USS Requin

	Requin in dock on the Ohio River in Pittsburgh in 2017.
History
United States
Name	USS Requin
Builder	Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine
Laid down	24 August 1944
Launched	1 January 1945
Commissioned	28 April 1945
Decommissioned	2 December 1968
Stricken	20 December 1971
Fate	Museum ship; Tampa 1972-1986; Pittsburgh 1990-present;
General characteristics
Class and type	Tench-class diesel-electric submarine
Displacement	1,570 tons (1,595 t) surfaced ; 2,414 tons (2,453 t) submerged ;
Length	311 ft 9 in (95.02 m)
Beam	27 ft 4 in (8.33 m)
Draft	17 ft (5.2 m) maximum
Propulsion	4 × Fairbanks-Morse Model 38D8-⅛ 10-cylinder opposed piston diesel engines driving electrical generators; 2 × 126-cell Sargo batteries; 2 × low-speed direct-drive Elliott electric motors; two propellers ; 5,400 shp (4.0 MW) surfaced; 2,740 shp (2.0 MW) submerged;
Speed	20.25 knots (38 km/h) surfaced ; 8.75 knots (16 km/h) submerged ;
Range	11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km) surfaced at 10 knots (19 km/h)
Endurance	48 hours at 2 knots (3.7 km/h) submerged ; 75 days on patrol;
Test depth	412 ft (130 m)
Complement	10 officers, 71 enlisted
Armament	10 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes; 6 forward, 4 aft); 28 torpedoes; 1 × 5-inch (127 mm) / 25 caliber deck gun; Bofors 40 mm and Oerlikon 20 mm cannon;

USS Requin (SS/SSR/AGSS/IXSS-481) /ˈreɪkwɪn/, a Tench-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named after the requin, French for shark. Since 1990 it has been a museum ship at the Carnegie Science Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g 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 ^g 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 Bauer, K. Jack; Roberts, Stephen S. (1991). Register of Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1775–1990: Major Combatants. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. pp. 275–282. ISBN 978-0-313-26202-9.
^ U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 261–263
^ ^a ^b ^c U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 305–311
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 305–311

History
Requin in dock on the Ohio River in Pittsburgh in 2017.
United States
Name	USS Requin
Builder	Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine^[1]
Laid down	24 August 1944^[1]
Launched	1 January 1945^[1]
Commissioned	28 April 1945^[1]
Decommissioned	2 December 1968^[1]
Stricken	20 December 1971^[1]
Fate	Museum ship Tampa 1972-1986^[2] Pittsburgh 1990-present^[1]
General characteristics
Class and type	Tench-class diesel-electric submarine^[2]
Displacement	1,570 tons (1,595 t) surfaced ^[2] 2,414 tons (2,453 t) submerged ^[2]
Length	311 ft 9 in (95.02 m) ^[2]
Beam	27 ft 4 in (8.33 m) ^[2]
Draft	17 ft (5.2 m) maximum ^[2]
Propulsion	4 × Fairbanks-Morse Model 38D8-⅛ 10-cylinder opposed piston diesel engines driving electrical generators^[3]^[4] 2 × 126-cell Sargo batteries^[5] 2 × low-speed direct-drive Elliott electric motors^[3] two propellers ^[3] 5,400 shp (4.0 MW) surfaced^[3] 2,740 shp (2.0 MW) submerged^[3]
Speed	20.25 knots (38 km/h) surfaced ^[6] 8.75 knots (16 km/h) submerged ^[6]
Range	11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km) surfaced at 10 knots (19 km/h) ^[6]
Endurance	48 hours at 2 knots (3.7 km/h) submerged ^[6] 75 days on patrol
Test depth	412 ft (130 m) ^[6]
Complement	10 officers, 71 enlisted ^[6]
Armament	10 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes 6 forward, 4 aft) 28 torpedoes^[5] 1 × 5-inch (127 mm) / 25 caliber deck gun^[5] Bofors 40 mm and Oerlikon 20 mm cannon