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HAI SHIH submarines (1945-1946/1973)


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Hai Pao 2004

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
海獅 [Hai Shih] (ex-Cutlass) S91, 1983- 791   Portsmouth N Yd, USA 7.1944 5.11.1944 3.1945 // 12.4.1973 in service (2019)
海豹 [Hai Pao] (ex-Tusk) S92, 1983- 792   Cramp, Philadelphia, USA 8.1943 8.7.1945 4.1946 // 18.10.1973 in service (2019)


Technical data


Displacement standard, t 
Displacement normal, t

1870 / 2440

Length, m

93.6

Breadth, m

8.30

Draught, m

5.20

No of shafts

2

Machinery

4 Fairbanks-Morse diesel-generators / 4 electric motors

Power, h. p.

4610 / 5400

Max speed, kts

18 / 15 (9 with snorkel)

Fuel, t

diesel oil 378 - 472

Endurance, nm(kts)10000 (10) / 96 (2)
Armament

10 - 533 TT (22 torpedoes, 6 bow, 4 stern)

Electronic equipmentSS-2 radar, BQR-2B, BQS-4C, DUUG-1B sonars, WLR-1, WLR-3 ECM suites
Complement

81

Diving depth operational, m

S92: 120

S91: 135



Standard scale images


<i>Hai Shih </i>1980
Hai Shih 1980


Graphics


<i>Hai Pao </i>2004
Hai Pao 2004


Project history

Formerly USN Tench class submarines. Both converted to GUPPY II configuration in 1948 with increased battery capacity, a streamlined fin and bow and improved sonar. The US intended that they should only be capable of being used for ASW training, so the TT were sealed up before they were transferred. They were returned to operational status, however, with modern Italian torpedoes supplied in 1976. They were scheduled for replacement by Dutch built boats, but the problems with that programme has meant that they have remained in service, despite being obsolete.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.

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