USS Skate (SS-305)

	Skate in July 1943
History
United States
Namesake	Skate (fish)
Builder	Mare Island Naval Shipyard
Laid down	1 August 1942
Launched	4 March 1943
Commissioned	15 April 1943
Decommissioned	11 December 1946
Stricken	21 October 1948
Fate	Sunk as a target off Southern California coast, 5 October 1948
General characteristics
Class & type	Balao-class diesel-electric submarine
Displacement	1,526 long tons (1,550 t) surfaced; 2,424 long tons (2,463 t) submerged;
Length	311 ft 10 in (95.05 m) (95.0 m)
Beam	27 ft 4 in (8.33 m)
Draft	16 ft 10 in (5.13 m) maximum
Propulsion	4 × Fairbanks-Morse Model 38D8-1⁄8 9-cylinder opposed-piston diesel engines driving electrical generators; 2 × 126-cell Sargo batteries; 4 × high-speed Elliott electric motors with reduction gears; 2 × propellers; 5,400 shp (4.0 MW) surfaced; 2,740 shp (2.04 MW) submerged;
Speed	20.25 knots (37.50 km/h) surfaced; 8.75 knots (16.21 km/h) submerged;
Range	11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km) surfaced at 10 knots (19 km/h)
Endurance	48 hours at 2 knots (3.7 km/h) submerged; 75 days on patrol;
Test depth	400 feet (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 Skate (SS-305) was a Balao-class submarine in service with the United States Navy from 1943 to 1946. She was used as a target ship in the 1946 atomic bomb tests and finally sunk as a target ship in October 1948.

History
Skate in July 1943
United States
Namesake	Skate (fish)
Builder	Mare Island Naval Shipyard
Laid down	1 August 1942
Launched	4 March 1943
Commissioned	15 April 1943
Decommissioned	11 December 1946
Stricken	21 October 1948
Fate	Sunk as a target off Southern California coast, 5 October 1948
General characteristics
Class & type	Balao-class diesel-electric submarine
Displacement	1,526 long tons (1,550 t) surfaced 2,424 long tons (2,463 t) submerged
Length	311 ft 10 in (95.05 m) (95.0 m)
Beam	27 ft 4 in (8.33 m)
Draft	16 ft 10 in (5.13 m) maximum
Propulsion	4 × Fairbanks-Morse Model 38D8-1⁄8 9-cylinder opposed-piston diesel engines driving electrical generators 2 × 126-cell Sargo batteries 4 × high-speed Elliott electric motors with reduction gears 2 × propellers 5,400 shp (4.0 MW) surfaced 2,740 shp (2.04 MW) submerged
Speed	20.25 knots (37.50 km/h) surfaced 8.75 knots (16.21 km/h) submerged
Range	11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km) surfaced at 10 knots (19 km/h)
Endurance	48 hours at 2 knots (3.7 km/h) submerged 75 days on patrol
Test depth	400 feet (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