| Career (United States) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Garrupa |
| Namesake: | The 'garrupa, a species of grouper |
| Builder: | Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut[1] |
| Laid down: | Date unknown |
| Launched: | Never |
| Fate: | Construction contract cancelled 29 July 1944 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Balao class diesel-electric submarine[2] |
| Displacement: | 1,526 long tons (1,550 t) surfaced,[2] 2,414 long tons (2,453 t) submerged[2] |
| Length: | 311 ft 9 in (95.02 m)[2] |
| Beam: | 27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)[2] |
| Draft: | 16 ft 10 in (5.13 m) maximum[2] |
| Propulsion: |
4 × General Motors Model 16-248 V16 diesel engines driving electrical generators[2][3] |
| Speed: | 20.25 kn (37.50 km/h) surfaced,[4] 8.75 kn (16.21 km/h) submerged[4] |
| Range: | 11,000 nmi (20,000 km) surfaced @ 10 kn (19 km/h)[4] |
| Endurance: | 48 hours @ 2 kn (3.7 km/h) submerged,[4] 75 days on patrol |
| Test depth: | 400 ft (120 m)[4] |
| Complement: | 10 officers, 70–71 enlisted[4] |
| Armament: | 10 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (six forward, four aft) 24 torpedoes [4] 1 × 4-inch (102 mm) / 50 caliber deck gun [4] Bofors 40 mm and Oerlikon 20 mm cannon |
USS Garrupa (SS-359), would have been a Balao-class submarine, was the only submarine of the United States Navy to be named for the garrupa, one of various fishes of the grouper type. Her keel was laid down at Electric Boat Company of Groton, Connecticut, but was canceled on 29 July 1944.
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.