USS Rasher

	USS Rasher sometime after her 1953 recommissioning.
History
United States
Namesake	Rasher (Sebastes miniatus)
Builder	Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company, Manitowoc, Wisconsin
Laid down	4 May 1942
Launched	20 December 1942
Sponsored by	Mrs. G. C. Weaver
Commissioned	8 June 1943
Decommissioned	22 June 1946
Recommissioned	14 December 1951
Decommissioned	28 May 1952
Recommissioned	22 July 1953
Decommissioned	27 May 1967
Stricken	20 December 1971
Fate	Sold for scrap 7 August 1974
General characteristics
Class & type	Gato-class diesel-electric submarine
Displacement	1,525 tons (1,549 t) surfaced; 2,424 tons (2,460 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 NM (20,000 km) surfaced at 10 knots (19 km/h)
Endurance	48 hours at 2 knots (4 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; 3-inch gun replaced with 5-inch (127 mm) in October 1944;

USS Rasher (SS/SSR/AGSS/IXSS-269), a Gato-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the rasher, or vermilion rockfish, a fish found along the California coast.

History
USS Rasher sometime after her 1953 recommissioning.
United States
Namesake	Rasher (Sebastes miniatus)
Builder	Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company, Manitowoc, Wisconsin
Laid down	4 May 1942
Launched	20 December 1942
Sponsored by	Mrs. G. C. Weaver
Commissioned	8 June 1943
Decommissioned	22 June 1946
Recommissioned	14 December 1951
Decommissioned	28 May 1952
Recommissioned	22 July 1953
Decommissioned	27 May 1967
Stricken	20 December 1971
Fate	Sold for scrap 7 August 1974
General characteristics
Class & type	Gato-class diesel-electric submarine
Displacement	1,525 tons (1,549 t) surfaced 2,424 tons (2,460 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 NM (20,000 km) surfaced at 10 knots (19 km/h)
Endurance	48 hours at 2 knots (4 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 3-inch gun replaced with 5-inch (127 mm) in October 1944