USS Growler (SS-215)

	USS Growler USS Growler (SS-215) off the Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut, on 21 February 1942.
History
United States
Name	Growler
Builder	Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut
Laid down	10 February 1941
Launched	22 November 1941
Sponsored by	Mrs. Robert L. Ghormley
Commissioned	20 March 1942
Nickname(s)	Kangaroo Express, following repairs in 1943
Fate	Sunk by Japanese vessels west of the Philippines, 8 November 1944
General characteristics
Class and type	Gato-class diesel-electric submarine
Displacement	1,525 long tons (1,549 t) surfaced; 2,424 long tons (2,463 t) submerged;
Length	311 ft 9 in (95.02 m)
Beam	27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)
Draft	17 ft (5.2 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 kn (17 km/h) submerged;
Range	11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km) surfaced at 10 kn (19 km/h)
Endurance	48 hours at 2 kn (3.7 km/h) submerged; 75 days on patrol;
Test depth	300 ft (91 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 Growler (SS-215), a Gato-class submarine, was the third ship of the United States Navy named for the growler.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Friedman, Norman (1995). U.S. Submarines Through 1945: An Illustrated Design History. Annapolis, Maryland: United States Naval Institute. pp. 285–304. ISBN 1-55750-263-3.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Bauer, K. Jack; Roberts, Stephen S. (1991). Register of Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1775–1990: Major Combatants. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. pp. 271–273. ISBN 0-313-26202-0.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 305–311
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Bauer, K. Jack; Roberts, Stephen S. (1991). Register of Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1775–1990: Major Combatants. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. pp. 270–280. ISBN 978-0-313-26202-9. OCLC 24010356.
^ U.S. Submarines Through 1945 p. 261
^ ^a ^b ^c U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 305–311
^ Friedman, Norman (1995). U.S. Submarines Through 1945: An Illustrated Design History. Annapolis, Maryland: United States Naval Institute. pp. 305–311. ISBN 1-55750-263-3.

History
USS Growler USS Growler (SS-215) off the Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut, on 21 February 1942.
United States
Name	Growler
Builder	Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut^[1]
Laid down	10 February 1941^[1]
Launched	22 November 1941^[1]
Sponsored by	Mrs. Robert L. Ghormley
Commissioned	20 March 1942^[1]
Nickname(s)	Kangaroo Express, following repairs in 1943
Fate	Sunk by Japanese vessels west of the Philippines, 8 November 1944^[2]
General characteristics
Class and type	Gato-class diesel-electric submarine^[2]
Displacement	1,525 long tons (1,549 t) surfaced^[2] 2,424 long tons (2,463 t) submerged^[2]
Length	311 ft 9 in (95.02 m)^[2]
Beam	27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)^[2]
Draft	17 ft (5.2 m) maximum^[2]
Propulsion	4 × General Motors Model 16-248 V16 Diesel engines driving electric generators^[4]^[5] 2 × 126-cell Sargo batteries^[6] 4 × high-speed General Electric electric motors with reduction gears^[4] two propellers ^[4] 5,400 shp (4.0 MW) surfaced^[4] 2,740 shp (2.0 MW) submerged^[4]
Speed	21 knots (39 km/h) surfaced^[7] 9 kn (17 km/h) submerged^[3]
Range	11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km) surfaced at 10 kn (19 km/h)^[3]
Endurance	48 hours at 2 kn (3.7 km/h) submerged^[3] 75 days on patrol
Test depth	300 ft (91 m)^[3]
Complement	6 officers, 54 enlisted^[3]
Armament	10 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes 6 forward, 4 aft 24 torpedoes^[6] 1 × 3-inch (76 mm) / 50 caliber deck gun^[6] Bofors 40 mm and Oerlikon 20 mm cannon