The Sealion (SS315) that sank the Japanese battleship Kongo was the second submarine by that name. It replaced this one.
From Wikipedia.
It was a Sargo-class submarine. Her keel was laid down 20 June 1938 by the Electric Boat Co. of Groton, Connecticut. Launched on 25 May 1939 and commissioned 27 November 1939.
GEBERAL CHARACTERISTICS
LENGTH: 310' 6"
BEAM: 26 feet 10 inches
SPEED: 21 knots surfaced, 8.75 submerged
TEST DEPTH: 250 feet
COMPLEMENT: 5 officers, 54 enlisted
ARMAMENT:
Eight 21-inch torpedo tubes: four forward, four aft
24 torpedoes
One 3-inch deck gun
four machine guns
--GreGen
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