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Carite 1969

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Carite (ex-Tilefish)	S11		Mare Island N Yd, Vallejo, USA	3.1943	25.10.1943	28.12.1943 // 4.5.1960	discarded 1.1977
Tiburón (ex-Cubera)	S12, 1977- S21		Electric Boat, Groton, USA	5.1944	17.6.1945	19.12.1945 // 5.1.1972	discarded 1979

Technical data

Data variant	S11	S12
Displacement standard, t
Displacement normal, t	1830 / 2440	1870 / 2440
Length, m	95.0	93.6
Breadth, m	8.31	8.20
Draught, m	5.20	5.20
No of shafts	2	2
Machinery	4 Fairbanks-Morse 38D81/8  diesel-generators, 4 electric motors	4 General Motors diesel-generators, 4 electric motors
Power, h. p.	4610 / 2700	4610 / 5400
Max speed, kts	20 / 10 (6.5 with snorkel)	18 / 16 (9 with snorkel)
Fuel, t	diesel oil 378 - 472	diesel oil 300
Endurance, nm(kts)	11000 (10) / 96 (2)	11000 (10) / 96 (2)
Armament	10 - 533 TT (24 torpedoes or 40 mines, 6 bow, 4 stern)	10 - 533 TT (24 torpedoes or 40 mines, 6 bow, 4 stern)
Electronic equipment	SS-2 radar, BQR-2, BQS-2, JT or SQR-3 sonars	SS, ST, SV radars, BQR-2, BQS-2, JT or SQR-3 sonars, APR-1 ECM suite
Complement	82	80
Diving depth operational, m	120	120

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Project history

Former USN Balao class submarine modified in 1960 under Fleet Snorkel design (Carite)  and GUPPY II modernization (Tiburón).

Modernizations

1962, Cairte: fin was rebuilt.

Naval service

No significant events.