USS Golet

	USS Golet (SS-361)
History
United States
Name	USS Golet
Namesake	Golet, an alternative name for the Dolly Varden trout
Builder	Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company, Manitowoc, Wisconsin
Laid down	27 January 1943
Launched	1 August 1943
Commissioned	30 November 1943
Fate	Sunk by Japanese vessels northwest of Honshū, 14 June 1944. All 82 crew lost
General characteristics
Class and type	Gato-class diesel-electric submarine
Displacement	1,525 tons (1,549 t) surfaced; 2,424 tons (2,460 t) submerged;
Length	311 ft 9 in (95.02 m)
Beam	27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)
Draft	17 ft 0 in (5.18 m) maximum
Propulsion	4 × General Motors Model 16-278A V16 diesel engines driving electrical generators; 2 × 126-cell Sargo batteries; 4 × high-speed General Electric electric motors with reduction gears; 2 × propellers; 5,400 shp (4.0 MW) surfaced; 2,740 shp (2.0 MW) submerged; 252-cell Gould battery;
Speed	20.25 knots (23.30 mph; 37.50 km/h) surfaced; 8.75 knots (10.07 mph; 16.21 km/h) submerged;
Range	11,000 nautical miles (13,000 mi; 20,000 km) surfaced at 10 knots (12 mph; 19 km/h)
Endurance	48 hours at 2 knots (2.3 mph; 3.7 km/h) submerged; 75 days on patrol;
Test depth	300 ft (90 m)
Complement	6 officers, 54 enlisted (peace); 80-85 (war);
Armament	10 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (six forward, four aft; 24 torpedoes); one 3 in (76 mm)/50 caliber deck gun; two .30 cal (7.62 mm) machineguns;

USS Golet (SS-361), a Gato-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the golet, a California trout.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d 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 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.
^ Lenton, H. T. American Submarines (Doubleday, 1973), p.78.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Lenton, p.79.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 305-311

History
USS Golet (SS-361)
United States
Name	USS Golet
Namesake	Golet, an alternative name for the Dolly Varden trout
Builder	Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company, Manitowoc, Wisconsin^[1]
Laid down	27 January 1943^[1]
Launched	1 August 1943^[1]
Commissioned	30 November 1943^[1]
Fate	Sunk by Japanese vessels northwest of Honshū, 14 June 1944. All 82 crew lost^[2]
General characteristics
Class and type	Gato-class diesel-electric submarine^[3]
Displacement	1,525 tons (1,549 t) surfaced^[2] 2,424 tons (2,460 t) submerged^[2]
Length	311 ft 9 in (95.02 m)^[2]
Beam	27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)^[2]
Draft	17 ft 0 in (5.18 m) maximum^[2]
Propulsion	4 × General Motors Model 16-278A V16 diesel engines driving electrical generators 2 × 126-cell Sargo batteries 4 × high-speed General Electric electric motors with reduction gears 2 × propellers 5,400 shp (4.0 MW) surfaced 2,740 shp (2.0 MW) submerged 252-cell Gould battery
Speed	20.25 knots (23.30 mph; 37.50 km/h) surfaced^[4] 8.75 knots (10.07 mph; 16.21 km/h) submerged^[4]
Range	11,000 nautical miles (13,000 mi; 20,000 km) surfaced at 10 knots (12 mph; 19 km/h)^[5]
Endurance	48 hours at 2 knots (2.3 mph; 3.7 km/h) submerged^[5] 75 days on patrol
Test depth	300 ft (90 m)^[5]
Complement	6 officers, 54 enlisted^[5] (peace) 80-85 (war)^[4]
Armament	10 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (six forward, four aft; 24 torpedoes) one 3 in (76 mm)/50 caliber deck gun two .30 cal (7.62 mm) machineguns^[4]