USS Barbel (SS-580)
Launching of Barbel on 19 July 1958 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Barbel |
| Ordered | 24 August 1955 |
| Builder | Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine |
| Laid down | 18 May 1956 |
| Launched | 19 July 1958 |
| Commissioned | 17 January 1959 |
| Decommissioned | 4 December 1989 |
| Stricken | 17 January 1990 |
| Fate | Sunk as a target 30 January 2001 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Barbel-class diesel-electric submarine |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 219 ft 6 in (66.90 m) overall |
| Beam | 29 ft (8.8 m) |
| Draft | 25 ft (7.6 m) max |
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| Complement | 10 officers, 69 men |
| Armament | 6 × 21 inch (533 mm) bow torpedo tubes, 18 torpedoes |
USS Barbel (SS-580) was the lead ship of her class of submarines in the United States Navy. She was the second Navy ship named for the barbel, a cyprinoid fish, commonly called a minnow or carp.
The contract to build Barbel was awarded to Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine on 24 August 1955 and her keel was laid down on 18 May 1956. She was launched on 19 July 1958 sponsored by Mrs. Bernard L. Austin, and commissioned on 17 January 1959, with Lieutenant Commander Ord Kimzey, Jr., in command.