USS Hake

	Hake (SS-256), c. 1945.
History
United States
Name	USS Hake
Namesake	Hake
Builder	Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut
Laid down	1 November 1941
Launched	17 July 1942
Sponsored by	Mrs. F. J. Fletcher
Commissioned	30 October 1942
Decommissioned	13 July 1946
Stricken	19 April 1968
Fate	Sold for scrap, 5 December 1972
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 0 in (5.18 m) maximum
Propulsion	4 × Hooven-Owens-Rentschler (H.O.R.) diesel engines driving electrical 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 kn (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; (six forward, four aft); 24 torpedoes; 1 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 caliber deck gun; Bofors 40 mm and Oerlikon 20 mm cannon;

USS Hake (SS/AGSS-256) was a Gato-class submarine of the United States Navy that served during World War II.