with the men of her sister ship USS accompanying Tusk (SS -426 ) was fighting the crew 14 hours against the fire. However, another battery explosion on August 26, made the need for evacuation of the ship obviously. The men of the Cochino were therefore transferred to the Tusk, SS -345 then went under.
The accident cost a civil engineer from the Bureau of Ships on board the Cochino life, also died six sailors of the Tusk, who had also been thrown into the water by the waves.