USS Searaven

	USS Searaven during trials, 13 May 1940.
History
United States
Name	Searaven
Namesake	sea raven
Builder	Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine
Laid down	9 August 1938
Launched	21 June 1939
Commissioned	2 October 1939
Decommissioned	11 December 1946
Stricken	21 October 1948
Fate	Target for Operation Crossroads atomic bomb test, then sunk as a target off southern California on 11 September 1948
General characteristics
Class & type	Sargo-class diesel-electric submarine
Displacement	1,450 long tons (1,470 t) standard, surfaced,; 2,350 long tons (2,390 t) submerged;
Length	310 ft 6 in (94.64 m)
Beam	26 ft 10 in (8.18 m)
Draft	16 ft 7+1⁄2 in (5.067 m)
Propulsion	4 × General Motors Model 16-248 V16 diesel engines driving electrical generators, 2 × 126-cell Sargo batteries, 4 × high-speed General Electric electric motors with reduction gears; two shafts, 5,400 shp (4.1 MW) surfaced, 2,740 shp (2.0 MW) submerged;
Speed	21 knots (39 km/h) surfaced, 8.75 knots (16 km/h) submerged
Range	11,000 nmi (20,000 km; 13,000 mi) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Endurance	48 hours at 2 knots (3.7 km/h) submerged
Test depth	250 ft (80 m)
Complement	5 officers, 54 enlisted
Armament	8 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes; (four forward, four aft); 24 torpedoes ; 1 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 deck gun; four machine guns;

USS Searaven (SS-196), a Sargo-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the sea raven, a sculpin of the northern Atlantic coast of America.

History
USS Searaven during trials, 13 May 1940.
United States
Name	Searaven
Namesake	sea raven
Builder	Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine
Laid down	9 August 1938
Launched	21 June 1939
Commissioned	2 October 1939
Decommissioned	11 December 1946
Stricken	21 October 1948
Fate	Target for Operation Crossroads atomic bomb test, then sunk as a target off southern California on 11 September 1948
General characteristics
Class & type	Sargo-class diesel-electric submarine
Displacement	1,450 long tons (1,470 t) standard, surfaced, 2,350 long tons (2,390 t) submerged
Length	310 ft 6 in (94.64 m)
Beam	26 ft 10 in (8.18 m)
Draft	16 ft 7+1⁄2 in (5.067 m)
Propulsion	4 × General Motors Model 16-248 V16 diesel engines driving electrical generators, 2 × 126-cell Sargo batteries, 4 × high-speed General Electric electric motors with reduction gears two shafts, 5,400 shp (4.1 MW) surfaced, 2,740 shp (2.0 MW) submerged
Speed	21 knots (39 km/h) surfaced, 8.75 knots (16 km/h) submerged
Range	11,000 nmi (20,000 km; 13,000 mi) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Endurance	48 hours at 2 knots (3.7 km/h) submerged
Test depth	250 ft (80 m)
Complement	5 officers, 54 enlisted
Armament	8 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (four forward, four aft) 24 torpedoes 1 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 deck gun four machine guns