Visiting Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1972
Source Beeldbank Nationaal Archief. CC-BySa. Photographer Punt/Anefo, 28 September 1972, no.925-9170. Original url Original link
Laid down as part of the Balao-class diesel-electric submarines at the shipyard of Cramp Shipbuilding Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA on 23 August 1943, launched by Mrs. Oswald S. Colclough on 13 May 1945, commissioned on 29 January 1946, converted into a Guppy 3 in 1961. decommissioned in USN service on 15 October and transferred to the Brazilian navy where she was commissioned as the Goias (S-15) and finally stricken on 16 April 1990.
Specifications when she was completed. With a displacement of 1.550 tons/1.526 long tons (surfaced)-2.463 tons/2.424 long tons (submerged) were her dimensions 95,02 x 8,31 x 5,13 (maximum) or 311’9” x 27’3” x 16’10”. Speed 8,85 (submerged)-20,25 (surfaced) knots. Diving depth during test was 120 metres or 400 feet. Her crew numbered 90-91 men while her armament consisted of 6-21” torpedo tubes forward and 4-21” torpedo tubes aft for which she could carry 24 torpedoes with her and furthermore 1-12,7cm/5” deck gun, 1-4cm Bofors and 1-2cm Oerlikon guns. During her conversion into a Guppy III version was her length increased to 99,6 metres or 327 feet.
