USS Wahoo (SS-565)

USS Wahoo (SS-565) ca. 1955.
USS Wahoo circa 1955.
History
United States
NameWahoo
NamesakeThe Wahoo fish
BuilderPortsmouth Naval Shipyard
Laid down24 October 1949
Launched16 October 1951
Commissioned30 May 1952
Decommissioned27 June 1980
Stricken15 July 1983
IdentificationSS-565
FateSold for scrap in 1984
General characteristics
Class and typeTang-class submarine Attack submarine
Displacement
  • 1,560 long tons (1,585 t) surfaced
  • 2,260 long tons (2,296 t) submerged
Length269 ft 2 in (82.04 m)
Beam27 ft 2 in (8.28 m)
Draft17 ft (5.2 m)
Speed15.5 knots (17.8 mph; 28.7 km/h) surfaced, 18.3 knots (21.1 mph; 33.9 km/h) submerged
Complement83 officers and men
Armament8 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (6 forward, 2 aft)

USS Wahoo (SS-565), a Tang-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the wahoo, a fast-moving predatory sportfish found in oceans worldwide.