USS Silversides (SS-236)

USS *Silversides* (SS-236)
	USS Silversides (SS-236) on or about 31 March 1942 as she was on sea trials
History
United States
Name	Silversides
Namesake	silversides
Builder	Mare Island Naval Shipyard
Laid down	4 November 1940
Launched	26 August 1941
Sponsored by	Elizabeth H. Hogan
Commissioned	15 December 1941
Decommissioned	17 April 1946
Stricken	30 June 1969
Status	Museum ship at Muskegon, Michigan
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; 24 mph) surfaced; 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph) submerged;
Range	11,000 nmi (20,000 km; 13,000 mi) surfaced at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Endurance	48 hours at 2 knots (4 km/h; 2 mph) 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;
	U.S.S. Silversides
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. National Historic Landmark
	Silversides, a national landmark and a museum, at "full dress ship" in Muskegon for the US Navy's Submarine Centennial, 3 June 2000
Location	Muskegon, Michigan
Coordinates	43°13′48″N 86°19′58″W
Built	1941
NRHP reference No.	72000453
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	18 October 1972
Designated NHL	14 January 1986

USS Silversides (SS/AGSS-236) is a Gato-class submarine, the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the silversides.

Silversides was one of the most successful submarines in the Pacific Theater of World War II, with 23 confirmed sinkings, totalling more than 90,000 long tons (91,444 t) of shipping. She received a Presidential Unit Citation for cumulative action over four patrols, and twelve battle stars. She presently serves as a museum ship in Muskegon, Michigan, and is a National Historic Landmark.

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