USS Rock information

	USS Rock underway, ca. the 1960s.
History
United States
Builder	Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company, Manitowoc, Wisconsin
Laid down	23 December 1942
Launched	20 June 1943
Sponsored by	Mrs. B. O. Wells
Commissioned	26 October 1943
Decommissioned	1 May 1946
Recommissioned	12 October 1953
Decommissioned	13 September 1969
Stricken	13 September 1969
Fate	Sold for scrap, 17 August 1972
General characteristics
Class and type	Gato-class submarine 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 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 nautical miles (20,000 km) surfaced at 10 knots (19 km/h)
Endurance	48 hours at 2 knots (3.7 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 Rock (SS/SSR/AGSS-274), a Gato-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the rockfish, a striped bass found in the Chesapeake Bay region and elsewhere along the United States East Coast.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ 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 U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 305-311
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f 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 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

[FriedmanSubs1-dates-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ 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.

[FriedmanSubs1-specs-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 305-311

[Register-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f 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.

[Register_275–280-4] Bauer, K. Jack; Roberts, Stephen S. (1991). Register of Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1775–1990: Major Combatants. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. pp. 270–280. ISBN 978-0-313-26202-9. OCLC 24010356.

[FriedmanSubs1-engines_261-5] U.S. Submarines Through 1945 p. 261

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

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History
USS Rock underway, ca. the 1960s.
United States
Builder	Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company, Manitowoc, Wisconsin^[1]
Laid down	23 December 1942^[1]
Launched	20 June 1943^[1]
Sponsored by	Mrs. B. O. Wells
Commissioned	26 October 1943^[1]
Decommissioned	1 May 1946^[1]
Recommissioned	12 October 1953^[1]
Decommissioned	13 September 1969^[1]
Stricken	13 September 1969^[1]
Fate	Sold for scrap, 17 August 1972^[1]
General characteristics
Class and type	Gato-class submarine diesel-electric submarine^[3]
Displacement	1,525 long tons (1,549 t) surfaced^[3] 2,424 long tons (2,463 t) submerged^[3]
Length	311 ft 9 in (95.02 m)^[3]
Beam	27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)^[3]
Draft	17 ft 0 in (5.18 m) maximum^[3]
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 knots (39 km/h) surfaced^[2] 9 knots (17 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	300 ft (90 m)^[2]
Complement	6 officers, 54 enlisted^[2]
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