Balao Class Submarine: Laid down, 6 July 1944, at Electric Boat Co., Groton, CT.; Launched, 19 February 1946; Commissioned USS Halfbeak (SS-352), 22 July 1946; Decommissioned and simultaneously struck from the Naval Register, 1 July 1971; Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 13 June 1972 to North American Smelting Corp., Burlington, NJ. Halfbeak was awarded the Battle Efficiency "E" for 1966 and 1967 and held the "E" for Submarine Division 102 for 1968. Partial data submitted by Ron Reeves, HTC, USNR (ret.)
Specifications: Displacement, Surfaced: 1,526 t., Submerged: 2,242 t.; Length 311' 9"; Beam 27' 3"; Draft 15' 3"; Speed, Surfaced 20.25 kts, Submerged 8.75 kts; Cruising Range, 11,000 miles surfaced at 10kts; Submerged Endurance, 48 hours at 2kts; Operating Depth, 400 ft; Complement 6 Officers, 60 Enlisted; Armament, ten 21" torpedo tubes, six forward, four aft, 24 torpedoes, one 5"/25 deck gun, one 40mm gun, one 20mm gun, two .50 cal. machine guns; Patrol Endurance 75 days; Propulsion, diesel-electric reduction gear with four main generator engines., General Motors diesel engines, HP 5400, Fuel Capacity 118,000, four General Electric motors, HP 2,740, two 126-cell main storage batteries, two propellers.
