USS Plaice

	Plaice is waterborne at Portsmouth Navy Yard, following her launching on 15 November 1943.
History
United States
Name	USS Plaice (SS-390)
Builder	Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine
Laid down	28 June 1943
Launched	15 November 1943
Commissioned	12 February 1944
Decommissioned	November 1947
Recommissioned	18 May 1963
Decommissioned	7 September 1963
Stricken	1 April 1973
Fate	Transferred to Brazil, 7 September 1963
History
Brazil
Name	Bahia (S-12)
Acquired	7 September 1963
Decommissioned	19 January 1973
Fate	Scrapped 1973
General characteristics
Class & type	Balao-class diesel-electric submarine
Displacement	1,526 long tons (1,550 t) surfaced; 2,391 long tons (2,429 t) submerged;
Length	311 ft 6 in (94.95 m)
Beam	27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)
Draft	16 ft 10 in (5.13 m) maximum
Propulsion	4 × Fairbanks-Morse Model 38D8-⅛ 10-cylinder opposed piston diesel engines driving electrical generators; 2 × 126-cell Sargo batteries; 4 × high-speed Elliott electric motors with reduction gears; two propellers ; 5,400 shp (4.0 MW) surfaced; 2,740 shp (2.0 MW) submerged;
Speed	20.25 knots (38 km/h) surfaced; 8.75 knots (16 km/h) submerged;
Range	11,000 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 depth	400 ft (120 m)
Complement	10 officers, 70–71 enlisted
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;

USS Plaice (SS-390), a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the plaice, one of the various American flatfish; summer flounder. She participated in the Pacific War campaign of World War II, receiving six battle stars for her service. The United States later transferred her to Brazil in a joint cooperation program.