USS Trigger (SS-564)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Trigger.
USS Trigger (SS-564), a Tang-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the triggerfish.
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Trigger |
Builder | Electric Boat Company |
Laid down | 24 February 1949 |
Launched | 14 June 1951 |
Commissioned | 31 March 1952 |
Decommissioned | 2 July 1973 |
Stricken | 2 July 1973 |
Identification | SS-564 |
Fate | Transferred to Italy 10 July 1973 |
Italy | |
Name | Livio Piomarta |
Commissioned | 1973 |
Decommissioned | 28 February 1986 |
Identification | S 515 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Tang-class submarine Attack submarine |
Displacement |
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Length | 269 ft (82 m) |
Beam | 27 ft (8.2 m) |
Draft | 17 ft (5.2 m) |
Speed |
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Complement | 88 officers and men |
Armament | 8 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (6 forward, 2 aft) |
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Her keel was laid down on 24 February 1949 at Groton, Connecticut, by the Electric Boat Company. She was launched on 14 June 1951 sponsored by Mrs. Roy S. Benson, and commissioned on 31 March 1952.