USS Jallao

USS Jallao (SS-368), after Guppy IIA conversion underway, mid 1950s.
History
United States
NameUSS Jallao
BuilderManitowoc Shipbuilding Company, Manitowoc, Wisconsin
Laid down29 September 1943
Launched12 March 1944
Commissioned8 July 1944
Decommissioned30 September 1946
Recommissioned4 December 1953
Decommissioned26 June 1974
Stricken26 June 1974
IdentificationSS-368
FateTransferred to Spain, 26 June 1974
Spain
NameNarciso Monturiol
Acquired26 June 1974
Decommissioned12 December 1984
IdentificationS-35
FateScuttled off Cartagena, Spain, 1985
General characteristics
Class & typeBalao-class diesel-electric submarine
Displacement
  • 1,526 tons (1,550 t) surfaced
  • 2,424 tons (2,463 t) submerged
Length311 ft 9 in (95.02 m)
Beam27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)
Draft16 ft 10 in (5.13 m) maximum
Propulsion
Speed
  • 20.25 knots (38 km/h) surfaced
  • 8.75 knots (16 km/h) submerged
Range11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km) surfaced at 10 knots (19 km/h)
Endurance
  • 48 hours at 2 knots (3.7 km/h) submerged
  • 75 days on patrol
Test depth400 ft (120 m)
Complement10 officers, 70–71 enlisted
Armament
General characteristics (Guppy IIA)
Class & typenone
Displacement
  • 1,848 tons (1,878 t) surfaced
  • 2,440 tons (2,479 t) submerged
Length307 ft (93.6 m)
Beam27 ft 4 in (8.3 m)
Draft17 ft (5.2 m)
Propulsion
  • Snorkel added
  • One diesel engine and generator removed
  • Batteries upgraded to Sargo II
Speed
  • Surfaced:
  • 17.0 knots (31.5 km/h) maximum
  • 13.5 knots (25.0 km/h) cruising
  • Submerged:
  • 14.1 knots (26.1 km/h) for ½ hour
  • 8.0 knots (14.8 km/h) snorkeling
  • 3.0 knots (5.6 km/h) cruising
Armament

USS Jallao (SS-368), a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the jallao, a pearl-white haemulonid food fish of the Gulf of Mexico.