USS Robalo

	USS Robalo (SS-273) at launch, and just after
History
United States
Name	Robalo
Namesake	Common snook or robalo
Builder	Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company, Manitowoc, Wisconsin
Laid down	24 October 1942
Launched	9 May 1943
Sponsored by	Mrs. E. S. Root
Commissioned	28 September 1943
Stricken	16 September 1944
Fate	Sunk by mine 26 July 1944
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 nmi (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;

USS Robalo (SS-273), a Gato-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the róbalo or common snook.

History
USS Robalo (SS-273) at launch, and just after
United States
Name	Robalo
Namesake	Common snook or robalo
Builder	Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company, Manitowoc, Wisconsin
Laid down	24 October 1942
Launched	9 May 1943
Sponsored by	Mrs. E. S. Root
Commissioned	28 September 1943
Stricken	16 September 1944
Fate	Sunk by mine 26 July 1944
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 nmi (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