USS Carbonero

USS Carbonero (SS-337) about to tie up inboard of USS Gudgeon (SS-567) at Pearl Harbor, c. 1963.
History
United States
Ordered	10 April 1942
Builder	Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut[1]
Laid down	16 December 1943[1]
Launched	15 October 1944[1]
Commissioned	7 February 1945[1]
Decommissioned	1 December 1970[1]
Stricken	1 December 1970[1]
Fate	Sunk as a target off Pearl Harbor, 27 April 1975[2]
General characteristics
Class and type	Balao-class diesel-electric submarine[2]
Displacement	1,526 long tons (1,550 t) surfaced[2] 2,424 long tons (2,463 t) submerged[2]
Length	311 ft 9 in (95.02 m)[2]
Beam	27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)[2]
Draft	16 ft 10 in (5.13 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
Speed	20.25 knots (37.50 km/h; 23.30 mph) surfaced[3] 8.75 knots (16.21 km/h; 10.07 mph) submerged[3]
Range	11,000 nmi (20,000 km; 13,000 mi) surfaced at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)[3]
Endurance	48 hours at 2 kn (3.7 km/h; 2.3 mph) submerged[3] 75 days on patrol
Test depth	400 ft (120 m)[3]
Complement	10 officers, 70–71 enlisted[3]
Armament	10 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes 6 forward, 4 aft 24 torpedoes 1 × 4-inch (102 mm) / 50 caliber deck gun Bofors 40 mm and Oerlikon 20 mm cannon

USS Carbonero (SS/AGSS-337) was a Balao-class submarine, the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the carbonero, a salt-water fish found in the West Indies.