USS Marlin (SST-2)

USS Marlin (SST-2) in the late 1950s.
History
United States
Name	USS Marlin (SST-2)
Namesake	As USS Marlin: The marlin, a large game fish
Builder	General Dynamics Electric Boat, Groton, Connecticut
Laid down	1 May 1952
Launched	14 October 1953
Sponsored by	Mrs. William R. DeLoach
Commissioned	20 November 1953, as USS T-2 (SST-2)
Decommissioned	31 January 1973
Renamed	USS Marlin (SST-2), 15 May 1956
Stricken	31 January 1973
Status	Museum ship, 20 August 1974
General characteristics
Class and type	T-1-class training submarine
Displacement	303 long tons (308 t) surfaced 347 long tons (353 t) submerged
Length	131 ft 3 in (40.01 m)
Beam	13 ft 7 in (4.14 m)
Draft	12 ft 2 in (3.71 m)
Propulsion	Diesel-electric, single screw
Speed	10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) surfaced 10.5 knots (19.4 km/h; 12.1 mph) submerged
Complement	2 officers, 16 enlisted men
Armament	1 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tube

USS Marlin (SST-2), originally USS T-2 (SST-2), was a T-1-class training submarine in commission from 1953 to 1973. She was the second submarine of the United States Navy to be named for the marlin, a large game fish. Except for the first 25 early development pre-World War I submarines, she was one of the smallest operational submarines ever built for the U.S. Navy.