USS Picuda
Service
- as USS Picuda (SS-382)16 October 1943 — 1 October 1972687 days of the war
- as Narciso Monturiol (S-33)1 October 1972 — 30 April 1977
- Name
- USS Picuda
- Builder
- Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine
- Laid down
- 15 March 1943
- Launched
- 12 July 1943
- Commissioned
- 16 October 1943
- Decommissioned
- 25 September 1946
- Recommissioned
- 19 June 1953
- Struck
- 1 November 1974
- Fate
- Transferred to Spain, 1 October 1972 (1972)
- Status
- Unknown
Specifications — World War II
- Displacement, surfaced
- 1,526 long tons (1,550 t)
- Displacement, submerged
- 2,391 long tons (2,429 t)
- Length
- 94.79 m (311 ft)
- Beam
- 8.23 m (27 ft)
- Draught
- 4.88 m (16 ft)
- Speed
- 20.3 knots (37.5 km/h, 23.3 mph)
- Range
- 10,799 nmi (20,000 km)
- Complement
- 10
- Main gun
- 127 mm (5 in)
USS Picuda was a Balao-class submarine diesel-electric submarine built for the United States Navy. Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine laid her keel on 15 March 1943. Launched on 12 July 1943, she entered service on 16 October 1943.
She was one of 111 ships of her class. The class followed the Gato-class submarine and was succeeded by the Tench-class submarine.
The boat displaced 1,526 long tons surfaced and 2,391 long tons submerged. She measured 94.8 m (311 ft) long with a beam of 8.2 m (27 ft). Her designed speed was 20.2 knots, and she carried a complement of 10. Her main battery was of 127 mm (5 in) calibre.
She served with the United States Navy as USS Picuda (SS-382) until 1 October 1972. She then passed to the Spanish Navy, serving as Narciso Monturiol (S-33) from 1 October 1972. She was in commission for 687 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 25 September 1946. She recommissioned on 19 June 1953. She was struck from the register on 1 November 1974.
She was transferred on 1 October 1972.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
This vessel is recorded in 2 configurations. Wartime refits changed armament and complement substantially, so each is kept separately rather than averaged into one set of figures. The figures above are as built.
World War II
- Propulsion
- 4 × Fairbanks-Morse Model 38D8-⅛ 10-cylinder opposed piston diesel engines driving electrical generators
- 2 × 126-cell Sargo batteries
- 4 × high-speed Elliott electric motors with reduction gears
- two propellers
- 5,400 shp (4.0 MW) surfaced
- 2,740 shp (2.0 MW) submerged
- Armament
- 10 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
- 6 forward, 4 aft
- 24 torpedoes
- 1 × 5-inch (127 mm) / 25 caliber deck gun
- Bofors 40 mm and Oerlikon 20 mm cannon
Guppy IIA
- Displacement, surfaced
- 1,848 long tons (1,878 t)
- Displacement, submerged
- 2,440 long tons (2,479 t)
- Length
- 93.57 m (307 ft)
- Beam
- 8.23 m (27 ft)
- Draught
- 5.18 m (17 ft)
- Speed
- 17 knots (31.5 km/h, 19.6 mph)
- Propulsion
- Snorkel added
- One diesel engine and generator removed
- Batteries upgraded to Sargo II
- Armament
- 10 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
- (six forward, four aft)
- all guns removed
Sister ships
- ARA Santa Fe (S-21)
- USS Apogon
- USS Archerfish (SS-311)
- USS Aspro (SS-309)
- USS Atule
- USS Balao
- USS Bang
- USS Barbel (SS-316)
- USS Barbero
- USS Batfish (SS-310)
- USS Baya
- USS Becuna
- USS Bergall (SS-320)
- USS Besugo
- USS Billfish (SS-286)
- USS Blackfin
- USS Blanquillo (SS-323)
- USS Blenny
- USS Blower
- USS Blueback (SS-326)
- USS Boarfish
- USS Bowfin
- USS Brill
- USS Bugara
Sources
- Facts harvested from USS Picuda on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: USN photo courtesy of ussubvetsofwwii.org. — https://www.navsource.net/archives/08/08382.htm — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons