USS Spikefish

	Spikefish (SS-404) underway.
History
United States
Builder	Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine
Laid down	29 January 1944
Launched	26 April 1944
Commissioned	30 June 1944
Decommissioned	2 April 1963
Stricken	1 May 1963
Fate	Sunk as a target off Long Island, 4 August 1964
General characteristics
Class & type	Balao class diesel-electric submarine
Displacement	1,526 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 kn (16 km/h) submerged;
Range	11,000 nmi surfaced at 10 knots; (20,000 km at 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 Spikefish (SS/AGSS-404), a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy, named for the spikefish. She was the first United States submarine to record 10,000 dives.

History
Spikefish (SS-404) underway.
United States
Builder	Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine
Laid down	29 January 1944
Launched	26 April 1944
Commissioned	30 June 1944
Decommissioned	2 April 1963
Stricken	1 May 1963
Fate	Sunk as a target off Long Island, 4 August 1964
General characteristics
Class & type	Balao class diesel-electric submarine
Displacement	1,526 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 kn (16 km/h) submerged
Range	11,000 nmi surfaced at 10 knots (20,000 km at 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