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USS GURNARD SS 254 MACHINERY=20 SPECIFICATIONS: 

AS BUILT:

FOUR HOOVEN, OWENS, RENTSCHLER = DIESEL ENGINES.=20 2-CYCLE, NON-REVERSING, DOUBLE-ACTING ENGINES, 1600 HP @ 700 RPM = MAXIMUM. =20 MODEL 99DA

BORE, 9-1/16"  X  STROKE=20 13-3/8"       9 UPPER AND 9 LOWER=20 CYLINDERS. 

AS REFITTED:  =

NEW DIESEL ENGINES DURING YARD = PERIOD AT MARE=20 ISLAND NAVY YARD JANUARY-APRIL 1944:

FOUR GENERAL MOTORS MODEL 16-278A = ENGINES, 16=20 CYLINDER, 1600 HP @ 700 RPM MAXIMUM.  V-TYPE CYLINDER ARRANGEMENT. = BORE=20 8-3/4" X10-1/2" STROKE.  SERIAL NUMBERS, # 17320, 17321, 17324 = &=20 17325.

PORT ENGINES, LEFT-HAND ROTATION, = STARBOARD=20 ENGINES, RIGHT-HAND ROTATION. 

CONSTRUCTION = INFORMATION: =20

BUILT AT ELECTRIC BOAT COMPANY MAIN = YARD, =20 WAYS #1 AT THE OLD NORTH YARD.  GATO (SS 212) WAS BUILT ON THE SAME = WAYS,=20 LAUNCHED 21 AUG 1941.  GURNARD WAS LAID DOWN 9 SEPT. 1941, LAUNCHED = 1 JUNE=20 1942, FOLLOWED BY BLUEFISH (SS 222) LAID DOWN ON 5 JUNE 1942 ON THE SAME = WAYS.  SEALION (SS 315) AND BUMPER (SS 333) FOLLOWED ON THE SAME = WAYS IN=20 1943/44. 

DECK GUN ARMAMENT = DETAILS:

AS COMPLETED 1942:  =  1-3"/50 DECK GUN,=20 TWO .50 CALIBER MACHINE GUNS,

           &nbs= p;            = ;TWO .30 CALIBER MACHINE GUNS.

AS MODIFIED = 1943:     =20  1-3"/50 DECK GUN, MOUNTED AFT ,

           &nbs= p;            = ;ONE 20MM SINGLE AA,  FOUR

         &= nbsp;           &n= bsp;          &nbs= p;         =20  .50 CALIBER MACHINE GUNS, TWO .30 CALIBER

         &= nbsp;           &n= bsp;          &nbs= p;        =20   MACHINE GUNS, TWO .45 CALIBER THOMPSON

           &nbs= p;            = ;SUBMACHINE GUNS.

AS MODIFIED = 1944:    =20  1-4"/50 DECK GUN, MOUNTED FORWARD,

           &nbs= p;            = ;TWO 20MM SINGLES MOUNTED ON = CONNING

           &nbs= p;            = ;TOWER, SMALL ARMS AS 1943 = ABOVE.

AS MODIFIED 1945:   =20  1-5"/25 DECK GUN, MOUNTED AFT, TWO 40MM

         &= nbsp;           &n= bsp;          =20          SINGLES MOUNTED ON = CONNING=20 TOWER, ONE

         &= nbsp;           &n= bsp;       =20          TWIN 2OMM MOUNTED ON = MAIN DECK=20 FORWARD,

  =20            SMALL = ARMS  AS=20 1943 ABOVE.

SOURCES:

THE FLEET TYPE = SUBMARINE,  NAVPERS=20 16160

THE FLEET TYPE SUBMARINE IN THE = U.S.=20 NAVY,  CDR. JOHN D. ALDEN USN, RET.

BUSHIPS RECORDS IN NATIONAL ARCHIVES = RECORD=20 GROUP 19

PERSONAL CONVERSATIONS WITH MY = FATHER, BENTON E.=20 BUELL, CHMM USN, USS GURNARD=20 1942-45