USS Toro

	USS Toro (SS-422)
History
United States
Builder	Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine
Laid down	27 May 1944
Launched	23 August 1944
Commissioned	8 December 1944
Decommissioned	2 February 1946
Recommissioned	13 May 1947
Decommissioned	11 March 1963
Stricken	1 April 1963
Fate	Sold for scrap, April 1965
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 8 in (95.00 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	400 ft (120 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 Toro (SS-422), a Tench-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the toro, a name applied to various fish including the cowfish, the catalufa, and the cavallo.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ 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. 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
USS Toro (SS-422)
United States
Builder	Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine^[1]
Laid down	27 May 1944^[1]
Launched	23 August 1944^[1]
Commissioned	8 December 1944^[1]
Decommissioned	2 February 1946^[1]
Recommissioned	13 May 1947^[1]
Decommissioned	11 March 1963^[1]
Stricken	1 April 1963^[1]
Fate	Sold for scrap, April 1965^[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 8 in (95.00 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	400 ft (120 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