![]() The standard torpedo was the Mark 14 which was replaced in later patrols with the electrically driven Mk 18 torpedos. The hull was equipped with ten torpedo tubes of 21 inch diameter, in the configuration of six in the bow and four in the stern. The main and stealthy option was located in the hull of the Peto and other Gato class submarines. ![]() Accommodations aboard the Peto were quite cramped as it has a surface displacement of only 1,526 tons and housed a crew of six officers and 54 enlisted men for patrols up to 75 days in length (SS-265.Įach patrol had varied weapon load outs. Floating on the surface, the Peto drew slightly more than 15 feet (SS-265). The specifications of the Peto were similar to other submarines of the Gato class of fleet submarines: length of 311 feet, 9 inches and a beam of 27 feet, 3 inches. Specifications and Armament USS Peto on a special dry dock. The sponsor, Mrs Emanual A Lofquist, broke the launching Champagne bottle on the bow of USS Peto on Ap( USS PETO (SS 265)). She was the first submarine ever to be launched sideways. The reason for the sideways launch was constraints, primarily the water depth and width of the river. After 10 months of labor, she was launched sideways, in the Great Lakes ship builders’ tradition, into the Manitowoc River. The USS Peto was laid down on the 18 th of June in 1941, months before the infamous attack on Pearl Harbor in December of 1941 ( USS PETO (SS 265)). They made a total of 28 submarines of the Gato class and Balao class submarines for the war effort. ![]() Amazingly, the men and women working on the sub managed to finish 288 days before the date specified in the contract for delivery. It was Manitowoc’s first time building a submarine. The shipyard was located on Lake Michigan in the port city of Manitowoc, Wisconsin. The SS-265 USS Peto was the first United States Gato class submarine built by a freshwater shipyard, the Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company. Launching of the Peto (Harry Burns, photographer for Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co, )
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