USS Jallao

Jallao (SS-368), underway, mid-1950s, after Guppy IIA conversion.
USS Jallao (SS-368), after Guppy IIA conversion underway, mid 1950s.
History
United States
NameUSS Jallao
BuilderManitowoc Shipbuilding Company, Manitowoc, Wisconsin[1]
Laid down29 September 1943[1]
Launched12 March 1944[1]
Commissioned8 July 1944[1]
Decommissioned30 September 1946[1]
Recommissioned4 December 1953[1]
Decommissioned26 June 1974[1]
Stricken26 June 1974[2]
IdentificationSS-368
FateTransferred to Spain, 26 June 1974[1]
Spain
NameNarciso Monturiol
Acquired26 June 1974
Decommissioned12 December 1984
IdentificationS-35
FateScuttled off Cartagena, Spain, 1985
General characteristics
Class and typeBalao-class diesel-electric submarine[2]
Displacement
  • 1,526 tons (1,550 t) surfaced[2]
  • 2,424 tons (2,463 t) submerged[2]
Length311 ft 9 in (95.02 m)[2]
Beam27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)[2]
Draft16 ft 10 in (5.13 m) maximum[2]
Propulsion
Speed
  • 20.25 knots (38 km/h) surfaced[3]
  • 8.75 knots (16 km/h) submerged[3]
Range11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km) surfaced at 10 knots (19 km/h)[3]
Endurance
  • 48 hours at 2 knots (3.7 km/h) submerged[3]
  • 75 days on patrol
Test depth400 ft (120 m)[3]
Complement10 officers, 70–71 enlisted[3]
Armament
General characteristics (Guppy IIA)
Class and typenone
Displacement
  • 1,848 tons (1,878 t) surfaced[5]
  • 2,440 tons (2,479 t) submerged[5]
Length307 ft (93.6 m)[6]
Beam27 ft 4 in (8.3 m)[6]
Draft17 ft (5.2 m)[6]
Propulsion
  • Snorkel added[5]
  • One diesel engine and generator removed[5]
  • Batteries upgraded to Sargo II[5]
Speed
  • Surfaced:
  • 17.0 knots (31.5 km/h) maximum
  • 13.5 knots (25.0 km/h) cruising
  • Submerged:
  • 14.1 knots (26.1 km/h) for ½ hour
  • 8.0 knots (14.8 km/h) snorkeling
  • 3.0 knots (5.6 km/h) cruising[5]
Armament

USS Jallao (SS-368), a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the jallao, a pearl-white haemulonid food fish of the Gulf of Mexico.

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ a b c d e f U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 305-311
  4. ^ a b U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 305–311
  5. ^ a b c d e f g Friedman, Norman (1994). U.S. Submarines Since 1945: An Illustrated Design History. Annapolis, Maryland: United States Naval Institute. pp. 11–43. ISBN 1-55750-260-9.
  6. ^ a b c d U.S. Submarines Since 1945 pp. 242