USS Picuda (SS-382)

History
United States
Name:	USS Picuda (SS-382)
Builder:	Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine
Laid down:	15 March 1943
Launched:	12 July 1943
Commissioned:	16 October 1943
Decommissioned:	25 September 1946
Recommissioned:	19 June 1953
Decommissioned:	1 October 1972
Struck:	1 November 1974
Fate:	Transferred to Spain, 1 October 1972
Spain
Name:	Narciso Monturiol (S-33)
Acquired:	1 October 1972
Struck:	30 April 1977
General characteristics (World War II)
Class and type:	Balao-class diesel-electric submarine
Displacement:	1,526 tons (1,550 t) surfaced 2,391 tons (2,429 t) submerged
Length:	311 ft 6 in (94.95 m)
Beam:	27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)
Draft:	16 ft 10 in (5.13 m) maximum
Propulsion:	4 × Fairbanks-Morse Model 38D8-⅛ 10-cylinder opposed piston diesel engines driving electrical generators 2 × 126-cell Sargo batteries 4 × high-speed Elliott electric motors with reduction gears two propellers 5,400 shp (4.0 MW) surfaced 2,740 shp (2.0 MW) submerged
Speed:	20.25 knots (37 km/h) surfaced 8.75 knots (16 km/h) submerged
Range:	11,000 nm (20,000 km) surfaced at 10 knots (19 km/h)
Endurance:	48 hours at 2 knots (4 km/h) submerged 75 days on patrol
Test depth:	400 ft (120 m)
Complement:	10 officers, 70–71 enlisted
Armament:	10 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes 6 forward, 4 aft 24 torpedoes 1 × 5-inch (127 mm) / 25 caliber deck gun Bofors 40 mm and Oerlikon 20 mm cannon
General characteristics (Guppy IIA)
Class and type:	none
Displacement:	1,848 tons (1,878 t) surfaced 2,440 tons (2,479 t) submerged
Length:	307 ft (94 m)
Beam:	27 ft 4 in (8.33 m)
Draft:	17 ft (5.2 m)
Propulsion:	Snorkel added One diesel engine and generator removed Batteries upgraded to Sargo II
Speed:	Surfaced: 17.0 knots (31.5 km/h) maximum 13.5 knots (25.0 km/h) cruising Submerged: 14.1 knots (26.1 km/h) for ½ hour 8.0 knots (14.8 km/h) snorkeling 3.0 knots (5.6 km/h) cruising
Armament:	10 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes  (six forward, four aft) all guns removed

USS Picuda (SS-382), a Balao-class submarine, was originally named Obispo, making her the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the obispo, a spotted sting ray.

Her keel was laid down by the Portsmouth Navy Yard in Kittery, Maine, on 15 March 1943. She was launched on 12 July 1943 sponsored by Mrs. Robert H. English. On 24 September 1942, SS-382 was renamed, making her the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the picuda, a great barracuda, up to seven feet long, of the Caribbean Sea and the tropical western Atlantic Ocean, known for its ferocious voracity. She was commissioned on 16 October 1943 with Lieutenant Commander Albert Raborn in command.

Picuda remained in the Portsmouth Navy Yard to complete fitting out until 18 November when she commenced underway trials. Torpedo tube trials were completed off Newport, Rhode Island on 14 December through 16 December, and she shifted to the submarine base at New London, Connecticut for final training exercises. She put to sea from New London 1 January 1944, reported for duty with the Pacific Fleet at Balboa, Canal Zone on 13 January, arrived at Pearl Harbor on 27 January, and joined the Pacific Fleet Submarine Force as a unit of Submarine Division 201, Submarine Squadron 20.

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