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United States Submarines

R Class Sold to Mexico 1936

SS-100 R-23 Built 1917-1919
SS-101 R-24 Built 1917-1919
SS-102 R-25 Built 1917-1919
SS-103 R-26 Built 1917-1919
SS-104 R-27 Built 1917-1919

S Class

SS-105 S-1 Built 1917-1918 Scrapped 1940
SS-106 S-2 Built 1918-1919 Scrapped 1940
SS-107 S-3 Built 1918-1919 Scrapped 1940
SS-108 S-4 Built 1918-1919 Scrapped 1940
SS-109 S-5 Built 1918-1919 Scrapped 1940
SS-110 S-6 Built 1918-1920 Scrapped 1940
SS-111 S-7 Built 1919-1920 Scrapped 1940
SS-112 S-8 Built 1918-1920 Scrapped 1940
SS-113 S-9 Built 1918-1920 Scrapped 1940
SS-114 S-10 Built 1918-1919 Scrapped 1940
SS-115 S-11 Built 1919-1920 Scrapped 1940
SS-116 S-12 Built 1919-1920 Scrapped 1940
SS-117 S-13 Built 1919-1920
SS-118 S-14 Built 1918-1919
SS-119 S-15 Built 1918-1919
SS-120 S-16 Built 1918-1920
SS-121 S-17 Built 1918-1920
SS-122 S-18 Built 1918-1920
SS-123 S-19 Built 1918-1920
SS-124 S-20 Built 1918-1920
SS-125 S-21 Built 1918-1920
SS-126 S-22 Built 1919-1920
SS-127 S-23 Built 1919-1920
SS-128 S-24 Built 1919-1920
SS-129 S-25 Built 1919-1920
SS-130 S-26 Built 1919-1920
SS-131 S-27 Built 1919-1920

Porpoise Class

SS-132 Porpoise Built 1936
SS-133 Blackfish Built 1936
SS-134 Pike Built 1936-1937
SS-135 Shark Built 1936-1937
SS-136 Tarpon Built 1936-1937
SS-137 Perch Built 1936-1937
SS-138 Pickerel Built 1936-1937
SS-139 Permit Built 1936-1937
SS-140 Pollack Built 1936-1937
SS-141 Pompano Built 1936-1937
SS-142 Plunger Built 1936-1937
SS-143 Barracuda Built 1936-1937
SS-144 Salmon Built 1937
SS-145 Seal Built 1937
SS-146 Skipjack Built 1937
SS-147 Snapper Built 1937
SS-148 Stingray Built 1937
SS-149 Sturgeon Built 1937
SS-150 Sargo Built 1937-1938
SS-151 Saury Built 1937-1938
SS-152 Spearfish Built 1937-1938
SS-153 Sculpin Built 1937-1938
SS-154 Squalus Built 1937-1938
SS-155 Swordfish Built 1937-1938
SS-156 Sea Dragon Built 1938
SS-157 Sea Lion Built 1938
SS-158 Sea Raven Built 1938
SS-159 Sea Wolf Built 1938
SS-160 Sea Fox Built 1938
SS-161 Sea Turtle Built 1938

Gato Class
SS-160 USS Gato laid down 1941
SS-161 USS Greenling laid down 1941
SS-162 USS Grouper laid down 1941
SS-163 USS Growler laid down 1941
SS-164 USS Albacore laid down 1941
SS-165 USS Amberjack laid down 1941
SS-166 USS Barb laid down 1941

R Class, United States Submarine laid down 1917

Displacement:
665 t light; 680 t standard; 704 t normal; 723 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
186.00 ft / 186.00 ft x 18.00 ft x 12.00 ft (normal load)
56.69 m / 56.69 m x 5.49 m x 3.66 m

Armament:
1 - 3.00" / 76.2 mm guns in single mounts, 13.50lbs / 6.12kg shells, 1917 Model
Breech loading gun in deck mount
on centreline amidships
Weight of broadside 14 lbs / 6 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 100
4 - 21.0" / 533.4 mm submerged torpedo tubes

Machinery:
Diesel Internal combustion generators plus batteries,
Electric motors, 2 shafts, 1,006 shp / 751 Kw = 14.00 kts
Range 4,700nm at 6.20 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 43 tons

