Plaice
Country | United States |
Ship Class | Balao-class Submarine |
Hull Number | SS-390 |
Builder | Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine, United States |
Laid Down | 14 Jul 1943 |
Launched | 15 Nov 1943 |
Commissioned | 12 Feb 1944 |
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 |
Transferred to Brazil | 1972 |
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Plaice Operational Timeline
14 Jul 1943 | The keel of submarine Plaice was laid down. |
12 Feb 1944 | Plaice was commissioned into service. |
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