USS Barbel (SS-316)

History
United States
Name	Barbel
Builder	General Dynamics Electric Boat, Groton, Connecticut
Laid down	11 March 1943
Launched	14 November 1943
Commissioned	3 April 1944
Fate	Sunk by Japanese aircraft off Palawan on 4 February 1945
General characteristics
Class & type	Balao-class diesel-electric submarine
Displacement	1,526 long tons (1,550 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	16 ft 10 in (5.13 m) maximum
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 kn (37.50 km/h; 23.30 mph) surfaced ; 8.75 kn (16.21 km/h; 10.07 mph) submerged;
Range	11,000 nmi (20,000 km; 13,000 mi) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Endurance	48 hours at 2 kn (3.7 km/h; 2.3 mph) submerged, 75 days on patrol
Test depth	400 ft (120 m)
Complement	10 officers, 70–71 enlisted
Armament	10 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes; 6 forward, 4 aft; 24 torpedoes; 1 × 5-inch (127 mm) / 25 caliber deck gun; Bofors 40 mm and Oerlikon 20 mm cannon;

USS Barbel (SS-316), a Balao-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the barbel, a fish commonly called a minnow or carp.

History

United States
Name	Barbel
Builder	General Dynamics Electric Boat, Groton, Connecticut
Laid down	11 March 1943
Launched	14 November 1943
Commissioned	3 April 1944
Fate	Sunk by Japanese aircraft off Palawan on 4 February 1945
General characteristics
Class & type	Balao-class diesel-electric submarine
Displacement	1,526 long tons (1,550 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	16 ft 10 in (5.13 m) maximum
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 kn (37.50 km/h; 23.30 mph) surfaced 8.75 kn (16.21 km/h; 10.07 mph) submerged
Range	11,000 nmi (20,000 km; 13,000 mi) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Endurance	48 hours at 2 kn (3.7 km/h; 2.3 mph) submerged, 75 days on patrol
Test depth	400 ft (120 m)
Complement	10 officers, 70–71 enlisted
Armament	10 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes 6 forward, 4 aft 24 torpedoes 1 × 5-inch (127 mm) / 25 caliber deck gun Bofors 40 mm and Oerlikon 20 mm cannon