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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | Spot |
| Ordered | 9 July 1942 |
| Builder | Mare Island Naval Shipyard[1] |
| Laid down | 24 August 1943[1] |
| Launched | 19 May 1944[1] |
| Commissioned | 3 August 1944[1] |
| Decommissioned | 19 June 1946[1] |
| Recommissioned | 19 August 1961[1] |
| Decommissioned | 12 January 1962[1] |
| Stricken | 1 August 1975[2] |
| Identification | Hull number: SS-413 |
| Fate | Transferred to Chile, 12 January 1962[2] |
 Chile | |
| Name | Simpson |
| Acquired | 12 January 1962 |
| Decommissioned | 1982 |
| Identification | Pennant number: SS-21 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Balao class diesel-electric submarine[2] |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 311 ft 10 in (95.05 m)[2] |
| Beam | 27 ft 4 in (8.33 m)[2] |
| Draft | 16 ft 10 in (5.13 m) maximum[2] |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | |
| Range | 11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km) surfaced at 10 knots (19 km/h)[3] |
| Endurance |
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| Test depth | 400 ft (120 m)[3] |
| Complement | 10 officers, 70–71 enlisted[3] |
| Armament |
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USS Spot (SS-413) was a Balao-class submarine of the United States Navy, named for the spot, a small sciaenoid food fish of the Atlantic coast, with a black spot behind its shoulders.
- ^ a b c d e f g 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 h 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 c d e 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 978-0-313-26202-9.
- ^ U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 261–263
- ^ a b c U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 305–311