USS Angler

Angler underway after her SSK-conversion
History
United States
Builder	General Dynamics Electric Boat, Groton, Connecticut[1]
Laid down	9 November 1942[1]
Launched	4 July 1943[1]
Sponsored by	Mrs. Patrick H. Drewry
Commissioned	1 October 1943[1]
Decommissioned	2 February 1947[1]
Recommissioned	2 April 1951[1]
Decommissioned	10 November 1952[1]
Recommissioned	10 September 1953[1]
Decommissioned	1 April 1968[1]
Stricken	15 December 1971[1]
Fate	Sold for scrap, 1 February 1974[2]
General characteristics
Class and type	Gato-class diesel-electric submarine[2]
Displacement	1,525 long tons (1,549 t) surfaced,[2] 2,424 long tons (2,463 t) submerged[2]
Length	311 ft 9 in (95.02 m)[2]
Beam	27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)[2]
Draft	17 ft (5.2 m) maximum[2]
Propulsion	4 × General Motors Model 16-248 V16 Diesel engines driving electric generators[4][5] 2 × 126-cell Sargo batteries[6] 4 × high-speed General Electric electric motors with reduction gears[4] two propellers [4] 5,400 shp (4.0 MW) surfaced[4] 2,740 shp (2.0 MW) submerged[4]
Speed	21 kn (39 km/h) surfaced,[3] 9 kn (17 km/h) submerged[3]
Range	11,000 nmi (20,000 km) surfaced @ 10 kn (19 km/h)[3]
Endurance	48 hours @ 2 kn (3.7 km/h) submerged,[3] 75 days on patrol
Test depth	300 ft (91 m)[3]
Complement	6 officers, 54 enlisted[3]
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

USS Angler (SS-240), a Gato-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the anglerfish.