USS Snapper (SS-185)

	USS Snapper off the Mare Island Navy Yard on 24 February 1945
History
United States
Name	Snapper
Builder	Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine
Laid down	23 July 1936
Launched	24 August 1937
Commissioned	15 December 1937
Decommissioned	15 November 1945
Stricken	30 April 1948
Fate	Sold for scrap, 18 May 1948
General characteristics
Class and type	Salmon-class composite diesel-hydraulic and diesel-electric submarine
Displacement	1,435 long tons (1,458 t) standard, surfaced; 2,198 long tons (2,233 t) submerged;
Length	308 ft 0 in (93.88 m)
Beam	26 ft 1+1⁄4 in (7.957 m)
Draft	15 ft 8 in (4.78 m)
Propulsion	4 × General Motors Model 16-248 V16 diesel engines (two hydraulic-drive, two driving electrical generators); 2 × 120-cell batteries; 4 × high-speed Elliott electric motors with reduction gears; two shafts; 5,500 shp (4.1 MW) surfaced; 2,660 shp (2.0 MW) submerged;
Speed	21 knots (39 km/h) surfaced; 9 knots (17 km/h) submerged;
Range	11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h)
Endurance	48 hours at 2 knots (3.7 km/h) submerged
Test depth	250 ft (76 m)
Complement	5 officers, 54 enlisted
Armament	8 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes; (four forward, four aft); 24 torpedoes ; 1 × 3 in (76 mm) / 50 caliber deck gun; four machine guns;

USS Snapper (SS-185), a Salmon-class submarine, was the third ship of the United States Navy of the name and the second to be named for the snapper.

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