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{{short description|Submarine of the United States}} {{Use American English|date=November 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2024}} {|{{Infobox ship begin}} {{Infobox ship image |Ship image=[[File:USS Threadfin;0841003.jpg|300px|Threadfin's sailors line the deck, possibly at the naval base at Staten Island, N.Y., 22 September 1945.]] |Ship caption=''Threadfin''{{'}}s sailors line the deck, possibly at the naval base at Staten Island, N.Y., 22 September 1945. }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship country=United States |Ship flag={{USN flag|1972}} |Ship name=USS ''Threadfin'' (SS-410) |Ship ordered= |Ship builder=[[Portsmouth Naval Shipyard]], [[Kittery, Maine]]<ref name="FriedmanSubs1-dates">{{cite book | last = Friedman | first = Norman | authorlink = | title = U.S. Submarines Through 1945: An Illustrated Design History | publisher = [[United States Naval Institute]] | date = 1995 | location = [[Annapolis, Maryland]] | pages = 285–304 | url = | doi = | isbn = 1-55750-263-3 }}</ref> |Ship laid down=18 March 1944<ref name="FriedmanSubs1-dates"/> |Ship launched=26 June 1944<ref name="FriedmanSubs1-dates"/> |Ship acquired= |Ship commissioned=30 August 1944<ref name="FriedmanSubs1-dates"/> |Ship decommissioned=10 December 1952<ref name="FriedmanSubs1-dates"/> }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header=yes |Ship recommissioned=7 August 1953<ref name="FriedmanSubs1-dates"/> |Ship decommissioned=18 August 1972<ref name="FriedmanSubs1-dates"/> |Ship in service= |Ship out of service= |Ship struck=1 August 1973<ref name="Register">{{cite book | last = Bauer | first = K. Jack | authorlink = |author2=Roberts, Stephen S. | title = Register of Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1775-1990: Major Combatants | publisher = Greenwood Press | date = 1991 | location = [[Westport, Connecticut]] | pages = 275–280 | url = | doi = | isbn = 0-313-26202-0 }}</ref> |Ship reinstated= |Ship fate=Transferred to [[Turkey]], 18 August 1972, sold to Turkey 1 August 1973<ref name="FriedmanSubs1-dates"/> |Ship status= }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header=title |Ship country=Turkey |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Turkey|naval}} |Ship name=TCG ''1. İnonu'' (S 346) |Ship namesake=[[First Battle of İnönü]], And [[İsmet İnönü]] |Ship acquired=18 August 1972 |Ship commissioned= |Ship recommissioned= |Ship still in active service |Ship in service= |Ship out of service= |Ship struck= |Ship reinstated= |Ship fate= |Ship status= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption=(As completed) |Ship class={{sclass|Balao|submarine|0}} [[diesel-electric]] [[submarine]]<ref name="Register"/> |Ship displacement=*1,526 [[long ton|ton]]s (1,550 [[tonne|t]]) surfaced<ref name="Register"/> *2,401 tons (2,440 t) submerged<ref name="Register"/> |Ship length={{convert|311|ft|8|in|abbr=on}}<ref name="Register"/> |Ship beam={{convert|27|ft|3|in|abbr=on}}<ref name="Register"/> |Ship draft={{convert|16|ft|10|in|abbr=on}} maximum<ref name="Register"/> |Ship propulsion={{Fleet-boat-propulsion-late-FM-2-E}} |Ship speed=*{{convert|20.25|kn|km/h|0|lk=in}} surfaced<ref name="FriedmanSubs1-specs">''U.S. Submarines Through 1945'' pp. 305-311</ref> *{{convert|8.75|kn|km/h|0}} submerged<ref name="FriedmanSubs1-specs"/> |Ship range={{convert|11000|nmi|km}} surfaced at 10 knots (19 km/h)<ref name="FriedmanSubs1-specs"/> |Ship endurance=*48 hours at {{convert|2|kn|km/h}} submerged<ref name="FriedmanSubs1-specs"/> *75 days on patrol |Ship test depth={{convert|400|ft|m|-1|abbr=on}}<ref name="FriedmanSubs1-specs"/> |Ship complement=10 officers, 70–71 enlisted<ref name="FriedmanSubs1-specs"/> |Ship sensors= |Ship EW= |Ship armament={{Fleet-boat-armament-5-inch}} }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption=(Guppy IIA) |Ship class=none |Ship displacement=*1,848 tons (1,878 t) surfaced<ref name="FriedmanSubs2-chap2">{{cite book | last = Friedman | first = Norman | authorlink = | title = U.S. Submarines Since 1945: An Illustrated Design History | publisher = [[United States Naval Institute]] | date = 1994 | location = [[Annapolis, Maryland]] | pages = 11–43 | url = | doi = | isbn = 1-55750-260-9 }}</ref> *2,440 tons (2,479 t) submerged<ref name="FriedmanSubs2-chap2"/> |Ship length={{convert|307|ft|m|abbr=on}}<ref name="FriedmanSubs2-specs">''U.S. Submarines Since 1945'' pp. 242</ref> |Ship beam={{convert|27|ft|4|in|m|abbr=on}}<ref name="FriedmanSubs2-specs"/> |Ship draught= |Ship draft={{convert|17|ft|m|abbr=on}}<ref name="FriedmanSubs2-specs"/> |Ship propulsion=*[[Submarine snorkel|Snorkel]] added<ref name="FriedmanSubs2-chap2"/> *One diesel engine and generator removed <ref name="FriedmanSubs2-chap2"/> *Batteries upgraded to ''Sargo'' II <ref name="FriedmanSubs2-chap2"/> |Ship speed=*Surfaced: *{{convert|17.0|kn|mph km/h|1}} maximum *{{convert|13.5|kn|mph km/h|1}} cruising *Submerged: *{{convert|14.1|kn|mph km/h|1}} for ½ hour *{{convert|8.0|kn|mph km/h|1}} snorkeling *{{convert|3.0|kn|mph km/h|1}} cruising <ref name="FriedmanSubs2-chap2"/> |Ship range= |Ship endurance= |Ship test depth= |Ship complement= |Ship sensors= |Ship EW= |Ship armament=*10 × [[American 21 inch torpedo|21 inch (533 mm)]] [[torpedo tube]]s * (six forward, four aft)<ref name="FriedmanSubs2-specs"/> *all guns removed<ref name="FriedmanSubs2-chap2"/> |Ship notes= }} |} '''USS ''Threadfin'' (SS-410)''', a {{sclass|Balao|submarine}}, was the only vessel of the [[United States Navy]] to be named for the [[threadfin]]. ''Threadfin'' was laid down on 18 March 1944 at the [[Portsmouth Navy Yard]] in [[Kittery, Maine]]. She was [[ship naming and launching|launched]] on 26 June 1944 sponsored by Mrs. Frank G. Fox, and [[ship commissioning|commissioned]] on 30 August 1944. Training and trials out of Portsmouth followed her final completion late in September. After transiting the [[Panama Canal]] in mid-November, the submarine reached [[Pearl Harbor]] early in December and conducted intensive training in preparation for her first war patrol.
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