USS Parche (SS-384)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Parche.
The first USS Parche (SS-384/AGSS-384) was a United States Navy submarine. She bore the name (pronounced with two equal syllables: /ˌpɑːrˈtʃeɪ/) of a butterfly fish, Chaetodon capistratus. Parche was a Balao-class submarine that operated in World War II.
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USS Parche in 1946 | |
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United States | |
Builder | Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine[1] |
Laid down | 9 April 1943[1] |
Launched | 24 July 1943[1] |
Commissioned | 20 November 1943[1] |
Decommissioned | 11 December 1946[1] |
Stricken | 8 November 1969[1] |
Fate | Sold for scrap, 18 June 1970[1] |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Balao class diesel-electric submarine[2] |
Displacement | |
Length | 311 ft 6 in (94.95 m)[2] |
Beam | 27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)[2] |
Draft | 16 ft 10 in (5.13 m) maximum[2] |
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Speed | |
Range | 11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km) surfaced at 10 knots (19 km/h)[6] |
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Test depth | 400 ft (120 m)[6] |
Complement | 10 officers, 70–71 enlisted[6] |
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