USS Saury


USS Saury underway off the Mare Island Navy Yard
History
United States
BuilderElectric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut
Laid down28 June 1937
Launched20 August 1938
Commissioned3 April 1939
Decommissioned22 June 1946
Stricken19 July 1946
FateSold for scrap 19 May 1947
General characteristics
Class & typeSargo-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
Length310 ft 6 in (94.64 m)
Beam26 ft 10 in (8.18 m)
Draft16 ft 7+12 in (5.067 m)
Propulsion
Speed
  • 21 knots (39 km/h) surfaced
  • 8.75 knots (16 km/h) submerged
Range11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h)
Endurance48 hours at 2 knots (3.7 km/h) submerged
Test depth250 ft (76 m)
Complement5 officers, 54 enlisted
Armament

USS Saury (SS-189), a Sargo-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the saury, a long-beaked relative of the flying fish found in the temperate zones of the Atlantic.