Type:  Submarine
Class:  SS 212
Builder:  Mare Island Navy Yard
UIC (Unit Id Code):  

Length:  307 feet
Beam:  27 feet
Displacement:  2370 tons
# Officers:  6
# Enlisted:  54
Propulsion:  Diesel - Electric
# Propellers:  2

Launched:  6/30/1942
Commissioned:  9/1/1942
Decommissioned:  6/28/1969

Crew Lists

# Crew listed:  1262
# Commission Crew:  126
# Decommission Crew:  87
# with e-mail:  232
# Eternal Patrol:  263

History

Status: Sunk as Target
Fate: Tunny was sunk on 19 June 1970 as a target for MK 37 acoustic homing torpedo tests off of San Diego by the USS Volador SS 490. With compartment doors welded shut and the hangar giving her extra bouyancy, Tunny proved to be a difficult target to sink.

Contact: Stephen G. Hunt, E-mail: srphunt@cox.net, Phone: 225-292-3573
Reunion: 10/1/2011-San Diego,CA. 1 Oct. 2011. The only criteria set as of December, 2009 is that the next reunion will be held in San Diego in 2011