USS Swordfish (SS-193)

Swordfish in 1939
History
United States
Builder	Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California[1]
Laid down	27 October 1937[1]
Launched	1 April 1939[1]
Sponsored by	Miss Louise Shaw Hepburn
Commissioned	22 July 1939[1]
Stricken	19 May 1945
Fate	Probably sunk by Japanese vessels in the Ryukyu Islands, 12 January 1945
General characteristics
Class and type	Sargo-class submarine[3]
Displacement	1,450 long tons (1,470 t) standard, surfaced[2] 2,350 long tons (2,390 t) submerged[2]
Length	310 ft 6 in (94.64 m)[2]
Beam	26 ft 10 in (8.18 m)[2]
Draft	16 ft 7+1⁄2 in (5.067 m)[2]
Propulsion	4 × General Motors Model 16-248 V16 diesel engines[3][4] 2 × 126-cell Sargo batteries[2] 4 × high-speed General Electric electric motors with reduction gears[3] two shafts[3] 5,500 shp (4.1 MW) surfaced[3] 2,740 shp (2.0 MW) submerged[3]
Speed	21 knots (39 km/h) surfaced[2] 8.75 knots (16 km/h) submerged[2]
Range	11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h)[2]
Endurance	48 hours at 2 knots (3.7 km/h) submerged[2]
Test depth	250 ft (76 m)[2]
Complement	5 officers, 54 enlisted[2]
Armament	8 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes  (four forward, four aft)  24 torpedoes[2] 1 × 3 in (76 mm) / 50 caliber deck gun[2] four machine guns

USS Swordfish (SS-193), a Sargo-class submarine, was the first submarine of the United States Navy named for the swordfish, a large fish with a long, swordlike beak and a high dorsal fin. She was the first American submarine to sink a Japanese ship during World War II.