Some More About the USS Sealion (SS-315)-- Part 2: General Characteristics

GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS

CLASS AND TYPE:  Balao-class, diesel-electric submarine

LENGTH:  311 feet 9 inches

BEAM:  27 feet, 3 inches

SPEED:  20.25 knots surfaced, 8.75 knots submerged

RANGE:  11,000 nautical miles, surfaced at 19 knots surfaced

ENDURANCE:  48  hours at 2 knots submerged

TEST DEPTH:  400  feet

COMPLEMENT:  10 officers, 70-71 enlisted

ARMAMENT:

Ten 21-inch torpedo tubes:  six forward and four aft

one 5-inch deck gun

Bofors 40 mm and Oerlikon 20 mm cannon

Packed a Punch.  --GreGen