- Blue Water Operations
- Fleet Support
- Hunter
- Direct-Attack
Length:
311.5 ft (94.95 m)
Width / Beam:
27.2 ft (8.29 m)
Height / Draught:
16.9 ft (5.15 m)
Displacement (Surface):
1,526 tons
Displacement (Submerged):
2,424 tons
4 x Fairbanks-Morse Model 38D8-1.5, 9-cylinder oppose diesel piston engines delivering 5,400 shaft horsepower supplying electrical generators; 2 x 126-cell Sargo batteries; 4 x General Electric high-speed reducation gear motors; 2 x propellers.
Speed (Surface):
20 kts (23 mph)
Speed (Submerged):
9 kts (10.07 miles)
Range:
10,999 nm (12,658 miles; 20,371 km)
10 x 21-inch (533mm) torpedo tubes (6 forward, 4 aft), 24 x torpedoes.
1 x 5-inch (127mm)/25 caliber deck gun
1 x 40mm Bofors cannon dual-purpose cannon
1 x 20mm Oerlikon cannon anti-aircraft cannon
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