USS Macabi

USS *Macabi* (SS-375)
History
United States
Name	USS Macabi (SS-375)
Builder	Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company, Manitowoc, Wisconsin
Laid down	1 May 1944
Launched	19 September 1944
Commissioned	29 March 1945
Decommissioned	16 June 1946
Recommissioned	6 May 1960
Decommissioned	11 August 1960
Stricken	1 September 1971
Fate	Transferred to Argentina 11 August 1960,; Sold to Argentina 1 September 1971;
	ARA Santa Fe on trials after transfer to Argentina.
Argentina
Name	ARA Santa Fe (S-11)
Acquired	11 August 1960
Commissioned	3 November 1960
Decommissioned	1971
Fate	Broken up 1974 for use as spare parts
General characteristics
Class & type	Balao-class diesel-electric submarine
Displacement	1,526 tons (1,550 t) surfaced; 2,424 tons (2,463 t) submerged;
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	4 × General Motors Model 16-278A V16 diesel engines driving electrical generators; 2 × 126-cell Sargo batteries; 4 × high-speed General Electric electric motors with reduction gears; 2 × propellers; 5,400 shp (4.0 MW) surfaced; 2,740 shp (2.0 MW) submerged;
Speed	20.25 knots (38 km/h) surfaced; 8.75 knots (16 km/h) submerged;
Range	11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km) surfaced at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Endurance	48 hours at 2 knots (3.7 km/h; 2.3 mph) 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;

USS Macabi (SS-375) was a Balao-class submarine of the United States Navy, named for the macabi, a bonefish (Albula vulpes) living in tropical seas and off the American coasts as far north as San Diego and Long Island and reaching a length of 3 feet (1 m).

History

United States
Name	USS Macabi (SS-375)
Builder	Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company, Manitowoc, Wisconsin
Laid down	1 May 1944
Launched	19 September 1944
Commissioned	29 March 1945
Decommissioned	16 June 1946
Recommissioned	6 May 1960
Decommissioned	11 August 1960
Stricken	1 September 1971
Fate	Transferred to Argentina 11 August 1960, Sold to Argentina 1 September 1971
ARA Santa Fe on trials after transfer to Argentina.
Argentina
Name	ARA Santa Fe (S-11)
Acquired	11 August 1960
Commissioned	3 November 1960
Decommissioned	1971
Fate	Broken up 1974 for use as spare parts
General characteristics
Class & type	Balao-class diesel-electric submarine
Displacement	1,526 tons (1,550 t) surfaced 2,424 tons (2,463 t) submerged
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	4 × General Motors Model 16-278A V16 diesel engines driving electrical generators 2 × 126-cell Sargo batteries 4 × high-speed General Electric electric motors with reduction gears 2 × propellers 5,400 shp (4.0 MW) surfaced 2,740 shp (2.0 MW) submerged
Speed	20.25 knots (38 km/h) surfaced 8.75 knots (16 km/h) submerged
Range	11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km) surfaced at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Endurance	48 hours at 2 knots (3.7 km/h; 2.3 mph) 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