USS Gato (SS-212)
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Builder | Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut |
| Laid down | 5 October 1940 |
| Launched | 21 August 1941 |
| Commissioned | 31 December 1941 |
| Decommissioned | 16 March 1946 |
| Stricken | 1 March 1960 |
| Honors & awards | |
| Fate | Sold for scrap, 25 July 1960 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Gato-class diesel-electric submarine |
| Displacement | |
| 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 |
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| Speed |
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| Range | 11,000 nm (20,000 km) surfaced at 10 knots (19 km/h) |
| Endurance |
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| Test depth | 300 ft (90 m) |
| Complement | 6 officers, 54 enlisted |
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USS Gato (SS-212) was the lead ship of her class of submarine in the United States Navy. She was the first Navy ship named for the common name used for a number of species of catshark. She was commissioned only days after the declaration of war and made thirteen combat patrols during World War II. She survived the war and spent the post-war period as a training ship before being sold for scrapping in 1960.