USS Halibut (SS-232)

	Halibut on the Piscataqua River at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine, on 3 December 1941, just after her launching. She is dressed overall.
History
United States
Name	Halibut
Builder	Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine
Laid down	16 May 1941
Launched	3 December 1941
Sponsored by	Mrs. P. T. Blackburn
Commissioned	10 April 1942
Decommissioned	18 July 1945
Stricken	8 May 1946
Fate	Sold for scrap, 9 December 1946
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 × Fairbanks-Morse Model 38D8-1⁄8 9-cylinder opposed-piston diesel engines driving electrical generators; 2 × 126-cell Sargo batteries; 4 × high-speed Elliott electric motors with reduction gears; 2 × propellers; 5,400 shp (4.0 MW) surfaced; 2,740 shp (2.04 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 (90 m)
Complement	6 officers, 54 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 Halibut (SS-232), a Gato-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the halibut, a large species of flatfish.

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