USS Finback (SS-230)

	Launch of USS Finback
History
United States
Builder	Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine
Laid down	5 February 1941
Launched	25 August 1941
Sponsored by	Mrs. A. E Watson
Commissioned	31 January 1942
Decommissioned	21 April 1950
Stricken	1 September 1958
Honors and; awards	13 × battle stars
Fate	Sold for scrap, 15 July 1959
General characteristics
Class and type	Gato-class diesel-electric submarine
Displacement	1,525 long tons (1,549 t) surfaced; 2,424 long tons (2,463 t) submerged;
Length	311 ft 9 in (95.02 m)
Beam	27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)
Draft	17 ft (5.2 m) maximum
Propulsion	4 × Fairbanks-Morse Model 38D8-1⁄8 9-cylinder opposed-piston diesel engines driving electrical generators; 2 × 126-cell Sargo batteries; 4 × high-speed Elliott electric motors with reduction gears; 2 × propellers; 5,400 shp (4.0 MW) surfaced; 2,740 shp (2.04 MW) submerged;
Speed	21 knots (39 km/h) surfaced; 9 kn (17 km/h) submerged;
Range	11,000 nmi (20,000 km) surfaced at 10 kn (19 km/h)
Endurance	48 hours at 2 kn (4 km/h) submerged; 75 days on patrol;
Test depth	300 ft (90 m)
Complement	6 officers, 54 enlisted
Armament	10 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes; 6 forward, 4 aft; 24 torpedoes; 1 × 3-inch (76 mm) / 50 caliber deck gun; Bofors 40 mm and Oerlikon 20 mm cannon;

USS Finback (SS-230), a Gato-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the finback. Nine of Finback's twelve World War II patrols in the Pacific were designated as "successful"; she received 13 battle stars for her service and is credited with having sunk nearly 70 thousand tons of enemy shipping.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Friedman, Norman (1995). U.S. Submarines Through 1945: An Illustrated Design History. Annapolis, Maryland: United States Naval Institute. pp. 285–304. ISBN 1-55750-263-3.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 305-311
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Bauer, K. Jack; Roberts, Stephen S. (1991). Register of Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1775-1990: Major Combatants. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. pp. 271–273. ISBN 0-313-26202-0.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Bauer, K. Jack; Roberts, Stephen S. (1991). Register of Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1775–1990: Major Combatants. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. pp. 271–280. ISBN 978-0-313-26202-9.
^ U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 261–263
^ ^a ^b ^c U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 305–311

[FriedmanSubs1-dates-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Friedman, Norman (1995). U.S. Submarines Through 1945: An Illustrated Design History. Annapolis, Maryland: United States Naval Institute. pp. 285–304. ISBN 1-55750-263-3.

[FriedmanSubs1-specs-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 305-311

[Register-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Bauer, K. Jack; Roberts, Stephen S. (1991). Register of Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1775-1990: Major Combatants. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. pp. 271–273. ISBN 0-313-26202-0.

[Register_271–280-4] Bauer, K. Jack; Roberts, Stephen S. (1991). Register of Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1775–1990: Major Combatants. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. pp. 271–280. ISBN 978-0-313-26202-9.

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History
Launch of USS Finback
United States
Builder	Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine^[1]
Laid down	5 February 1941^[1]
Launched	25 August 1941^[1]
Sponsored by	Mrs. A. E Watson
Commissioned	31 January 1942^[1]
Decommissioned	21 April 1950^[1]
Stricken	1 September 1958^[1]
Honors and awards	13 × battle stars
Fate	Sold for scrap, 15 July 1959^[1]
General characteristics
Class and type	Gato-class diesel-electric submarine^[3]
Displacement	1,525 long tons (1,549 t) surfaced^[3] 2,424 long tons (2,463 t) submerged^[3]
Length	311 ft 9 in (95.02 m)^[3]
Beam	27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)^[3]
Draft	17 ft (5.2 m) maximum^[3]
Propulsion	4 × Fairbanks-Morse Model 38D8-1⁄8 9-cylinder opposed-piston diesel engines driving electrical generators^[4]^[5] 2 × 126-cell Sargo batteries^[6] 4 × high-speed Elliott electric motors with reduction gears^[4] 2 × propellers^[4] 5,400 shp (4.0 MW) surfaced^[4] 2,740 shp (2.04 MW) submerged^[4]
Speed	21 knots (39 km/h) surfaced^[2] 9 kn (17 km/h) submerged^[2]
Range	11,000 nmi (20,000 km) surfaced at 10 kn (19 km/h)^[2]
Endurance	48 hours at 2 kn (4 km/h) submerged^[2] 75 days on patrol
Test depth	300 ft (90 m)^[2]
Complement	6 officers, 54 enlisted^[2]
Armament	10 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes 6 forward, 4 aft 24 torpedoes^[6] 1 × 3-inch (76 mm) / 50 caliber deck gun^[6] Bofors 40 mm and Oerlikon 20 mm cannon