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SS 580 Barbel Class
Displacement: Surface 2,140 t., Submerged: 2,639 t
Dimensions: Length 218' 1"; Beam 29'; Draft 29' 3";
Armament: six 21" torpedo tubes (bow), 18 torpedo capacity
including 6 loaded
Propulsion: Surface Propulsion 3 Fairbanks-Morse 38d(8 1/8)x10
diesel engines, 52 Submerged Propulsion (Battery) 2 General
Electric motors, Surfaced 15 kts, Submerged (snorkel) 12 kts,
(battery) 21 kts. 1 propeller, Cruising Distance: 19,000 miles
without refueling,
Description: The Barbel class submarines were the US Navy's
last class of diesel electric submarines. Featuring the tear
drop hull form tested by the Albacore they served through
unitl the end of the Cold War. The Barbel was finall sunk
as a target, 30 January 2001.
Units:
| Name |
Commisioned |
Decommisioned |
Home Port |
| SS 580 Barbel |
17 January 1959 |
4 December 1989 |
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| SS 581 Blueback |
15 October 1959 |
1 April 1990 |
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| SS 582 Bonefish |
9 July 1959 |
28 September 1988
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