USS Grenadier (SS-525)

History
United States
Builder	Boston Navy Yard
Laid down	8 February 1944
Launched	15 December 1944
Commissioned	10 February 1951
Decommissioned	15 May 1973
Stricken	15 May 1973
Fate	Transferred to Venezuela, 15 May 1973
General characteristics (Completed as GUPPY II)
Class and type	Tench-class diesel-electric submarine
Displacement	1,870 tons (1,900 t) surfaced; 2,440 tons (2,480 t) submerged;
Length	307 ft (94 m)
Beam	27 ft 4 in (8.33 m)
Draft	17 ft (5.2 m)
Propulsion	4 × Fairbanks-Morse Model 38D8-⅛ 10-cylinder opposed piston diesel engines, equipped with a snorkel, driving electrical generators; 1 × 184 cell, 1 × 68 cell, and 2 × 126 cell GUPPY-type batteries (total 504 cells); 2 × low-speed direct-drive Westinghouse electric motors; two propellers;
Speed	Surfaced:; 18.0 knots (33.3 km/h) maximum; 13.5 knots (25.0 km/h) cruising; Submerged:; 16.0 knots (29.6 km/h) for ½ hour; 9.0 knots (16.7 km/h) snorkeling; 3.5 knots (6.5 km/h) cruising;
Range	15,000 nm (28,000 km) surfaced at 11 knots (20 km/h)
Endurance	48 hours at 4 knots (7 km/h) submerged
Test depth	400 ft (120 m)
Complement	9–10 officers; 5 petty officers; 70 enlisted men;
Sensors and ; processing systems	WFA active sonar; JT passive sonar; Mk 106 torpedo fire control system;
Armament	10 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes; (six forward, four aft);

USS Grenadier (SS-525), a Tench-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the grenadier, a soft-finned deep sea fish of the Macrouridae with a long, tapering body and short, pointed tail family, also known as rattails.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f 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 Bauer, K. Jack; Roberts, Stephen S. (1991). Register of Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1775–1990: Major Combatants. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. pp. 280–282. ISBN 0-313-26202-0.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Friedman, Norman (1994). U.S. Submarines Since 1945: An Illustrated Design History. Annapolis, Maryland: United States Naval Institute. pp. 11–43. ISBN 1-55750-260-9.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h U.S. Submarines Since 1945 pp. 242
^ U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 261.
^ U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 305–311

[FriedmanSubs1-dates-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f 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.

[Register-2] Bauer, K. Jack; Roberts, Stephen S. (1991). Register of Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1775–1990: Major Combatants. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. pp. 280–282. ISBN 0-313-26202-0.

[FriedmanSubs2-chap2-3] Friedman, Norman (1994). U.S. Submarines Since 1945: An Illustrated Design History. Annapolis, Maryland: United States Naval Institute. pp. 11–43. ISBN 1-55750-260-9.

[FriedmanSubs2-specs-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h U.S. Submarines Since 1945 pp. 242

[FriedmanSubs1-engines-5] U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 261.

[FriedmanSubs1-specs-6] U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 305–311

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History

United States
Builder	Boston Navy Yard^[1]
Laid down	8 February 1944^[1]
Launched	15 December 1944^[1]
Commissioned	10 February 1951^[1]
Decommissioned	15 May 1973^[1]
Stricken	15 May 1973^[2]
Fate	Transferred to Venezuela, 15 May 1973^[1]
General characteristics (Completed as GUPPY II)
Class and type	Tench-class diesel-electric submarine^[2]
Displacement	1,870 tons (1,900 t) surfaced^[3] 2,440 tons (2,480 t) submerged^[3]
Length	307 ft (94 m)^[4]
Beam	27 ft 4 in (8.33 m)^[4]
Draft	17 ft (5.2 m)^[4]
Propulsion	4 × Fairbanks-Morse Model 38D8-⅛ 10-cylinder opposed piston diesel engines, equipped with a snorkel, driving electrical generators^[2]^[3]^[5] 1 × 184 cell, 1 × 68 cell, and 2 × 126 cell GUPPY-type batteries (total 504 cells)^[3] 2 × low-speed direct-drive Westinghouse electric motors^[2] two propellers^[2]
Speed	Surfaced: 18.0 knots (33.3 km/h) maximum 13.5 knots (25.0 km/h) cruising Submerged: 16.0 knots (29.6 km/h) for ½ hour 9.0 knots (16.7 km/h) snorkeling 3.5 knots (6.5 km/h) cruising^[3]
Range	15,000 nm (28,000 km) surfaced at 11 knots (20 km/h)^[4]
Endurance	48 hours at 4 knots (7 km/h) submerged^[4]
Test depth	400 ft (120 m)^[6]
Complement	9–10 officers 5 petty officers 70 enlisted men^[4]
Sensors and processing systems	WFA active sonar JT passive sonar Mk 106 torpedo fire control system^[4]
Armament	10 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (six forward, four aft)^[4]