USS Trumpetfish
Service
- as USS Trumpetfish (SS-425)29 January 1946 — 15 October 1973
- as Goias (S-15)15 October 1973 — 16 April 1990
- Name
- USS Trumpetfish
- Builder
- Cramp Shipbuilding Company, Philadelphia
- Laid down
- 23 August 1943
- Launched
- 13 May 1945
- Commissioned
- 29 January 1946
- Decommissioned
- 15 October 1973
- Struck
- 15 October 1973
- Fate
- Transferred to Brazil, 15 October 1973 (1973)
- Status
- Unknown
Specifications — As completed
- 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
- 11,000 nmi (20,372 km)
- Complement
- 10
- Main gun
- 127 mm (5 in)
USS Trumpetfish was a Balao-class submarine diesel-electric submarine, operated by the United States Navy. Cramp Shipbuilding Company, Philadelphia laid her keel on 23 August 1943. She entered service on 29 January 1946, having been launched on 13 May 1945.
111 ships of the class were built. The class followed the Gato-class submarine and was succeeded by the Tench-class submarine.
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 Trumpetfish (SS-425) until 15 October 1973. She then passed to the Brazilian Navy, serving as Goias (S-15) from 15 October 1973. She was decommissioned on 15 October 1973. She was struck from the register on 15 October 1973.
She was transferred on 15 October 1973.
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 3 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.
As completed
- Propulsion
- 4 × Fairbanks-Morse Model 38D8-⅛ 10-cylinder opposed piston diesel engines driving electrical generators
- 2 × 126-cell Sargo batteries
- 2 × low-speed direct-drive Elliott electric motors
- 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 II
- Length
- 93.57 m (307 ft)
- Beam
- 8.23 m (27 ft)
- Draught
- 5.18 m (17 ft)
- Speed
- 18 knots (33.3 km/h, 20.7 mph)
- Range
- 15,000 nmi (27,780 km)
- Complement
- 9
- Propulsion
- Snorkel added
- Batteries upgraded to GUPPY type, capacity expanded to 504 cells (1 × 184 cell, 1 × 68 cell, and 2 × 126 cell batteries)
- Armament
- 10 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
- (six forward, four aft)
- all guns removed
Guppy III
- Length
- 97.84 m (321 ft)
- Beam
- 8.23 m (27 ft)
- Draught
- 5.18 m (17 ft)
- Speed
- 17.2 knots (31.9 km/h, 19.8 mph)
- Range
- 15,900 nmi (29,447 km)
- Complement
- 8
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 Trumpetfish on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Unknown author — Unknown source — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons