USS Sea Leopard
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Sea Leopard (SS-483) |
| Builder | Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine |
| Laid down | 7 November 1944 |
| Launched | 2 March 1945 |
| Commissioned | 11 June 1945 |
| Decommissioned | 27 March 1973 |
| Stricken | 27 March 1973 |
| Fate | Transferred to Brazil, 27 March 1973 |
| Brazil | |
| Name | Bahia (S-12) |
| Acquired | 27 March 1973 |
| Out of service | 1993 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap, 1998 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Tench-class diesel-electric submarine |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 311 ft 8 in (95.00 m) |
| Beam | 27 ft 4 in (8.33 m) |
| Draft | 17 ft (5.2 m) maximum |
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| Speed |
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| Range | 11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km) surfaced at 10 knots (19 km/h) |
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| Test depth | 400 ft (120 m) |
| Complement | 10 officers, 71 enlisted |
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USS Sea Leopard (SS-483), a Tench-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the leopard seal. Her keel was laid down by the Portsmouth Navy Yard on 7 November 1944. She was launched on 2 March 1945 sponsored by Hon. Margaret Chase Smith, United States Congresswoman from Maine, and commissioned on 11 June 1945.