USS Redfish (SS-395)

History
United States
Builder	Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine
Laid down	9 September 1943
Launched	27 January 1944
Sponsored by	Miss Ruth Roper
Commissioned	12 April 1944
Decommissioned	27 June 1968
Stricken	30 June 1968
Fate	Sunk as target, 6 February 1969
General characteristics
Class & type	Balao-class diesel-electric submarine
Displacement	1,526 tons (1550 t) surfaced; 2,391 tons (2429 t) submerged;
Length	311 ft 6 in (94.95 m)
Beam	27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)
Draft	16 ft 10 in (5.13 m) maximum
Propulsion	4 × Fairbanks-Morse Model 38D8-⅛ 10-cylinder opposed piston diesel engines driving electrical generators; 2 × 126-cell Sargo batteries; 4 × high-speed Elliott electric motors with reduction gears; two propellers ; 5,400 shp (4.0 MW) surfaced; 2,740 shp (2.0 MW) submerged;
Speed	20.25 knots (37 km/h) surfaced; 8.75 knots (16 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	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 Redfish (SS/AGSS-395), a Balao-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the redfish. In addition to her naval career, which included sinking the Japanese aircraft carrier Unryū, she made several film appearances in the 1950s.