SS-212 Gato
| Specifications | |
|---|---|
| Displacement (Surface) | 1,525-1870 tons |
| Displacement (Submerged) | 2,410-2,424 tons |
| Length | 311.75' - 312 |
| Beam | 27-27.25' |
| Height | 60 feet (at the top of the shears) |
| Draft | 19.25' |
| Mean Draft | 16 feet |
| Powerplant |
Diesel-electric drive 4 - 9-cylinder Fairbanks-Morse diesel engines @ 1,600-hp each 2 - General Electric generators and electric motors 2 x 126-cell Gould storage battery |
| Horsepower | 5,400 shaft hp. |
| Screws | 2 |
| Speed | Surfaced: 20.25-21 knots Submerged: 8.75-9 knots |
| Endurance | 11,000 miles on the surface at 10 knots 48 hours at 2 knots submerged |
| Fuel Oil Capacity | 116,000 gallons (cruising range: >10,000 miles) |
| Test Depth | 300-feet |
| Collapse Depth | |
| Armor | n/a |
| Armament |
1 3-inch/50, 4-inch/50, or 5-inch/25 deck gun 10 21-inch torpedo tubes (6 fwd, 4 aft); 24 torpedoes (Mark 14 or Mark 18) various combinations of the following were used during the war: .50 caliber and .30 caliber machine guns, single 20mm gun and one 40mm gun. |
| Navigation and Fire Control Instruments | SD radar for locating aircraft; SJ "surface search" radar for locating ships; sonar system; two periscopes, one for night attacks and navigation with ranging radar on the end and one smaller daylight attack scope; target bearing transmitter (TBT) binocular system for night surface attacks; torpedo data computer (TDC) fire control system which automatically plots gyro angle in the torpedo from radar information, periscope observation, and sonar information. |
| Aircraft | none |
| Complement | 5 officers 55 enlisted 8 officers 72 enlisted |
| Other Features | double hull construction with 19 ballast and fuel tanks located between hulls; 8 watertight compartments inside with separating bulkheads built to withstand the same pressure as the hull |
