USS Grenadier (SS-210)

History
United States
BuilderPortsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine
Laid down2 April 1940
Launched29 November 1940
Commissioned1 May 1941
Honors &
awards
4 × battle stars
FateScuttled off Phuket, 22 April 1943, after being damaged by Japanese aircraft
General characteristics
Class & typeTambor class diesel-electric submarine
Displacement
  • 1,475 long tons (1,499 t) standard, surfaced
  • 2,370 long tons (2,410 t) submerged
Length307 ft 2 in (93.62 m)
Beam27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)
Draft14 ft 7+12 in (4.458 m)
Propulsion
Speed
  • 20.4 knots (38 km/h) surfaced
  • 8.75 knots (16 km/h) submerged
Range11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h)
Endurance48 hours at 2 knots (3.7 km/h) submerged
Test depth250 ft (76 m)
Complement6 officers, 54 enlisted
Armament

USS Grenadier (SS-210), a Tambor-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the grenadier fish, relatives of cod that are very common in bathyal and abyssal habitats.