USS Gato (SS-212)

USS Gato (SS-212) off Mare Island Navy Yard on 29 November 1944
History
United States
Builder	Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut[1]
Laid down	5 October 1940[1]
Launched	21 August 1941[1]
Commissioned	31 December 1941[1]
Decommissioned	16 March 1946[1]
Stricken	1 March 1960[1]
Honors and awards	13 × battle stars Presidential Unit Citation
Fate	Sold for scrap, 25 July 1960[2]
General characteristics
Class and type	Gato-class diesel-electric submarine[2]
Displacement	1,525 tons (1,549 t) surfaced[2] 2,424 tons (2,460 t) submerged[2]
Length	311 ft 9 in (95.02 m)[2]
Beam	27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)[2]
Draft	17 ft 0 in (5.18 m) maximum[2]
Propulsion	4 × General Motors Model 16-248 V16 Diesel engines driving electric generators[3][4] 2 × 126-cell Sargo batteries[5] 4 × high-speed General Electric electric motors with reduction gears[3] two propellers [3] 5,400 shp (4.0 MW) surfaced[3] 2,740 shp (2.0 MW) submerged[3]
Speed	21 knots (39 km/h) surfaced[6] 9 knots (17 km/h) submerged[6]
Range	11,000 nm (20,000 km) surfaced at 10 knots (19 km/h)[6]
Endurance	48 hours at 2 knots (4 km/h) submerged[6] 75 days on patrol
Test depth	300 ft (90 m)[6]
Complement	6 officers, 54 enlisted[6]
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

USS Gato (SS-212) was the lead ship of her class of submarine in the United States Navy. She was the first Navy ship named for the common name used for a number of species of catshark. She was commissioned only days after the declaration of war and made thirteen combat patrols during World War II. She survived the war and spent the post-war period as a training ship before being sold for scrapping in 1960.