USS Flier information

	USS Flier (SS-250) off the Mare Island Navy Yard in California on 20 April 1944.
History
United States
Name	USS Flier (SS-250)
Namesake	Flier
Builder	Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut
Laid down	30 October 1942
Launched	11 July 1943
Sponsored by	Mrs. A. S. Pierce
Commissioned	18 October 1943
Fate	Mined in the Balabac Strait, 13 August 1944
General characteristics
Class and type	Gato-class diesel-electric submarine
Displacement	1,525 long tons (1,549 t) surfaced; 2,424 long tons (2,463 t) submerged;
Length	311 ft 9 in (95.02 m)
Beam	27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)
Draft	17 ft (5.2 m) maximum
Propulsion	4 × General Motors Model 16-248 V16 Diesel engines driving electric generators; 2 × 126-cell Sargo batteries; 4 × high-speed General Electric electric motors with reduction gears; two propellers ; 5,400 shp (4.0 MW) surfaced; 2,740 shp (2.0 MW) submerged;
Speed	21 kn (39 km/h) surfaced; 9 kn (17 km/h) submerged;
Range	11,000 nmi (20,000 km) surfaced at 10 kn (19 km/h)
Endurance	48 hours at 2 kn (4 km/h) submerged; 75 days on patrol;
Test depth	300 ft (90 m)
Complement	6 officers, 54 enlisted
Armament	10 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes; 6 forward, 4 aft; 24 torpedoes; 1 × 3-inch (76 mm) / 50 caliber deck gun; Bofors 40 mm and Oerlikon 20 mm cannon;

USS Flier (SS-250) was a Gato-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the flier.^[7]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d 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. 271–273. 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. 270–280. ISBN 978-0-313-26202-9. OCLC 24010356.
^ U.S. Submarines Through 1945 p. 261
^ ^a ^b ^c U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 305–311
^ "Flier". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 5 February 2009.

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History
USS Flier (SS-250) off the Mare Island Navy Yard in California on 20 April 1944.
United States
Name	USS Flier (SS-250)
Namesake	Flier
Builder	Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut^[1]
Laid down	30 October 1942^[1]
Launched	11 July 1943^[1]
Sponsored by	Mrs. A. S. Pierce
Commissioned	18 October 1943^[1]
Fate	Mined in the Balabac Strait, 13 August 1944^[2]
General characteristics
Class and type	Gato-class diesel-electric submarine^[2]
Displacement	1,525 long tons (1,549 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	17 ft (5.2 m) maximum^[2]
Propulsion	4 × General Motors Model 16-248 V16 Diesel engines driving electric generators^[4]^[5] 2 × 126-cell Sargo batteries^[6] 4 × high-speed General Electric electric motors with reduction gears^[4] two propellers ^[4] 5,400 shp (4.0 MW) surfaced^[4] 2,740 shp (2.0 MW) submerged^[4]
Speed	21 kn (39 km/h) surfaced^[3] 9 kn (17 km/h) submerged^[3]
Range	11,000 nmi (20,000 km) surfaced at 10 kn (19 km/h)^[3]
Endurance	48 hours at 2 kn (4 km/h) submerged^[3] 75 days on patrol
Test depth	300 ft (90 m)^[3]
Complement	6 officers, 54 enlisted^[3]
Armament	10 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes 6 forward, 4 aft 24 torpedoes^[6] 1 × 3-inch (76 mm) / 50 caliber deck gun^[6] Bofors 40 mm and Oerlikon 20 mm cannon