 Barbero after conversion to guided missile submarine in 1955
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Builder | General Dynamics Electric Boat, Groton, Connecticut[1] |
| Laid down | 25 March 1943[1] |
| Launched | 12 December 1943[1] |
| Commissioned | 29 April 1944[1] |
| Decommissioned | 30 June 1950[1] |
| Recommissioned | 28 October 1955[1] |
| Decommissioned | 30 June 1964[1] |
| Stricken | 1 July 1964[1] |
| Fate | Sunk as a target off Pearl Harbor on 7 October 1964[2] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Balao-class diesel-electric submarine[2] |
| Displacement | 1,526 tons (1,550 t) surfaced,[2] 2,424 tons (2,460 t) submerged[2] |
| Length | 311 ft 9 in (95.02 m)[2] |
| Beam | 27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)[2] |
| Draft | 16 ft 10 in (5.13 m)maximum[2] |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 20.25 kn (37.50 km/h) surfaced,[3] 8.75 kn (16.21 km/h) submerged[3] |
| Range | 11,000 nmi (20,000 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h)[3] |
| Endurance | 48 hours at 2 kn (3.7 km/h) submerged,[3] 75 days on patrol |
| Test depth | 400 ft (120 m)[3] |
| Complement | 10 officers, 70–71 enlisted[3] |
| Armament |
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USS Barbero (SS/SSA/SSG-317) was a Balao-class submarine of the United States Navy, named for a family of fishes commonly called surgeon fish.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Friedman, Norman (1995). U.S. Submarines Through 1945: An Illustrated Design History. Annapolis, Maryland: United States Naval Institute. pp. 285–304. ISBN 1-55750-263-3.
- ^ a b c d e f g Bauer, K. Jack; Roberts, Stephen S. (1991). Register of Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1775–1990: Major Combatants. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. pp. 275–280. ISBN 0-313-26202-0.
- ^ a b c d e f U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 305–311
- ^ a b U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 305–311
- ^ Gardiner, Robert "Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947-1995", London: Conway Maritime Press, 1995, pg. 611.