USS Redfish (SS-395)

History
United States
Builder	Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine[1]
Laid down	9 September 1943[1]
Launched	27 January 1944[1]
Sponsored by	Miss Ruth Roper
Commissioned	12 April 1944[1]
Decommissioned	27 June 1968[1]
Stricken	30 June 1968[1]
Fate	Sunk as target 6 February 1969[2]
General characteristics
Class and type	Balao-class diesel-electric submarine[2]
Displacement	1,526 tons (1550 t) surfaced[2] 2,391 tons (2429 t) submerged[2]
Length	311 ft 6 in (94.95 m)[2]
Beam	27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)[2]
Draft	16 ft 10 in (5.13 m) maximum[2]
Propulsion	4 × Fairbanks-Morse Model 38D8-⅛ 10-cylinder opposed piston diesel engines driving electrical generators[2][4] 2 × 126-cell Sargo batteries[3] 4 × high-speed Elliott electric motors with reduction gears[2] two propellers [2] 5,400 shp (4.0 MW) surfaced[2] 2,740 shp (2.0 MW) submerged[2]
Speed	20.25 knots (37 km/h) surfaced[3] 8.75 knots (16 km/h) submerged[3]
Range	11,000 nm (20,000 km) surfaced at 10 knots (19 km/h)[3]
Endurance	48 hours at 2 knots (4 km/h) submerged[3] 75 days on patrol
Test depth	400 ft (120 m)[3]
Complement	10 officers, 70–71 enlisted[3]
Armament	10 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes 6 forward, 4 aft 24 torpedoes[3] 1 × 5-inch (127 mm) / 25 caliber deck gun[3] Bofors 40 mm and Oerlikon 20 mm cannon

USS Redfish (SS/AGSS-395), a Balao-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the redfish. In addition to her naval career, which included sinking the Japanese aircraft carrier Unryū, she made several film appearances in the 1950s.