USS Pollack (SS-180)

	Pollack (SS-180) entering Pearl Harbor, c. 1943-44
History
United States
Name	Pollack
Builder	Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine
Laid down	1 October 1935
Launched	15 September 1936
Commissioned	15 January 1937
Decommissioned	21 September 1945
Stricken	11 October 1945, then reinstated 28 November 1945, and struck again 29 October 1946
Fate	Sold for breaking up, 2 February 1947
General characteristics
Class & type	Porpoise-class diesel-electric submarine
Displacement	1,350 tons (1,372 t) standard, surfaced; 1,997 tons (2,029 t) submerged;
Length	298 ft 0 in (90.83 m) (waterline), 300 ft 6 in (91.59 m) (overall)
Beam	25 ft 7⁄8 in (7.6 m)
Draft	13 ft 9 in (4.19 m)
Propulsion	(as built) 4 × Fairbanks-Morse Model 38A8 8-cylinder opposed piston diesel engines, 1,300 hp (970 kW) each, driving electrical generators; 3 × Fairbanks-Morse Model 6-38A5 opposed piston auxiliary diesels; (re-engined) 4 × Fairbanks-Morse Model 38D8+1⁄8 opposed piston diesels, 1,365 hp (1,018 kW) each; one Fairbanks-Morse Model 7-38A5+1⁄4 opposed piston auxiliary diesel; 2 × 120-cell Gould AMTX33HB batteries; 4 × high-speed Elliott electric motors with 4.84:1 reduction gears, 1,090 hp (810 kW) each; two shafts ;
Speed	19.25 knots (36 km/h) surfaced; 8.75 knots (16 km/h) submerged;
Range	11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h); (bunkerage 92,801 US gallons (351,290 L);
Endurance	10 hours at 5 knots (9.3 km/h), 36 hours at minimum speed submerged
Test depth	250 ft (76 m)
Complement	(as built) 5 officers, 45 enlisted; (1945) 8 officers, 65 enlisted;
Armament	6 × 21 inch (533 mm) (533 mm) torpedo tubes (four forward, two aft, 16 torpedoes); 1 × 4 in (100 mm)/50;caliber deck gun; 4 × .30 cal (7.62 mm) machineguns (2x2);
Notes	10 Battle stars

USS Pollack (SS-180), a Porpoise-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the pollack, a food fish resembling the true cod, but with the lower jaw projecting and without the barbel.

History
Pollack (SS-180) entering Pearl Harbor, c. 1943-44
United States
Name	Pollack
Builder	Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine
Laid down	1 October 1935
Launched	15 September 1936
Commissioned	15 January 1937
Decommissioned	21 September 1945
Stricken	11 October 1945, then reinstated 28 November 1945, and struck again 29 October 1946
Fate	Sold for breaking up, 2 February 1947
General characteristics
Class & type	Porpoise-class diesel-electric submarine
Displacement	1,350 tons (1,372 t) standard, surfaced 1,997 tons (2,029 t) submerged
Length	298 ft 0 in (90.83 m) (waterline), 300 ft 6 in (91.59 m) (overall)
Beam	25 ft 7⁄8 in (7.6 m)
Draft	13 ft 9 in (4.19 m)
Propulsion	(as built) 4 × Fairbanks-Morse Model 38A8 8-cylinder opposed piston diesel engines, 1,300 hp (970 kW) each, driving electrical generators 3 × Fairbanks-Morse Model 6-38A5 opposed piston auxiliary diesels (re-engined) 4 × Fairbanks-Morse Model 38D8+1⁄8 opposed piston diesels, 1,365 hp (1,018 kW) each; one Fairbanks-Morse Model 7-38A5+1⁄4 opposed piston auxiliary diesel 2 × 120-cell Gould AMTX33HB batteries 4 × high-speed Elliott electric motors with 4.84:1 reduction gears, 1,090 hp (810 kW) each two shafts
Speed	19.25 knots (36 km/h) surfaced 8.75 knots (16 km/h) submerged
Range	11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h) (bunkerage 92,801 US gallons (351,290 L)
Endurance	10 hours at 5 knots (9.3 km/h), 36 hours at minimum speed submerged
Test depth	250 ft (76 m)
Complement	(as built) 5 officers, 45 enlisted (1945) 8 officers, 65 enlisted
Armament	6 × 21 inch (533 mm) (533 mm) torpedo tubes (four forward, two aft, 16 torpedoes) 1 × 4 in (100 mm)/50;caliber deck gun 4 × .30 cal (7.62 mm) machineguns (2x2)
Notes	10 Battle stars