Talk:Gato class submarine

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That's a lot of boats. Could someone summarize the most notable successes of the Gatos? Bastie 16:47, 29 October 2005 (UTC)

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I rewrote to this:

• -- General characteristics --
• Displacement: 1526 tons surfaced, 2424 tons submerged
• Length: 307ft (93.6m) waterline, 311ft 9in (95m) overall
• Beam: 27 ft 3in (8.31m)
• Draft: 15 ft 3in (4.65m)
• Test depth: 300ft {91.4m})
• Speed: 20.25 knots (37.5 km/h) surfaced, 8.75 knots (16 km/h) submerged
• Armament: 10 x 21 in (53cm) torpedo tubes (6 forward, 4 aft, 24 torpedoes); 1 x 3 in (76 mm)/50 caliber AA gun 2x0.5" (12.7mm) and 2x0.3" {7.62mm} machineguns
• Crew: 80 – 85 officers and men
• Powerplant: 4 x 1350 hp (1 MW) 16cyl General Motors 278A diesel engines (except SS228-239 and SS275-284 10cyl Fairbanks-Morse 38D-1/8), 2 x 1370 hp (1020kW) General Electric electric motors (except SS228-235 Elliot Motor or SS257-264 Allis-Chalmers)
• Range: 11,800 nautical miles (21,900 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h) surfaced

I base that on Lenton, American Submarines. The 4x6500hp diesel is such an obvious mistake I can only conclude somebody didn't notice there were 2 engines on each shaft & that was a total hp. The "4x" electric motors is wrong, too. There were 2 motors, 1 on each shaft. The original 1800t surfaced tonnage doesn't agree with any published figure I've ever seen, either, & it's well above the published numbers for Gato & Tench, which it should be close to, since the design didn't change significantly til after the Tenches were completed. I should also mention, parenthetically, Gato, Balao, & Tench had a design capacity of 26 torpedoes (with the additional bow tube, according to Beach); by my count, it's 30, but... Trekphiler 22:33, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

I added the battery makers, again from Lenton. BTW, can anybody say how it's pronounced? Trekphiler 21:01, 16 November 2006 (UTC)