USS Sea Leopard

USS Sea Leopard was a Tench-class diesel-electric submarine built for the United States Navy. Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine laid her keel on 7 November 1944. Launched on 2 March 1945, she entered service on 11 June 1945.

She was one of 24 ships of her class. The class followed the Balao-class submarine and was succeeded by the Barracuda class.

The boat displaced 1,570 long tons surfaced and 2,414 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 81. Her main battery was of 127 mm (5 in) calibre.

She served with the United States Navy as USS Sea Leopard (SS-483) until 27 March 1973. She then passed to the Brazilian Navy, serving as Bahia (S-12) from 27 March 1973. She was in commission for 83 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 27 March 1973. She was struck from the register on 27 March 1973.

She was broken up for scrap in 1998.

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