USS Greenling (SS-213)

	The launch of USS Greenling (SS-213) at the Electric Boat Company at Groton, Connecticut, on 20 September 1941.
History
United States
Builder	Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut
Laid down	12 November 1940
Launched	20 September 1941
Sponsored by	Mrs. R. S. Holmes
Commissioned	21 January 1942
Decommissioned	16 October 1946
Stricken	1 March 1960
Fate	Sold for scrap, 21 June 1960
General characteristics
Class & type	Gato-class diesel-electric submarine
Displacement	1,525 long tons (1,549 t) surfaced; 2,424 long tons (2,463 t) submerged;
Length	311 ft 9 in (95.02 m)
Beam	27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)
Draft	17 ft (5.2 m) maximum
Propulsion	4 × General Motors Model 16-248 V16 Diesel engines driving electric generators; 2 × 126-cell Sargo batteries; 4 × high-speed General Electric electric motors with reduction gears; two propellers ; 5,400 shp (4.0 MW) surfaced; 2,740 shp (2.0 MW) submerged;
Speed	21 knots (39 km/h) surfaced; 9 kn (17 km/h) submerged;
Range	11,000 nmi (20,000 km) surfaced at 10 kn (19 km/h)
Endurance	48 hours at 2 kn (4 km/h) submerged; 75 days on patrol;
Test depth	300 ft (90 m)
Complement	6 officers, 54 enlisted
Armament	10 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes; 6 forward, 4 aft; 24 torpedoes; 1 × 3-inch (76 mm) / 50 caliber deck gun; Bofors 40 mm and Oerlikon 20 mm cannon;

USS Greenling (SS-213), a Gato-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the greenling.

Commissioned in 1942, Greenling went on a total of twelve war patrols before Japan surrendered in August 1945, and was decommissioned in 1946. Greenling was struck from the naval register in March 1960, and sold for scrap later that year.