2 × low-speed direct-drive Elliott electric motors[4]
two propellers [4]
5,400 shp (4.0 MW) surfaced[4]
2,740 shp (2.0 MW) submerged[4]
Speed
20.25 knots (38 km/h) surfaced[2]
8.75 knots (16 km/h) submerged[2]
Range
11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km) surfaced at 10 knots (19 km/h)[2]
Endurance
48 hours at 2 knots (3.7 km/h) submerged[2]
75 days on patrol
Test depth
400 ft (120 m)[2]
Complement
10 officers, 71 enlisted[2]
Armament
10 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
6 forward, 4 aft)
28 torpedoes[6]
1 × 5-inch (127 mm) / 25 caliber deck gun[6]
Bofors 40 mm and Oerlikon 20 mm cannon
USS Conger (SS/AGSS-477), a Tench-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the conger, an eel found in warm seas at moderate depths, common to both coasts of the Atlantic Ocean.
^ abcdefgFriedman, 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.
^ abcdefU.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 305-311
^ abcdefBauer, 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.
^ abcdeBauer, 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.
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