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USS Cochino
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USS Cochino (SS-345) was a Balao-class submarine in service with the United States Navy from 1945 to 1949. She sank after a battery explosion off Norway, on 26 August 1949. Cochino was named for the cochino, a triggerfish found in the Atlantic.
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![]() USS Cochino (SS-345), leaving Portsmouth, England, for the Barents Sea, c. July 1949. | |
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Name | Cochino |
Namesake | The Cuban name of triggerfish Balistes vetula |
Builder | Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut |
Laid down | 13 April 1944 |
Launched | 20 April 1945 |
Commissioned | 25 August 1945 |
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Fate | Lost at sea, 26 August 1949 |
General characteristics (As built)[1][2] | |
Class and type | Balao-class diesel-electric submarine |
Displacement | |
Length | 311 ft 9 in (95.02 m) |
Beam | 27 ft 3 in (8.31 m) |
Draft | 16 ft 10 in (5.13 m) maximum |
Propulsion |
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Speed |
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Range | 11,000 nmi (13,000 mi; 20,000 km) surfaced at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
Endurance |
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Test depth | 400 feet (120 m) |
Complement | 10 officers, 70–71 enlisted |
Armament |
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General characteristics (Guppy II)[3] | |
Displacement |
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Length | 307 ft (94 m) |
Beam | 27 ft 4 in (8.33 m) |
Draft | 17 ft (5.2 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed |
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Range | 15,000 nmi (17,000 mi; 28,000 km) surfaced at 11 kn (20 km/h; 13 mph) |
Endurance | 48 hours at 4 kn (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) submerged |
Complement |
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Sensors and processing systems |
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Armament | 10 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (six forward, four aft) |
Notes | Snorkel added |
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