USS Growler (SS-215)

	USS Growler (SS-215) off the Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut, on 21 February 1942.
History
United States
Name	Growler
Namesake	Growler fish
Builder	Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut
Laid down	10 February 1941
Launched	22 November 1941
Sponsored by	Mrs. Robert L. Ghormley
Commissioned	20 March 1942
Nickname(s)	Kangaroo Express, following repairs in 1943
Fate	Sunk by Japanese vessels west of the Philippines, 8 November 1944
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 nautical miles (20,000 km) surfaced at 10 kn (19 km/h)
Endurance	48 hours at 2 kn (3.7 km/h) submerged; 75 days on patrol;
Test depth	300 ft (91 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 Growler (hull number SS-215), a Gato-class submarine, was the third ship of the United States Navy named for the growler.

Commissioned in March 1942, Growler carried out ten successful war patrols in the Pacific theater, earning eight battle stars in the process. During her eleventh patrol, Growler attacked a Japanese ship convoy alongside USS Hake and USS Hardhead, and during the attack an underwater explosion was heard; neither Growler nor anyone aboard her were ever seen or heard from again.

USS Growler is listed as lost with all hands on 8 November 1944, presumably due to a Japanese depth charge.