USS Sea Devil (SS-400)

	USS Sea Devil (SS-400)
History
United States
Name	USS Sea Devil
Namesake	The sea devil, also known as the manta ray and devil ray
Builder	Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine
Laid down	18 November 1943
Launched	28 February 1944
Sponsored by	Mrs. Sherman K. Kennedy
Commissioned	24 May 1944
Decommissioned	9 September 1948
Recommissioned	3 March 1951
Decommissioned	19 February 1954
Recommissioned	17 August 1957
Reclassified	Auxiliary submarine (AGSS-400) 1 July 1960
Decommissioned	17 February 1964
Stricken	1 April 1964
Fate	Sunk as a target off southern California 24 November 1964
General characteristics
Class & type	Balao class diesel-electric submarine
Displacement	1,526 long tons (1,550 t) surfaced; 2,391 tons (2,429 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 (38 km/h) surfaced; 8.75 knots (16 km/h) submerged;
Range	11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km) surfaced at 10 kn (19 km/h)
Endurance	48 hours at 2 knots (3.7 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 Sea Devil (SS/AGSS-400), a Balao-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the sea devil (Manta birostria), the largest of all rays, noted for power and endurance.

History
USS Sea Devil (SS-400)
United States
Name	USS Sea Devil
Namesake	The sea devil, also known as the manta ray and devil ray
Builder	Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine
Laid down	18 November 1943
Launched	28 February 1944
Sponsored by	Mrs. Sherman K. Kennedy
Commissioned	24 May 1944
Decommissioned	9 September 1948
Recommissioned	3 March 1951
Decommissioned	19 February 1954
Recommissioned	17 August 1957
Reclassified	Auxiliary submarine (AGSS-400) 1 July 1960
Decommissioned	17 February 1964
Stricken	1 April 1964
Fate	Sunk as a target off southern California 24 November 1964
General characteristics
Class & type	Balao class diesel-electric submarine
Displacement	1,526 long tons (1,550 t) surfaced 2,391 tons (2,429 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 (38 km/h) surfaced 8.75 knots (16 km/h) submerged
Range	11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km) surfaced at 10 kn (19 km/h)
Endurance	48 hours at 2 knots (3.7 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