Pacocha 1980
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
Pacocha (ex-Atule) | 48 | Portsmouth N Yd, USA | 2.12.1943 | 6.3.1944 | 21.6.1944 // 31.7.1974 | collision 26.8.1988 | |
Pabelon da Pica (ex-Sea Poacher), 7.1974- La Pedrera | 49 | Portsmouth N Yd | 23.2.1944 | 20.5.1944 | 31.7.1944 // 1.7.1974 | deleted 1995 |
Displacement standard, t |
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Displacement normal, t |
1830 / 2440 |
Length, m |
93.6 |
Breadth, m |
8.23 |
Draught, m |
5.18 |
No of shafts |
2 |
Machinery |
4 Fairbanks-Morse 38D81/8 diesel-generators / 4 electric motors |
Power, h. p. |
4610 / 5400 |
Max speed, kts |
17 / 15 |
Fuel, t |
diesel oil 330 |
Endurance, nm(kts) | 10000 (10) / 96 (2) |
Armament |
10 - 533 TT (24 torpedoes or 40 mines, 6 bow, 4 stern) |
Electronic equipment |
SS-2A radar, BQR-2B, BQS-4 sonars, BLR-1 ECM suite |
Complement |
82 |
Diving depth operational, m |
120 |
Project history: Former USN Balao GUPPY IA submarines.
Modernizations: 1980s, both: + ECM suite
Naval service: Pacocha collided 26.8.1988 in surfaced condition with Japanese fishing boat off Callao and sunk. She was salvaged in 1989 but never commissioned again.
© Ivan Gogin, 2018