USS Archerfish (SS-311)

USS Archerfish (SS-311)
History
United States
Namesake	Archerfish
Builder	Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine[1]
Laid down	22 January 1943[1]
Launched	28 May 1943[1]
Commissioned	4 September 1943[1]
Decommissioned	12 June 1946[1]
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Recommissioned	6 March 1952[1]
Decommissioned	21 October 1955[1]
Recommissioned	1 August 1957[1]
Decommissioned	1 May 1968[1]
Stricken	1 May 1968[2]
Fate	Sunk as a target off California on 19 October 1968[2]
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General characteristics
Class and type	Balao-class diesel-electric submarine[2]
Displacement	1,526 tons (1,550 t) surfaced,[2] 2,391 tons (2,429 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 × Fairbanks-Morse Model 38D8-1⁄8 9-cylinder opposed-piston diesel engines driving electrical generators[4][5] 2 × 126-cell Sargo batteries[6] 4 × high-speed Elliott electric motors with reduction gears[4] 2 × propellers[4] 5,400 shp (4.0 MW) surfaced[4] 2,740 shp (2.04 MW) submerged[4]
Speed	20.25 kn (37.50 km/h) surfaced,[3] 8.75 kn (16.21 km/h) submerged[3]
Range	11,000 nmi (20,000 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h) surfaced[3]
Endurance	48 hours at 2 kn (3.7 km/h) 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 Archerfish (SS/AGSS-311) was a Balao-class submarine. She was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the archerfish. Archerfish is best known for sinking the Japanese aircraft carrier Shinano in November 1944, the largest warship ever sunk by a submarine. For this achievement, she received a Presidential Unit Citation after World War II.