USS Balao
Balao-class submarine
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USS Balao was the lead ship of the United States Navy's Balao-class submarines during World War II and named for the balao, a small schooling marine fish. Wikipedia
Launched: October 27, 1942
Length: 312′
Commissioned: 4 February 1943
Complement: 10 officers, 70–71 enlisted
Draft: 16 ft 10 in (5.13 m) maximum
Range: 11,000 nmi (13,000 mi; 20,000 km) surfaced @ 10 kn (12 mph; 19 km/h)
Speed: 20.25 kn (23.3 mph; 37.5 km/h) surfaced, 8.75 kn (10.1 mph; 16.2 km/h) submerged