USS Ling (SS-297)

USS Ling (SS-297)

USS Ling (SS-297), wearing camouflage paint scheme in July 1945, during sea trials.
History
Namesake:	Ling, Fish
Builder:	Cramp Shipbuilding Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania / Brooklyn Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York
Laid down:	2 November 1942
Launched:	15 August 1943
Commissioned:	8 June 1945
Decommissioned:	26 October 1946
Struck:	1 December 1971
Honours and awards:	1 Battle Star
Status:	Museum ship at New Jersey Naval Museum, Hackensack, New Jersey since 28 June 1972
General characteristics
Class and type:	Balao-class diesel-electric submarine
Displacement:	1,526 tons (1,550 t) surfaced 2,424 tons (2,460 t) submerged
Length:	311 ft 8 in (95.00 m)
Beam:	27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)
Draft:	16 ft 10 in (5.13 m) maximum
Propulsion:	4 × Fairbanks-Morse Model 38D8- 1⁄8 9-cylinder opposed-piston diesel engines driving electrical generators 2 × 126-cell Sargo batteries 4 × high-speed Elliott electric motors with reduction gears 2 × propellers 5,400 shp (4.0 MW) surfaced 2,740 shp (2.04 MW) submerged
Speed:	20.25 knots (37 km/h) surfaced 8.75 knots (16 km/h) submerged
Range:	11,000 nm (20,000 km) surfaced at 10 knots (19 km/h)
Endurance:	48 hours at 2 knots (4 km/h) submerged 75 days on patrol
Test depth:	400 ft (120 m)
Complement:	10 officers, 70–71 enlisted
Armament:	10 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes 6 forward, 4 aft 24 torpedoes 1 × 4-inch (102 mm) / 50 caliber deck gun Bofors 40 mm and Oerlikon 20 mm cannon

U.S.S. LING
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
New Jersey Register of Historic Places
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Location	Hackensack River at 150 River Street, Hackensack, New Jersey
Coordinates	40°52′47″N 74°2′26″W / 40.87972°N 74.04056°W / 40.87972; -74.04056Coordinates: 40°52′47″N 74°2′26″W / 40.87972°N 74.04056°W / 40.87972; -74.04056
Area	less than one acre
Built	1945
Architect	Cramp,William & Sons
Architectural style	BALAO Class
NRHP Reference #	78001736
NJRHP #	525
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	19 October 1978
Designated NJRHP	16 January 1978

USS Ling (SS/AGSS/IXSS-297) is a Balao-class submarine of the United States Navy, named for the ling fish, also known as the cobia. The ship is docked (since 1972) at the New Jersey Naval Museum in Hackensack, New Jersey but is inaccessible to the public.

Ling was laid down 2 November 1942 by the Cramp Shipbuilding Company of Philadelphia. She was launched 15 August 1943, sponsored by Mrs. E. J. Foy, and was moved to the Boston Navy Yard for completion and testing. Ling was commissioned on 8 June 1945, with Commander George Garvie Molumphy in command.

After shakedown and further installations, Ling headed out to sea to test her equipment 15 September 1945. The submarine based at Naval Submarine Base New London in Connecticut until she sailed 11 February 1946 for the Panama Canal Zone, arriving eight days later. She operated out of Panama until 9 March when she sailed north. She completed inactivation 23 October at New London, decommissioned 26 October 1946, and entered the Atlantic Reserve Fleet.

In March 1960, Ling was towed to Brooklyn, New York, where she was converted into a training ship at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, simulating all aspects of submarine operations. She was reclassified an Auxiliary Submarine (AGSS-297) in 1962.

Ling received one battle star for World War II service. Ling was reclassified a Miscellaneous Unclassified Submarine (IXSS-297), and struck from the Naval Register, 1 December 1971.