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USS Trumpetfish SS-425 |
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Goiás S-15 |
Hull Number: |
SS-425 S-15 (Brazil) |
Type: |
Submarine |
Class: |
Tench |
Number In Class: |
134 (Planned) 31 Built 103 Cancelled |
Sister Ships: |
SS-417 - SS-426 SS-435 SS-475 - SS-490 SS-522 - SS-525 |
Builder: |
William Cramp & Sons Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Keel Laid Down: |
Aug. 23, 1943 |
Launched: |
May 13, 1945 |
Christened By: |
Mrs. Oswald S. Colclough, wife of Vice Admiral Colclough, former Commander Submarine Force U.S. Pacific Fleet |
Commissioned: |
Jan. 29, 1946 1973 or 74 (into Brazilian Navy) |
Decommissioned: |
Oct. 15, 1973 (from US Navy) 1980 (from Brazilian Navy) |
Stricken: |
Oct. 15, 1973 (from US Navy) April 16, 1990 (from Brazilian Navy) |
Disposition: |
Sold to Brazil October 1973 and renamed Goiás (S-15) Scrapped sometime after 1990 |
Crew: |
81 (USN) |
Dimensions |
Length: |
311' 8" (95m) 327' (99.6m) After 1961 Guppy 3 conversion |
Beam: |
27' 3" (8.3m) |
Draft: |
15' 5" (4.7m) |
Displacement: |
1,570 Surfaced 2,415 Submerged |
Armament |
Guns: |
1 x 5" 1 x 40mm 1 x 20mm |
Tubes: |
10 x 21" (6 Forward 4 Aft) |
Commanders |
Jan. 29, 1946 |
Raphael C. Benitez |
Brazilian Navy |
Oct. 15, 1973 |
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Eduardo Russo |
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Roberto de Guimarães Carvalho |
Class Overview |
Builder's Data |
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Page revised Apr. 17, 2008 |