BAP Pacocha (SS-48)
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BAP Pacocha (SS-48) was a submarine of the Marina de Guerra del Perú (Peruvian Navy) named for the 1877 Battle of Pacocha, in which the Peruvian ironclad Huascar clashed with the Royal Navy. Formerly USS Atule (SS-403), a Balao-class submarine with a GUPPY IA upgrade, she had been sold to Peru and commissioned on 28 May 1974. She was rammed and sunk by a fishing trawler on 26 August 1988.
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Name | Pacocha |
Laid down | 2 December 1943[1] |
Launched | 6 March 1944[1] |
Acquired | 31 July 1974, from the United States Navy |
Commissioned | 28 May 1974 |
Identification | SS-48 |
Fate | Rammed and sunk by a fishing trawler, 26 August 1988 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Balao-class submarine |
Displacement | |
Length | 307 ft 7 in (93.75 m)[3] |
Beam | 27 ft 4 in (8.33 m)[3] |
Draft | 17 ft (5.2 m)[3] |
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Range | 17,000 nm (28,000 km) surfaced at 11 knots (20 km/h)[3] |
Endurance | 36 hours at 3 knots (5.6 km/h) submerged[3] |
Test depth | 400 ft (120 m) |
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