USS Darter (SS-227)

	Darter (SS-227), "Down the Ways," 6 June 1943.
History
United States
Name	USS Darter
Builder	Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut
Laid down	20 October 1942
Launched	6 June 1943
Sponsored by	Mrs. E. B. Wheeler
Commissioned	7 September 1943
Fate	Grounded in the Palawan Passage and scuttled on 24 October 1944
General characteristics
Class & type	Gato-class diesel-electric submarine
Displacement	1,525 long tons (1,549 t) surfaced, 2,424 long tons (2,463 t) submerged
Length	311 ft 9 in (95.02 m)
Beam	27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)
Draft	17 ft (5.2 m) maximum
Propulsion	4 × General Motors Model 16-248 V16 Diesel engines driving electric generators; 2 × 126-cell Sargo batteries; 4 × high-speed General Electric electric motors with reduction gears; two propellers ; 5,400 shp (4.0 MW) surfaced; 2,740 shp (2.0 MW) submerged;
Speed	21 kn (24 mph; 39 km/h) surfaced, 9 kn (10 mph; 17 km/h) submerged
Range	11,000 nmi (13,000 mi; 20,000 km) surfaced @ 10 kn (12 mph; 19 km/h)
Endurance	48 hours @ 2 kn (2.3 mph; 3.7 km/h) submerged, 75 days on patrol
Test depth	300 ft (91 m)
Complement	6 officers, 54 enlisted
Armament	10 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes; 6 forward, 4 aft; 24 torpedoes; 1 × 3-inch (76 mm) / 50 caliber deck gun; Bofors 40 mm and Oerlikon 20 mm cannon;

USS Darter (SS-227), a Gato-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the darter.

History
Darter (SS-227), "Down the Ways," 6 June 1943.
United States
Name	USS Darter
Builder	Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut
Laid down	20 October 1942
Launched	6 June 1943
Sponsored by	Mrs. E. B. Wheeler
Commissioned	7 September 1943
Fate	Grounded in the Palawan Passage and scuttled on 24 October 1944
General characteristics
Class & type	Gato-class diesel-electric submarine
Displacement	1,525 long tons (1,549 t) surfaced, 2,424 long tons (2,463 t) submerged
Length	311 ft 9 in (95.02 m)
Beam	27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)
Draft	17 ft (5.2 m) maximum
Propulsion	4 × General Motors Model 16-248 V16 Diesel engines driving electric generators 2 × 126-cell Sargo batteries 4 × high-speed General Electric electric motors with reduction gears two propellers 5,400 shp (4.0 MW) surfaced 2,740 shp (2.0 MW) submerged
Speed	21 kn (24 mph; 39 km/h) surfaced, 9 kn (10 mph; 17 km/h) submerged
Range	11,000 nmi (13,000 mi; 20,000 km) surfaced @ 10 kn (12 mph; 19 km/h)
Endurance	48 hours @ 2 kn (2.3 mph; 3.7 km/h) submerged, 75 days on patrol
Test depth	300 ft (91 m)
Complement	6 officers, 54 enlisted
Armament	10 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes 6 forward, 4 aft 24 torpedoes 1 × 3-inch (76 mm) / 50 caliber deck gun Bofors 40 mm and Oerlikon 20 mm cannon