class: Gato
shipyard: Electric Boat Co., Groton, Connecticut
construction started: October 20, 1942
launched: June 6, 1943
taken into service: September 7, 1943
lost: October 24, 1944
cause of loss: running aground on the island of Palawan
length: 311'9 "95.02 m
width: 27'3 "8.30 m
draft: 15'3 "4.6 m
Displacement
surface: 1 526 tonnes
submerged: 2 424 tonnes
Speed
surfaced: 20.75 knots
submerged: 8.75 knots
immersion depth
300 '91 m
450 '137 m (max)
range: 11,000 n.mil/10 knots
submarine life: 48 hours/2 knots
Drive
4xGeneral Motors 5 400 shp
4xGeneral Electric 2 740 shp
2x 126 cell batteries
fuel supply: 97 140 gallons 367 675 liters
Crew
6 officers
75 sailors
length of combat patrol: 75 days
Armament
1x76 mm 3 "/ 50
2x12.7 mm 0.50 "MG
2x7.62 mm 0.30 "MG
torpedo tubes
10x553 mm (6x front, 4x rear)
stock of torpedoes: 24 pieces
USS Darter combat successes
4 combat patrols
4 times awarded Battle Star
sunken vessels
March 30, 1944 cargo Fujikawa Maru 2 828 tons 1 ° 56'N 133 ° 00'E
26 June 1944 Tsugaru minesweeper 4 400 tonnes 2 ° 19'N 127 ° 57'E
23 October 1944 heavy cruiser Atago 12,000 tons 6 ° 05'N 115 ° 55'E