USS Puffer (SS-268)

	USS Puffer (SS-268) underway off Mare Island, California, on 10 November 1944.
History
United States
Builder	Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company, Manitowoc, Wisconsin
Laid down	16 February 1942
Launched	21 November 1942
Sponsored by	Mrs. Ruth B. Lyons
Commissioned	27 April 1943
Decommissioned	28 June 1946
Stricken	1 July 1960
Fate	Sold for scrap 3 December 1960
General characteristics
Class & type	Gato-class diesel-electric submarine
Displacement	1,525 tons (1,549 t) surfaced; 2,424 tons (2,460 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 × 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 knots (39 km/h) surfaced; 9 knots (17 km/h) submerged;
Range	11,000 NM (20,000 km) surfaced at 10 knots (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;
	Shark's mouth painting on Puffer′s bow.

USS Puffer (SS-268), a Gato-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the puffer.

History
USS Puffer (SS-268) underway off Mare Island, California, on 10 November 1944.
United States
Builder	Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company, Manitowoc, Wisconsin
Laid down	16 February 1942
Launched	21 November 1942
Sponsored by	Mrs. Ruth B. Lyons
Commissioned	27 April 1943
Decommissioned	28 June 1946
Stricken	1 July 1960
Fate	Sold for scrap 3 December 1960
General characteristics
Class & type	Gato-class diesel-electric submarine
Displacement	1,525 tons (1,549 t) surfaced 2,424 tons (2,460 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 × 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 knots (39 km/h) surfaced 9 knots (17 km/h) submerged
Range	11,000 NM (20,000 km) surfaced at 10 knots (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
Shark's mouth painting on Puffer′s bow.