USS Sargo (SS-188)

	Sargo during sea trials off Provincetown, Massachusetts, 1 November 1938
History
United States
Namesake	sargo
Builder	Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut
Laid down	12 May 1937
Launched	6 June 1938
Commissioned	7 February 1939
Decommissioned	22 June 1946
Stricken	19 July 1946
Fate	Sold for scrap, 19 May 1947
General characteristics
Class & type	Sargo-class composite diesel-hydraulic and diesel-electric submarine
Displacement	1,450 long tons (1,470 t) standard, surfaced; 2,350 long tons (2,390 t) submerged;
Length	310 ft 6 in (94.64 m)
Beam	26 ft 10 in (8.18 m)
Draft	16 ft 7+1⁄2 in (5.067 m)
Propulsion	4 × Hooven-Owens-Rentschler (H.O.R.) 9-cylinder diesel engines (two hydraulic-drive, two driving electrical generators); 2 × 126-cell Sargo batteries; 4 × high-speed General Electric electric motors with reduction gears; two shafts; 5,500 shp (4.1 MW) surfaced; 2,740 shp (2.0 MW) submerged;
Speed	21 knots (39 km/h) surfaced; 8.75 knots (16 km/h) submerged;
Range	11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h)
Endurance	48 hours at 2 knots (3.7 km/h) submerged
Test depth	250 ft (76 m)
Complement	5 officers, 54 enlisted
Armament	8 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes; (four forward, four aft); 24 torpedoes ; 1 × 3 in (76 mm) / 50 caliber deck gun ; four machine guns;

USS Sargo (SS-188), the lead ship of her class of submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the sargo fish.

History
Sargo during sea trials off Provincetown, Massachusetts, 1 November 1938
United States
Namesake	sargo
Builder	Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut
Laid down	12 May 1937
Launched	6 June 1938
Commissioned	7 February 1939
Decommissioned	22 June 1946
Stricken	19 July 1946
Fate	Sold for scrap, 19 May 1947
General characteristics
Class & type	Sargo-class composite diesel-hydraulic and diesel-electric submarine
Displacement	1,450 long tons (1,470 t) standard, surfaced 2,350 long tons (2,390 t) submerged
Length	310 ft 6 in (94.64 m)
Beam	26 ft 10 in (8.18 m)
Draft	16 ft 7+1⁄2 in (5.067 m)
Propulsion	4 × Hooven-Owens-Rentschler (H.O.R.) 9-cylinder diesel engines (two hydraulic-drive, two driving electrical generators) 2 × 126-cell Sargo batteries 4 × high-speed General Electric electric motors with reduction gears two shafts 5,500 shp (4.1 MW) surfaced 2,740 shp (2.0 MW) submerged
Speed	21 knots (39 km/h) surfaced 8.75 knots (16 km/h) submerged
Range	11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h)
Endurance	48 hours at 2 knots (3.7 km/h) submerged
Test depth	250 ft (76 m)
Complement	5 officers, 54 enlisted
Armament	8 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (four forward, four aft) 24 torpedoes 1 × 3 in (76 mm) / 50 caliber deck gun four machine guns