SS-324 USS Blenny

USS Blenny (SS/AGSS-324)
Namesake. Blenny, several types of fish, including several families of percomorph marine, brackish, and some freshwater fish
Ordered: 9 Jul 1942
Builder: Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut
Laid down: 8 Jul 1943
Launched: 9 Apr 1944
Commissioned: 27 Jun 1944
Decommissioned: 7 Nov 1969
Struck: 15 Aug 1973
Fate: Scuttled off Ocean City, Maryland, 7 Jun 1989
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 9 in (95.02 m)
Beam. 27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)
Draft. 16 ft 10 in (5.13 m) maximum
Propulsion.
4 × General Motors Model 16-278A V16 diesel engines driving electrical generators
2 × 126-cell Sargo batteries
4 × high-speed General Electric electric motors with reduction gears
2 × 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

General characteristics (Guppy IA)
Displacement.
1,830 tons (1,859 t) surfaced
2,440 tons (2,479 t) submerged
Length. 307 ft 7 in (93.8 m)
Beam. 27 ft 4 in (8.3 m)
Draft. 17 ft (5.2 m)
Propulsion.
Snorkel added
Batteries upgraded to Sargo II
Speed. Surfaced: 17.3 knots (32.0 km/h) maximum, 12.5 knots (23.2 km/h) cruising
Submerged: 15.0 knots (27.8 km/h) for ½ hour, 7.5 knots (13.9 km/h) snorkeling, 3.0 knots (5.6 km/h) cruising
Range. 17,000 nm (28,000 km) surfaced at 11 knots (20 km/h)
Endurance. 36 hours at 3 knots (6 km/h) submerged
Complement. 10 officers, 5 petty officers, 64–69 enlisted men
Armament.
10 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (six forward, four aft)
all guns removed