USS Apogon information

	USS Apogon (SS-308) heads towards dock at Submarine Base 5.
History
United States
Builder	Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine
Laid down	9 December 1942
Launched	10 March 1943
Commissioned	16 July 1943
Decommissioned	1 October 1945
Stricken	25 February 1947
Fate	Used as a target for the Operation Crossroads atomic bomb test on 25 July 1946, and sunk
General characteristics
Class and type	Balao class diesel-electric submarine
Displacement	1,526 tons (1,550 t) surfaced, 2,391 tons (2,429 t) submerged
Length	311 ft 6 in (94.95 m)
Beam	27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)
Draft	16 ft 10 in (5.13 m) maximum
Propulsion	4 × Fairbanks-Morse Model 38D8-1⁄8 9-cylinder opposed-piston diesel engines driving electrical generators; 2 × 126-cell Sargo batteries; 4 × high-speed Elliott electric motors with reduction gears; 2 × propellers; 5,400 shp (4.0 MW) surfaced; 2,740 shp (2.04 MW) submerged;
Speed	20.25 kn (37.50 km/h) surfaced, 8.75 kn (16.21 km/h) submerged
Range	11,000 nmi (20,000 km) surfaced @ 10 kn (19 km/h)
Endurance	48 hours @ 2 kn (3.7 km/h) submerged, 75 days on patrol
Test depth	400 ft (120 m)
Complement	10 officers, 70–71 enlisted
Armament	10 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes; 6 forward, 4 aft; 24 torpedoes; 1 × 5-inch (127 mm) / 25 caliber deck gun; Bofors 40 mm and Oerlikon 20 mm cannon;

USS Apogon (SS-308), a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the apogons, a genus of cardinalfishes found in tropical and subtropical waters. The original name planned for the ship was Abadejo, but the name was changed on 24 September 1942 before the keel was laid down.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e 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. 275–280. ISBN 0-313-26202-0.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 305–311
^ ^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. 271–280. 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

[FriedmanSubs1-dates-1] 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.

[Register-2] ^ ^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. 275–280. ISBN 0-313-26202-0.

[FriedmanSubs1-specs-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 305–311

[Register_271–280-4] Bauer, K. Jack; Roberts, Stephen S. (1991). Register of Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1775–1990: Major Combatants. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. pp. 271–280. ISBN 978-0-313-26202-9.

[FriedmanSubs1-engines_261–263-5] U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 261–263

[FriedmanSubs1-specs_305–311-6] U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 305–311

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History
USS Apogon (SS-308) heads towards dock at Submarine Base 5.
United States
Builder	Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine^[1]
Laid down	9 December 1942^[1]
Launched	10 March 1943^[1]
Commissioned	16 July 1943^[1]
Decommissioned	1 October 1945
Stricken	25 February 1947^[2]
Fate	Used as a target for the Operation Crossroads atomic bomb test on 25 July 1946, and sunk^[1]
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 6 in (94.95 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) surfaced @ 10 kn (19 km/h)^[3]
Endurance	48 hours @ 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^[6] 1 × 5-inch (127 mm) / 25 caliber deck gun^[6] Bofors 40 mm and Oerlikon 20 mm cannon