USS Toro

USS Toro (SS-422)
History
United States
BuilderPortsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine
Laid down27 May 1944
Launched23 August 1944
Commissioned8 December 1944
Decommissioned2 February 1946
Recommissioned13 May 1947
Decommissioned11 March 1963
Stricken1 April 1963
FateSold for scrap, April 1965
General characteristics
Class & typeTench-class diesel-electric submarine
Displacement
  • 1,570 tons (1,595 t) surfaced
  • 2,414 tons (2,453 t) submerged
Length311 ft 8 in (95.00 m)
Beam27 ft 4 in (8.33 m)
Draft17 ft (5.2 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, 71 enlisted
Armament

USS Toro (SS-422), a Tench-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the toro, a name applied to various fish including the cowfish, the catalufa, and the cavallo.