USS Paddle
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Paddle (SS-263) |
| Namesake | Paddlefish |
| Builder | Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut |
| Laid down | 1 May 1942 |
| Launched | 30 December 1942 |
| Commissioned | 29 March 1943 |
| Decommissioned | 1 February 1946 |
| Recommissioned | 31 August 1956 |
| Decommissioned | 18 January 1957 |
| Stricken | 30 June 1968 |
| Fate | Transferred to Brazil unmodified, 18 January 1957 |
| History | |
| Brazil | |
| Name | Riachuelo (S–15) |
| Acquired | 18 January 1957 |
| Stricken | March 1968 |
| Fate | Sunk as a target around 30 June 1968 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Gato-class diesel-electric submarine |
| Displacement | 1,525 tons (1,549 t) surfaced, 2,424 tons (2,460 t) submerged |
| Length | 311 ft 9 in (95.02 m) |
| Beam | 27 ft 3 in (8.31 m) |
| Draft | 17 ft 0 in (5.18 m) maximum |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 21 kn (39 km/h) surfaced, 9 kn (17 km/h) submerged |
| Range | 11,000 nm @ 10 kn (20,000 km @ 19 km/h) surfaced |
| Endurance | 48 hours @ 2 kn (3.7 km/h) submerged, 75 days on patrol |
| Test depth | 300 ft (90 m) |
| Complement | 6 officers, 54 enlisted |
| Armament |
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USS Paddle (SS-263), a Gato-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the paddlefish.