SS-377 USS Menhaden

Namesake. Menhaden, also known as mossbunker and bunker and "the most important fish in the sea", are forage fish of the genera Brevoortia and Ethmidium
Builder. Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company, Manitowoc, WI
Laid down. 21 June 1944
Launched. 20 December 1944
Commissioned. 22 June 1945
Decommissioned. 31 May 1946
Recommissioned. 7 August 1951
Decommissioned. 13 August 1952
Recommissioned. 6 March 1953
Decommissioned. 13 August 1971
Stricken . 15 August 1973
Fate. Tethered underwater target in Keyport, Washington from 1976; sold for scrap, 1988
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)[3]
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