Piranha
| Country | United States |
| Ship Class | Balao-class Submarine |
| Hull Number | SS-389 |
| Builder | Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine, United States |
| Laid Down | 21 Jun 1943 |
| Launched | 27 Oct 1943 |
| Commissioned | 5 Feb 1944 |
| Decommissioned | 31 May 1946 |
| Displacement | 1,526 tons standard; 2,391 tons submerged |
| Length | 312 feet |
| Beam | 27 feet |
| Draft | 15 feet |
| Machinery | Four Fairbanks Morse diesel engines, four Elliot Motor Co. electric motors |
| Bunkerage | 116,000 gallons, two 126-cell main storage batteries |
| Power Output | 5,400 shaft horsepower |
| Speed | 20 knots |
| Range | 11,000 miles at 10 knots |
| Crew | 66 |
| Armament | 10x21" torpedo tubes with 24 torpedos, 1x5" deck gun, 1x40mm, 1x20mm, 2x0.50 caliber machine guns |
| Submerged Speed | 8.75 knots |
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| 5 Feb 1944 | Piranha was commissioned into service. |
| 31 May 1946 | Piranha was decommissioned from service. |
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