USS Sarda

History
United States
Name	USS Sarda (SS-488)
Namesake	Sarda, a genus of game fish
Builder	Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine
Laid down	12 April 1945
Launched	24 August 1945
Sponsored by	Mrs. James J. Heffernan
Commissioned	19 April 1946
Decommissioned	1 June 1964
Stricken	1 June 1964
Fate	Sold for scrap 14 May 1965
General characteristics
Class & type	Tench-class diesel-electric submarine
Displacement	1,570 tons (1,595 t) surfaced ; 2,414 tons (2,453 t) submerged ;
Length	311 ft 8 in (95.00 m)
Beam	27 ft 4 in (8.33 m)
Draft	17 ft 0 in (5.18 m) maximum
Propulsion	4 × Fairbanks-Morse Model 38D8-⅛ 10-cylinder opposed piston diesel engines driving electrical generators; 2 × 126-cell Sargo batteries; 2 × low-speed direct-drive Elliott electric motors; 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 knots (16 km/h) submerged ;
Range	11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km) surfaced at 10 knots (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, 71 enlisted
Armament	10 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes; (6 forward, 4 aft); 28 torpedoes; 1 × 5-inch (127 mm) / 25 caliber deck gun; Bofors 40 mm and Oerlikon 20 mm cannon;

USS Sarda (SS-488), a Tench-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the sarda, a game fish of the central, southwestern, and western Pacific Ocean.

History

United States
Name	USS Sarda (SS-488)
Namesake	Sarda, a genus of game fish
Builder	Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine
Laid down	12 April 1945
Launched	24 August 1945
Sponsored by	Mrs. James J. Heffernan
Commissioned	19 April 1946
Decommissioned	1 June 1964
Stricken	1 June 1964
Fate	Sold for scrap 14 May 1965
General characteristics
Class & type	Tench-class diesel-electric submarine
Displacement	1,570 tons (1,595 t) surfaced 2,414 tons (2,453 t) submerged
Length	311 ft 8 in (95.00 m)
Beam	27 ft 4 in (8.33 m)
Draft	17 ft 0 in (5.18 m) maximum
Propulsion	4 × Fairbanks-Morse Model 38D8-⅛ 10-cylinder opposed piston diesel engines driving electrical generators 2 × 126-cell Sargo batteries 2 × low-speed direct-drive Elliott electric motors 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 knots (16 km/h) submerged
Range	11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km) surfaced at 10 knots (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, 71 enlisted
Armament	10 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (6 forward, 4 aft) 28 torpedoes 1 × 5-inch (127 mm) / 25 caliber deck gun Bofors 40 mm and Oerlikon 20 mm cannon