SS-302 USS Sabalo

USS Sabalo (SS-302)
Namesake. Sabalo, alternative name for the Atlantic tarpon
Class and type: Balao class diesel-electric submarine
Builder: Cramp Shipbuilding Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Laid down: 5 Jun 1943
Launched: 4 Jun 1944
Commissioned: 19 Jun 1945
Decommissioned: 7 Aug 1946
Recommissioned: Jun 1951
Decommissioned: 1 Jul 1971
Struck: 1 July 1971
Fate: Sunk as a target, 15 Feb 1973
Class and type. Balao class diesel-electric submarine
Displacement. 1,526 tons (1,550 t) surfaced; 2,424 tons (2,463 t) submerged
Length. 311 ft 8 in (95.00 m)
Beam. 27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)
Draft. 16 ft 10 in (5.13 m) maximum
Propulsion.
4 × Fairbanks-Morse Model 38D8-⅛ 10-cylinder opposed piston diesel engines driving electrical generators
2 × 126-cell Sargo batteries
4 × high-speed Elliott electric motors with reduction gears
two propellers
5,400 shp (4.0 MW) surfaced
2,740 shp (2.0 MW) submerged
Speed. 20.25 knots (38 km/h) surfaced; 8.75 knots (16 km/h) submerged
Range. 11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km) surfaced at 10 knots (19 km/h)
Endurance. 48 hours at 2 knots (3.7 km/h) submerged; 75 days on patrol
Test depth. 400 ft (120 m)
Complement. 10 officers, 70–71 enlisted
Armament.
10 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
6 forward, 4 aft
24 torpedoes
1 × 5-inch (127 mm) / 25 caliber deck gun
Bofors 40 mm and Oerlikon 20 mm cannon