Complement:
34

Cost:
£0.054 million / $0.217 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 2 tons, 0.2 %
Machinery: 37 tons, 5.2 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 491 tons, 69.7 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 38 tons, 5.5 %
Miscellaneous weights: 136 tons, 19.3 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
444 lbs / 202 Kg = 32.9 x 3.0 " / 76 mm shells or 0.5 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.09
Metacentric height 0.4 ft / 0.1 m
Roll period: 11.3 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 0 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.00
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 0.00

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
Block coefficient: 0.613
Length to Beam Ratio: 10.33 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 13.64 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 45 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 0.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
- Mid (50 %): 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
- Stern: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
- Average freeboard: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
Ship tends to be wet forward

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 82.6 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 0.0 %
Waterplane Area: 2,479 Square feet or 230 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 315 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 132 lbs/sq ft or 645 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 5.26
- Longitudinal: 2.46
- Overall: 2.98
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is excellent
Room for accommodation and workspaces is extremely poor
Ship has quick, lively roll, not a steady gun platform

Operational Depth: 200 feet
Emergency Depth: 320 feet
Crush Depth: 500 feet

S Class, United States Submarine laid down 1917

Displacement:
1,038 t light; 1,063 t standard; 1,089 t normal; 1,111 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
219.25 ft / 219.25 ft x 20.60 ft x 14.00 ft (normal load)
66.83 m / 66.83 m x 6.28 m x 4.27 m

Armament:
1 - 4.00" / 102 mm guns in single mounts, 32.00lbs / 14.51kg shells, 1917 Model
Breech loading gun in deck mount
on centreline amidships
Weight of broadside 32 lbs / 15 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 150
4 - 21.0" / 533.4 mm submerged torpedo tubes

Machinery:
Diesel Internal combustion generators plus batteries,
Electric motors, 2 shafts, 1,432 shp / 1,069 Kw = 14.50 kts
Range 3,420nm at 6.50 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 48 tons

Complement:
47

Cost:
£0.086 million / $0.342 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 4 tons, 0.4 %
Machinery: 53 tons, 4.8 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 769 tons, 70.5 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 51 tons, 4.7 %
Miscellaneous weights: 213 tons, 19.6 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
864 lbs / 392 Kg = 27.0 x 4.0 " / 102 mm shells or 0.7 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.08
Metacentric height 0.5 ft / 0.2 m
Roll period: 11.8 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 0 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.00
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 0.00

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
Block coefficient: 0.603
Length to Beam Ratio: 10.64 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 14.81 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 42 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 0.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
- Mid (50 %): 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
- Stern: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
- Average freeboard: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
Ship tends to be wet forward

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 65.4 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 0.0 %
Waterplane Area: 3,313 Square feet or 308 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 311 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 153 lbs/sq ft or 747 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 5.26
- Longitudinal: 2.44
- Overall: 2.96
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is excellent
Room for accommodation and workspaces is extremely poor
Ship has quick, lively roll, not a steady gun platform

Operational Depth: 200 feet
Emergency Depth: 320 feet
Crush Depth: 500 feet

Porpoise, US Submarine laid down 1936

Displacement:
1,090 t light; 1,122 t standard; 1,262 t normal; 1,374 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
227.00 ft / 227.00 ft x 20.00 ft (Bulges 23.50 ft) x 18.00 ft (normal load)
69.19 m / 69.19 m x 6.10 m (Bulges 7.16 m) x 5.49 m

Armament:
1 - 4.00" / 102 mm guns in single mounts, 33.00lbs / 14.97kg shells, 1936 Model
Quick firing gun in deck mount
on centreline forward
2 - 1.10" / 27.9 mm guns (1x2 guns), 0.92lbs / 0.42kg shells, 1936 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mount
on centreline aft
2 - 0.50" / 12.7 mm guns in single mounts, 0.06lbs / 0.03kg shells, 1936 Model
Machine guns in deck mounts
on centreline, all amidships, all raised mounts - superfiring
Weight of broadside 35 lbs / 16 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 300
8 - 21.0" / 533.4 mm submerged torpedo tubes

