USS Wahoo (SS-565)
USS Wahoo circa 1955. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | Wahoo |
| Namesake | The Wahoo fish |
| Builder | Portsmouth Naval Shipyard |
| Laid down | 24 October 1949 |
| Launched | 16 October 1951 |
| Commissioned | 30 May 1952 |
| Decommissioned | 27 June 1980 |
| Stricken | 15 July 1983 |
| Identification | SS-565 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap in 1984 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Tang-class submarine Attack submarine |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 269 ft 2 in (82.04 m) |
| Beam | 27 ft 2 in (8.28 m) |
| Draft | 17 ft (5.2 m) |
| Speed | 15.5 knots (17.8 mph; 28.7 km/h) surfaced, 18.3 knots (21.1 mph; 33.9 km/h) submerged |
| Complement | 83 officers and men |
| Armament | 8 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (6 forward, 2 aft) |
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USS Wahoo (SS-565), a Tang-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the wahoo, a fast-moving predatory sportfish found in oceans worldwide.