USS Tunny (SS-282)

USS Tunny (SS-282) off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, in late 1942.
History
United States
Builder	Mare Island Naval Shipyard[1]
Laid down	10 November 1941[1]
Launched	30 June 1942[1]
Commissioned	1 September 1942[1]
Decommissioned	12 February 1946[1]
Recommissioned	25 February 1952[1]
Decommissioned	30 April 1952[1]
Recommissioned	6 March 1953[1]
Decommissioned	28 June 1969[1]
Stricken	30 June 1969[1]
Fate	Sunk as a target, 19 June 1970[1]
General characteristics
Class and type	Gato-class diesel-electric submarine[3]
Displacement	1,525 long tons (1,549 t) surfaced[3] 2,424 long tons (2,463 t) submerged[3]
Length	311 ft 9 in (95.02 m)[3]
Beam	27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)[3]
Draft	17 ft 0 in (5.18 m) maximum[3]
Propulsion	4 × Fairbanks-Morse Diesel engines, 2 × 126-cell Lead-acid batteries, 4 × high-speed electric motors with reduction gears, 2 shafts
Speed	21 knots (39 km/h) surfaced[2] 9 knots (17 km/h) submerged[2]
Range	11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km) surfaced at 10 knots (19 km/h)[2]
Endurance	48 hours at 2 knots (3.7 km/h) submerged[2] 75 days on patrol
Test depth	300 feet (91 m)[2]
Complement	6 officers, 54 enlisted[2]
Armament	As built: 10 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes 6 forward, 4 aft 24 torpedoes[4] 1 × 5-inch (127 mm) / 25 caliber deck gun[4] Bofors 40 mm and Oerlikon 20 mm cannon As Regulus missile submarine 1953-65: 1 × Regulus missile hangar and launcher 2 × Regulus I missiles 10 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (six forward, four aft) 24 torpedoes

USS Tunny (SS/SSG/APSS/LPSS-282) was a Gato-class submarine which saw service in World War II and in the Vietnam War. Tunny received nine battle stars and two Presidential Unit Citations for her World War II service and five battle stars for her operations during the Vietnam War. Tunny was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the tunny, any of several oceanic fishes resembling the mackerel