USS Hawkbill (SS-366)

	Hawkbill (SS-366), launches sideways into the Manitowoc River, 9 January 1944.
History
United States
Name	USS Hawkbill (SS-366)
Builder	Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co., Manitowoc, Wisconsin
Laid down	7 August 1943
Launched	9 January 1944
Commissioned	17 May 1944
Decommissioned	20 September 1946
Recommissioned	1953
Decommissioned	21 April 1953
Fate	Transferred to the Netherlands, 21 April 1953, sold to the Netherlands, 20 February 1970
Stricken	20 February 1970
Netherlands
Name	HNLMS Zeeleeuw (S803)
Acquired	21 April 1953
Fate	Sold for scrap, 24 November 1970
General characteristics
Class and type	Balao class diesel-electric submarine
Displacement	1,526 tons (1,550 t) surfaced; 2,424 tons (2,463 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 × Fairbanks-Morse Model 38D8-⅛ 10-cylinder opposed piston diesel engines driving electrical generators; 2 × 126-cell Sargo batteries; 4 × high-speed Elliott electric motors with reduction gears; two propellers ; 5,400 shp (4.0 MW) surfaced; 2,740 shp (2.0 MW) submerged;
Speed	20.25 knots (38 km/h) surfaced; 8.75 knots (16 km/h) submerged;
Range	11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km) surfaced at 10 knots (19 km/h)
Endurance	48 hours at 2 knots (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 × 5-inch (127 mm) / 25 caliber deck gun; Bofors 40 mm and Oerlikon 20 mm cannon;

USS Hawkbill (SS-366), a Balao-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the hawksbill, a large sea turtle (the "-s-" was inadvertently dropped at commissioning.).

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