Machinery:
Diesel Internal combustion generators plus batteries,
Electric motors, 2 shafts, 5,323 shp / 3,971 Kw = 20.00 kts
Range 9,600nm at 10.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 252 tons

Complement:
105 - 137

Cost:
£0.330 million / $1.320 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 4 tons, 0.3 %
Machinery: 149 tons, 11.8 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 716 tons, 56.7 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 172 tons, 13.6 %
Miscellaneous weights: 221 tons, 17.5 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
231 lbs / 105 Kg = 7.2 x 4.0 " / 102 mm shells or 0.2 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.01
Metacentric height 0.5 ft / 0.1 m
Roll period: 14.7 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 0 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.00
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 0.00

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
Block coefficient: 0.460
Length to Beam Ratio: 9.66 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 15.07 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 54 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 15.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
- Mid (50 %): 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
- Stern: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
- Average freeboard: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
Ship tends to be wet forward

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 165.6 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 0.0 %
Waterplane Area: 2,920 Square feet or 271 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 228 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 130 lbs/sq ft or 635 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 3.59
- Longitudinal: 3.02
- Overall: 3.15
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is cramped
Room for accommodation and workspaces is extremely poor
Ship has quick, lively roll, not a steady gun platform
Caution: Lacks seaworthiness - very limited seakeeping ability

6 tubes are forward, 2 aft. 10 reload torpedoes forward, 4 aft.

21 tons of the miscellaneous tonnage are for 14 reload torpedoes.

Gato Class submarines, the largest submarines constructed in the USN to date. 12 are planned, with more possibly constructed later.

USS Gato laid down 1941
USS Greenling laid down 1941
USS Grouper laid down 1941
USS Growler laid down 1941
USS Albacore laid down 1941
USS Amberjack laid down 1941
USS Barb laid down 1941
USS Bluefish laid down 1942
USS Bonefish laid down 1942
USS Cod laid down 1943

USS Cero laid down 1943

USS Corvina laid down 1943

USS Darter laid down 1944

USS Drum laid down 1944

USS Flying Fish laid down 1944

Gato, United States Submarine laid down 1941

Displacement:
1,611 t light; 1,651 t standard; 1,848 t normal; 2,006 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
311.03 ft / 311.00 ft x 27.00 ft x 18.00 ft (normal load)
94.80 m / 94.79 m x 8.23 m x 5.49 m

Armament:
1 - 3.00" / 76.2 mm guns in single mounts, 13.50lbs / 6.12kg shells, 1941 Model
Dual purpose gun in deck mount
on centreline forward, 1 raised gun
2 - 1.10" / 27.9 mm guns (1x2 guns), 0.67lbs / 0.30kg shells, 1941 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mount
on centreline aft
2 - 0.50" / 12.7 mm guns in single mounts, 0.06lbs / 0.03kg shells, 1941 Model
Machine guns in deck mounts
on side, all amidships, all raised mounts - superfiring
Weight of broadside 15 lbs / 7 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 300
10 - 21.0" / 533.4 mm submerged torpedo tubes

Machinery:
Diesel Internal combustion generators plus batteries,
Electric motors, 2 shafts, 7,065 shp / 5,270 Kw = 21.00 kts
Range 11,000nm at 10.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 355 tons

Complement:
140 - 183

Cost:
£0.520 million / $2.080 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 2 tons, 0.1 %
Machinery: 187 tons, 10.1 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 1,023 tons, 55.3 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 237 tons, 12.8 %
Miscellaneous weights: 400 tons, 21.6 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
678 lbs / 308 Kg = 50.2 x 3.0 " / 76 mm shells or 0.4 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.00
Metacentric height 0.7 ft / 0.2 m
Roll period: 13.6 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 1 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.00
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 0.00

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
Block coefficient: 0.428
Length to Beam Ratio: 11.52 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 17.64 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 44 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 15.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 0.10 ft / 0.03 m
- Forecastle (18 %): 0.10 ft / 0.03 m
- Mid (50 %): 0.10 ft / 0.03 m
- Quarterdeck (18 %): 0.10 ft / 0.03 m
- Stern: 0.10 ft / 0.03 m
- Average freeboard: 0.10 ft / 0.03 m
Ship tends to be wet forward

