USS Robalo information

	USS Robalo (SS-273) at launch, and just after
History
United States
Name	Robalo
Namesake	Common snook or robalo
Builder	Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company, Manitowoc, Wisconsin
Laid down	24 October 1942
Launched	9 May 1943
Sponsored by	Mrs. E. S. Root
Commissioned	28 September 1943
Stricken	16 September 1944
Fate	Sunk by mine 26 July 1944
General characteristics
Class and type	Gato-class diesel-electric submarine
Displacement	1,525 tons (1,549 t) surfaced; 2,424 tons (2,460 t) submerged;
Length	311 ft 9 in (95.02 m)
Beam	27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)
Draft	17 ft 0 in (5.18 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 knots (39 km/h) surfaced; 9 knots (17 km/h) submerged;
Range	11,000 nmi (20,000 km) surfaced at 10 knots (19 km/h)
Endurance	48 hours at 2 knots (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 Robalo (SS-273), a Gato-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the róbalo or common snook.

^ ^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.
^ "USS Robalo (SS-273)". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2013-12-25.
^ ^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

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History
USS Robalo (SS-273) at launch, and just after
United States
Name	Robalo^[3]
Namesake	Common snook or robalo
Builder	Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company, Manitowoc, Wisconsin^[1]
Laid down	24 October 1942^[1]
Launched	9 May 1943^[1]
Sponsored by	Mrs. E. S. Root
Commissioned	28 September 1943^[1]
Stricken	16 September 1944
Fate	Sunk by mine 26 July 1944^[2]
General characteristics
Class and type	Gato-class diesel-electric submarine^[2]
Displacement	1,525 tons (1,549 t) surfaced^[2] 2,424 tons (2,460 t) submerged^[2]
Length	311 ft 9 in (95.02 m)^[2]
Beam	27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)^[2]
Draft	17 ft 0 in (5.18 m) maximum^[2]
Propulsion	4 × General Motors Model 16-248 V16 Diesel engines driving electric generators^[5]^[6] 2 × 126-cell Sargo batteries^[7] 4 × high-speed General Electric electric motors with reduction gears^[5] two propellers ^[5] 5,400 shp (4.0 MW) surfaced^[5] 2,740 shp (2.0 MW) submerged^[5]
Speed	21 knots (39 km/h) surfaced^[4] 9 knots (17 km/h) submerged^[4]
Range	11,000 nmi (20,000 km) surfaced at 10 knots (19 km/h)^[4]
Endurance	48 hours at 2 knots (4 km/h) submerged^[4] 75 days on patrol
Test depth	300 ft (90 m)^[4]
Complement	6 officers, 54 enlisted^[4]
Armament	10 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes 6 forward, 4 aft 24 torpedoes^[7] 1 × 3-inch (76 mm) / 50 caliber deck gun^[7] Bofors 40 mm and Oerlikon 20 mm cannon