USS Muskallunge

History
United States
Name	USS Muskallunge (SS-262)
Builder	Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut
Laid down	7 April 1942
Launched	13 December 1942
Sponsored by	Mrs. Merritt D. Graham
Commissioned	15 March 1943
Decommissioned	29 January 1947
Recommissioned	31 August 1956
Decommissioned	18 January 1957
Stricken	1 December 1967
Fate	Transferred to Brazil unmodified, 18 January 1957
History
Brazil
Name	Humaitá (S14)
Acquired	18 January 1957
Fate	Returned to the United States March 1968, sunk as a target 9 July 1968
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 0 in (5.18 m) maximum
Propulsion	4 × Hooven-Owens-Rentschler (H.O.R.) diesel engines driving electrical generators; 2 × 126-cell Sargo batteries; 4 × high-speed Allis-Chalmers electric motors with reduction gears; two propellers ; 5,400 shp (4.0 MW) surfaced; 2,740 shp (2.0 MW) submerged;
Speed	21 kn (39 km/h); 9 knots (17 km/h) submerged;
Range	11,000 nmi (20,000 km) surfaced at 10 kn (19 km/h)
Endurance	48 hours at 2 knots (4 km/h) submerged; 75 days on patrol;
Test depth	300 ft (90 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 Muskallunge (SS-262), a Gato-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the muskallunge.

History

United States
Name	USS Muskallunge (SS-262)
Builder	Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut
Laid down	7 April 1942
Launched	13 December 1942
Sponsored by	Mrs. Merritt D. Graham
Commissioned	15 March 1943
Decommissioned	29 January 1947
Recommissioned	31 August 1956
Decommissioned	18 January 1957
Stricken	1 December 1967
Fate	Transferred to Brazil unmodified, 18 January 1957
History
Brazil
Name	Humaitá (S14)
Acquired	18 January 1957
Fate	Returned to the United States March 1968, sunk as a target 9 July 1968
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 0 in (5.18 m) maximum
Propulsion	4 × Hooven-Owens-Rentschler (H.O.R.) diesel engines driving electrical generators 2 × 126-cell Sargo batteries 4 × high-speed Allis-Chalmers electric motors with reduction gears two propellers 5,400 shp (4.0 MW) surfaced 2,740 shp (2.0 MW) submerged
Speed	21 kn (39 km/h) 9 knots (17 km/h) submerged
Range	11,000 nmi (20,000 km) surfaced at 10 kn (19 km/h)
Endurance	48 hours at 2 knots (4 km/h) submerged 75 days on patrol
Test depth	300 ft (90 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