Sunk by Japanese minelayer Hatsutaka in the Gulf of Siam, 4 May 1945. All 88 hands lost -no survivors[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 (38 km/h) surfaced[3]
8.75 knots (16 km/h) submerged[3]
Range
11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km) surfaced at 10 knots (19 km/h)[3]
Endurance
48 hours at 2 knots (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[4]
1 × 5-inch (127 mm) / 25 caliber deck gun[4]
Bofors 40 mm and Oerlikon 20 mm cannon
USS Lagarto (SS-371), a Balao-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the lagarto, a lizard fish.
^ abcdFriedman, 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.
^ abcdefgBauer, 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.
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