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USS Piranha
Submarine of the United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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USS Piranha (SS-389/AGSS-389), a Balao-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the piranha. Piranha conducted six war patrols during World War II, receiving five battle stars. She was scrapped in 1970.
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Builder | Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine[1] |
Laid down | 21 June 1943[1] |
Launched | 27 October 1943[1] |
Commissioned | 5 February 1944[1] |
Decommissioned | 31 May 1946[1] |
Stricken | 1 March 1967[1] |
Fate | Sold for scrap, 11 August 1970[1] |
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Class and type | Balao class diesel-electric submarine[2] |
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Length | 311 ft 6 in (94.95 m)[2] |
Beam | 27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)[2] |
Draft | 16 ft 10 in (5.13 m) maximum[2] |
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Range | 11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km) surfaced at 10 knots (19 km/h)[6] |
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Test depth | 400 ft (120 m)[6] |
Complement | 10 officers, 70–71 enlisted[6] |
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