USS Lamprey

Lamprey, immediately after launching.
History
United States
NameUSS Lamprey (SS-372)
BuilderManitowoc Shipbuilding Company, Manitowoc, Wisconsin
Laid down22 February 1944
Launched18 June 1944
Commissioned17 November 1944
Decommissioned3 June 1946
Recommissioned1960
Decommissioned21 August 1960
Stricken1 September 1971
FateTransferred to Argentina, 21 August 1960
ARA Santiago del Estero (S-12), ex-Lamprey (SS-372) at anchor at Mar del Plata naval base
Argentina
NameARA Santiago del Estero (S-12)
Acquired21 July 1960
Commissioned3 November 1960
Decommissioned1971
FateBroken up 1974 for use as spare parts
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

USS Lamprey (SS-372), a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the lamprey, any of certain eel-like aquatic vertebrates.

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