USS Barb (SS-220)
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Barb |
| Namesake | tiger barb |
| Builder | General Dynamics Electric Boat, Groton, Connecticut |
| Laid down | 7 June 1941 |
| Launched | 2 April 1942 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. Charles A. Dunn |
| Commissioned | 8 July 1942 |
| Decommissioned | 12 February 1947 |
| Identification | SS-220 |
| Recommissioned | 3 December 1951 |
| Decommissioned | 5 February 1954 |
| Recommissioned | 3 August 1954 |
| Decommissioned | 13 December 1954 |
| Stricken | 15 October 1972 |
| Fate | Transferred to Italy on 13 December 1954 |
| Italy | |
| Name | Enrico Tazzoli |
| Acquired | 13 December 1954 |
| Identification | S 511 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap in 1972 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Gato-class diesel-electric submarine |
| Displacement | 1,525 long tons (1,549 t) surfaced, 2,424 long tons (2,463 t) submerged |
| Length | 311 ft 9 in (95.02 m) |
| Beam | 27 ft 3 in (8.31 m) |
| Draft | 17 ft (5.2 m) maximum |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 21 kn (39 km/h) surfaced, 9 kn (17 km/h) submerged |
| Range | 11,000 nmi (20,000 km) surfaced @ 10 kn (19 km/h) |
| Endurance | 48 hours @ 2 kn (3.7 km/h) submerged, 75 days on patrol |
| Test depth | 300 ft (91 m) |
| Complement | 6 officers, 54 enlisted |
| Armament |
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USS Barb (SS-220), a Gato-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the tiger barb, a genus of ray-finned fish. She compiled one of the most outstanding records of any U.S. submarine in World War II. During her twelve war patrols, Barb is officially credited with sinking 17 enemy vessels totaling 96,628 tons, including the Japanese aircraft carrier Un'yō. In recognition of one outstanding patrol, Barb received the Presidential Unit Citation. On her twelfth and final patrol of the war, she landed a party of carefully selected crew members who blew up a train, the only ground combat operation in the Japanese (four main) home islands.