USS Mapiro

History
United States
NameUSS Mapiro (SS-376)
BuilderManitowoc Shipbuilding Company, Manitowoc, Wisconsin
Laid down30 May 1944
Launched9 November 1944
Commissioned30 April 1945
Decommissioned16 March 1946
Recommissioned14 November 1959
Decommissioned18 March 1960
Stricken1 August 1973
FateTransferred to Turkey, 18 March 1960, sold to Turkey 1 August 1973
Turkey
NameTCG Piri Reis (S 343)
NamesakeOttoman Admiral Piri Reis
Acquired18 March 1960
Commissioned24 June 1960
Out of service1973
FateSold for scrap, 1980
General characteristics
Class & typeBalao class diesel-electric submarine
Displacement
  • 1,526 tons (1,550 t) surfaced
  • 2,424 tons (2,463 t) submerged
Length311 ft 9 in (95.02 m)
Beam27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)
Draft16 ft 10 in (5.13 m) maximum
Propulsion
Speed
  • 20.25 knots (38 km/h) surfaced
  • 8.75 knots (16 km/h) submerged
Range11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km) surfaced at 10 knots (19 km/h)
Endurance
  • 48 hours at 2 knots (3.7 km/h) submerged
  • 75 days on patrol
Test depth400 ft (120 m)
Complement10 officers, 70–71 enlisted
Armament

USS Mapiro (SS-376), a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the mapiro, a fish of the Gobioidea suborder occurring off the West Indies and the Atlantic coasts of Central America and Mexico.