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{{short description|Submarine of the United States}}
{{other ships|USS Walrus}}
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|Ship image=USS Walrus (SS-437) launching.jpg
|Ship caption=USS ''Walrus'' (SS-437) is [[ship naming and launching|launched]] by the [[Electric Boat Company]] at [[Groton, Connecticut|Groton]],&nbsp;[[Connecticut]], on 20&nbsp;September&nbsp;1946.
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|Ship country=United States
|Ship flag={{USN flag|1944}}
|Ship name=USS ''Walrus''
|Ship namesake=The [[walrus]]
|Ship ordered=
|Ship builder=[[Electric Boat Company]], [[Groton, Connecticut|Groton]],&nbsp;[[Connecticut]]
|Ship laid down=21 June 1945
|Ship launched=20 September 1946
|Ship sponsor=Miss Winifred P. Nagle
|Ship completed=Never
|Ship acquired=
|Ship commissioned=Never
|Ship decommissioned=
|Ship in service=
|Ship out of service=
|Ship struck=9 June 1958
|Ship reinstated=
|Ship fate=*Construction [[contract]] cancelled 7&nbsp;January&nbsp;1946
*Sold incomplete for scrapping 1958
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|Ship class=[[Tench class submarine|''Tench''-class]] [[diesel-electric]] [[submarine]]<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 = 280–282
| url =
| doi =
| isbn = 0-313-26202-0 }}</ref>
|Ship displacement=*1,570&nbsp;[[long ton|ton]]s (1,595&nbsp;[[tonne|t]]) surfaced <ref name="Register"/>
*2,416&nbsp;tons (2,455&nbsp;t) submerged <ref name="Register"/>
|Ship length={{convert|311|ft|8|in|abbr=on}} <ref name="Register"/>
|Ship beam={{convert|27|ft|4|in|abbr=on}} <ref name="Register"/>
|Ship draft={{convert|17|ft|0|in|abbr=on}} maximum <ref name="Register"/>
|Ship propulsion={{Fleet-boat-propulsion-late-FM-2-GE}}
|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, 71 enlisted <ref name="FriedmanSubs1-specs"/>
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|Ship armament={{Fleet-boat-armament-5-inch-28-torps}}
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'''USS ''Walrus'' (SS-437)''', a [[World War II]] [[Tench class submarine|''Tench''-class submarine]], was the third ship of the [[United States Navy]] to be named for the [[walrus]], a gregarious, aquatic mammal found in Arctic waters, related to the [[Pinniped|seal]] and a prime source of [[leather]], [[oil]], [[ivory]], and food. Like the second [[USS Walrus (SS-431)|USS ''Walrus'' (SS-431)]], she was not completed.
''Walrus''{{'}}s [[keel]] was [[Keel-laying|laid down]] on 21 June 1945 by the [[Electric Boat Company]] at [[Groton, Connecticut|Groton]], [[Connecticut]]. Work on the submarine was suspended on 7 January 1946 when the contract for her construction was cancelled, although she was [[Ceremonial ship launching|launched]] on 20 September 1946, [[Ship sponsor|sponsored]] by Miss Winifred P. Nagle.
''Walrus''{{'}}s [[Hull (watercraft)|hull]] was assigned to the [[Atlantic Reserve Fleet, New London]] Group of the [[Atlantic Reserve Fleet]] on 9 December 1952. Her name was stricken from the [[Naval Vessel Register]] on 9 June 1958 and she was sold incomplete for scrapping.
== References ==
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*{{DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/w/walrus.html}}
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