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 116.5 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 0.7 %
Waterplane Area: 5,265 Square feet or 489 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 234 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 124 lbs/sq ft or 607 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 3.23
- Longitudinal: 1.59
- Overall: 1.90
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is cramped
Room for accommodation and workspaces is extremely poor
Ship has quick, lively roll, not a steady gun platform
Caution: Lacks seaworthiness - very limited seakeeping ability

Gato Class submarines, the largest submarines constructed in the USN to date. 12 are planned, with more possibly constructed later. In 1944, a further 12 were ordered, with 3 being laid down each year.

USS Gato laid down 1941
USS Greenling laid down 1941
USS Grouper laid down 1941
USS Growler laid down 1941
USS Albacore laid down 1941
USS Amberjack laid down 1941
USS Barb laid down 1941
USS Bluefish laid down 1942
USS Bonefish laid down 1942
USS Cod laid down 1943
USS Cero laid down 1943
USS Corvina laid down 1943
USS Darter laid down 1944
USS Drum laid down 1944
USS Flying Fish laid down 1944
USS Finback laid down 1945
USS Haddock laid down 1945
USS Halibut laid down 1945
USS Herring laid down 1945
USS Kingfish laid down 1945
USS Shad laid down 1946
USS Silversides laid down 1946
USS Trigger laid down 1946
USS Wahoo laid down 1946
USS Whale laid down 1946

Gato, United States Submarine laid down 1941

Displacement:
1,611 t light; 1,651 t standard; 1,848 t normal; 2,006 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
311.03 ft / 311.00 ft x 27.00 ft x 18.00 ft (normal load)
94.80 m / 94.79 m x 8.23 m x 5.49 m

Armament:
1 - 3.00" / 76.2 mm guns in single mounts, 13.50lbs / 6.12kg shells, 1941 Model
Dual purpose gun in deck mount
on centreline forward, 1 raised gun
2 - 1.10" / 27.9 mm guns (1x2 guns), 0.67lbs / 0.30kg shells, 1941 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mount
on centreline aft
2 - 0.50" / 12.7 mm guns in single mounts, 0.06lbs / 0.03kg shells, 1941 Model
Machine guns in deck mounts
on side, all amidships, all raised mounts - superfiring
Weight of broadside 15 lbs / 7 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 300
10 - 21.0" / 533.4 mm submerged torpedo tubes

Machinery:
Diesel Internal combustion generators plus batteries,
Electric motors, 2 shafts, 7,065 shp / 5,270 Kw = 21.00 kts
Range 11,000nm at 10.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 355 tons

Complement:
140 - 183

Cost:
£0.520 million / $2.080 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 2 tons, 0.1 %
Machinery: 187 tons, 10.1 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 1,023 tons, 55.3 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 237 tons, 12.8 %
Miscellaneous weights: 400 tons, 21.6 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
678 lbs / 308 Kg = 50.2 x 3.0 " / 76 mm shells or 0.4 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.00
Metacentric height 0.7 ft / 0.2 m
Roll period: 13.6 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 1 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.00
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 0.00

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
Block coefficient: 0.428
Length to Beam Ratio: 11.52 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 17.64 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 44 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 15.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 0.10 ft / 0.03 m
- Forecastle (18 %): 0.10 ft / 0.03 m
- Mid (50 %): 0.10 ft / 0.03 m
- Quarterdeck (18 %): 0.10 ft / 0.03 m
- Stern: 0.10 ft / 0.03 m
- Average freeboard: 0.10 ft / 0.03 m
Ship tends to be wet forward

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 116.5 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 0.7 %
Waterplane Area: 5,265 Square feet or 489 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 234 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 124 lbs/sq ft or 607 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 3.23
- Longitudinal: 1.59
- Overall: 1.90
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is cramped
Room for accommodation and workspaces is extremely poor
Ship has quick, lively roll, not a steady gun platform
Caution: Lacks seaworthiness - very limited seakeeping ability



Note: Reposted this because I was having formatting issues editing the old post to add the submarines laid down in 1943 and 1944.