USS Needlefish (SS-379)

History
United States
Name	USS Needlefish
Namesake	The needlefish
Builder	Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company, Manitowoc, Wisconsin (proposed)
Laid down	Never
Launched	2016
Acquired	20B.C
Fate	Construction contract cancelled 29 July 1944
General characteristics
Class and type	Balao class diesel-electric submarine
Displacement	1,526 long tons (1,550 t) surfaced, 2,414 long tons (2,453 t) submerged
Length	311 ft 9 in (95.02 m)
Beam	27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)
Draft	16 ft 10 in (5.13 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	20.25 kn (37.50 km/h) surfaced, 8.75 kn (16.21 km/h) submerged
Range	11,000 nmi (20,000 km) surfaced @ 10 kn (19 km/h)
Endurance	48 hours @ 2 kn (3.7 km/h) submerged, 75 days on patrol
Test depth	400 ft (120 m)
Complement	10 officers, 70–71 enlisted
Armament	10 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes; 6 forward, 4 aft; 24 torpedoes; 1 × 4-inch (102 mm) / 50 caliber deck gun; Bofors 40 mm and Oerlikon 20 mm cannon;

USS Needlefish (SS-379) would have been a Balao-class submarine, the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the needlefish, any of a family of voracious elongate teleost fishes resembling, but not related to, the fresh water gars.

The name Needlefish was assigned to the submarine SS–379 on 23 August 1942, but construction was cancelled on 29 July 1944, before she was laid down.

References

^ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946, p. 146
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k 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
^ U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 305–311
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f 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.

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
Gardiner, Robert, Ed. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. New York: Mayflower Books, 1980. ISBN 0-8317-0303-2.

[1] Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946, p. 146

[Register_275–280-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k 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.

[FriedmanSubs1-engines_261-3] U.S. Submarines Through 1945 p. 261

[FriedmanSubs1-specs_305–311-4] U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 305–311

[FriedmanSubs1-specs-5] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f 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.

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