SS-580 USS Barbel

Namesake. barbel, a cyprinoid fish, commonly called a minnow or carp
Ordered. 24 Aug 1955
Builder. Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, ME
Laid down. 18 May 1956
Launched. 19 Jul 1958
Commissioned. 17 Jan 1959
Decommissioned. 4 Dec 1989
Stricken . 17 Jan 1990
Fate. Sunk as a target 30 Jan 2001
Class and type. Barbel-class diesel-electric attack submarine
Displacement:
1,744 tons (1,778 t) light
2,146 tons (2,180 t) full
2,637 tons (2,679 t) submerged
402 tons (408 t) dead
Length. 219 ft 6 in (66.90 m) overall
Beam. 29 ft (8.8 m)
Draft. 5 ft (7.6 m) max
Propulsion:
3 × Fairbanks-Morse diesel engines, total 3,150 bhp (2.3 MW)
2 × General Electric electric motors, total 4,800 bhp (3.6 MW)
Speed. 12 knots (22 km/h) surfaced; 25 knots (46 km/h) submerged
Endurance. 30 minutes at full speed; 102 hours at 3 knots
Test depth. 712 ft (217 m) operating; 1,050 ft (320 m) collapse
Complement. 10 officers, 69 men
Armament. 6 × 21 inch (533 mm) bow torpedo tubes, 18 torpedoes