SS-581 USS Blueback

Namesake. Blueback, rainbow or steelhead trout
Awarded. 29 June 1956
Builder. Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, MS
Laid down. 15 Apr 1957
Launched. 16 May 1959
Commissioned. 15 Oct 1959
Decommissioned. 1 Oct 1990
Stricken . 30 Oct 1990
Status. Donated to the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry
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