USS Clamagore (SS-343)
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| Launched: | 25 February 1945 |
| Commissioned: | 28 June 1945 |
| Fate: | museum ship |
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| Displacement: | 1526 tons |
| Length: | 311 feet 9 inches |
| Beam: | 27 feet 3 inches |
| Draft: | 16 feet 10 inches |
| Speed: | 20 knots |
| Complement: | 66 officers and men |
| Armament: | one five-inch gun, ten 21-inch torpedo tubes |
USS Clamagore (SS-343) was a Balao-class submarine of the United States Navy.
Clamagore was launched 25 February 1945 by Electric Boat Co., Groton, Connecticut, sponsored by Miss M. J. Jacobs, and commissioned 28 June 1945, Commander S. C. Loomis, Jr., in command.
Clamagore reported to Key West, her assigned base, 5 September 1945. She operated off Key West with various fleet units and with the Fleet Sonar School, voyaging on occasion to Cuba and the Virgin Islands until 5 December 1947, when she entered Philadelphia Naval Shipyard for modernization and installation of snorkel. Clamagore returned to Key West 6 August 1948 and assumed local and Caribbean operations for the next eight years, except for a tour of duty in the Mediterranean from 3 February to 16 April 1953.
Clamagore called at New London and Newport early in 1957, returning to Key West 13 March. Between 23 September and 7 December she took part in NATO exercises in the North Atlantic, calling at Portsmouth, England, and Argentia, Newfoundland. On 29 June 1959, she arrived at Charleston, her new home port, and after a period of coastwise operations, sailed 5 April 1960 to join the 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean for a tour of duty which continued until July, when the submarine returned to Charleston. For the remainder of 1960 Clamagore operated off the east coast.
Clamagore arrived at Patriot's Point in April 1981, where she was docked as a museum ship along with the USS Yorktown (CV-10), USCGC Ingham (WHEC-35), and USS Laffey (DD-734). As of 2004, the Clamagore was still docked at Patriot's Point.
Clamagore is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, Ref. No. 89001229 and designated a National Historic Landmark on 29 June 1989.
The name "clamagore" is frequently confused with the Scottish weapon clagamore, or claymore.
Reference
This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.