USS Barracuda (SS-163)

History
United States
Builder	Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine
Laid down	20 October 1921
Launched	17 July 1924
Commissioned	1 October 1924
Decommissioned	14 May 1937
Commissioned	5 September 1940
Decommissioned	3 March 1945
Stricken	10 March 1945
Fate	Sold for breaking up, 16 November 1945
General characteristics
Class & type	V-1 (Barracuda)-class composite direct-drive diesel and diesel-electric submarine
Displacement	2,119 tons (2,153 t) surfaced; 2,506 tons (2,546 t) submerged;
Length	341 ft 6 in (104.09 m)
Beam	27 feet 6+5⁄8 inches (8.398 m)
Draft	15 ft 2 in (4.62 m)
Propulsion	(as built) 2 × Busch-Sulzer direct-drive main diesel engines, 2,250 hp (1,680 kW) each; 2 × Busch-Sulzer auxiliary diesel engines, 1,000 hp (750 kW) each, diesel-electric drive; Auxiliary engines replaced with BuEng MAN engines 1940, main engines removed 1942-43 on conversion to a cargo submarine; 2 × 60-cell Exide batteries; 2 × Elliott electric motors, 1,200 hp (890 kW) each; 2 shafts;
Speed	21 knots (39 km/h) surfaced; 9 knots (17 km/h) submerged;
Range	6,000 nautical miles (11,000 km) at 11 knots (20 km/h); 11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km) at 11 knots with fuel in main ballast tanks;
Endurance	10 hours at 5 knots (9 km/h)
Test depth	200 ft (60 m)
Complement	7 officers, 11 petty officers, 69 enlisted
Armament	6 × 21-inch (530 mm) torpedo tubes; (four forward, two aft, twelve torpedoes); 1 × 5 inch (127 mm)/51 caliber deck gun;

USS Barracuda (SF-4/SS-163), lead ship of her class and first of the "V-boats," was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the barracuda (after USS F-2).