USS Scabbardfish

History
United States
Name	USS Scabbardfish
Namesake	Scabbarddfish
Nickname(s)	"Scabby"
Builder	Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine
Laid down	27 September 1943
Launched	27 January 1944
Sponsored by	Ensign Nancy J. Schetky, USNR
Commissioned	29 April 1944
Decommissioned	12 May 1948
Recommissioned	31 January 1951
Decommissioned	27 November 1953
Recommissioned	24 October 1964
Decommissioned	26 February 1965
Identification	SS-397
Fate	Transferred to Greece 26 February 1965; Stricken 31 January 1976; Sold to Greece 31 January 1976 or April 1976;
Greece
Name	Triaina
Acquired	26 February 1965
Decommissioned	12 January 1979
Stricken	1980
Identification	S86
Status	Extant 1982
General characteristics
Class & type	Balao-class diesel-electric submarine
Displacement	1,526 tons (1,550 t) surfaced; 2,391 tons (2,429 t) submerged;
Length	311 ft 6 in (94.95 m)
Beam	27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)
Draft	16 ft 10 in (5.13 m) maximum
Propulsion	4 × Fairbanks-Morse Model 38D8-⅛ 10-cylinder opposed piston diesel engines driving electrical generators; 2 × 126-cell Sargo batteries; 4 × high-speed Elliott electric motors with reduction gears; two propellers ; 5,400 shp (4.0 MW) surfaced; 2,740 shp (2.0 MW) submerged;
Speed	20.25 kn (37.50 km/h; 23.30 mph) surfaced; 8.75 kn (16.21 km/h; 10.07 mph) submerged;
Range	11,000 nmi (20,000 km; 13,000 mi) surfaced at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) (19 km/h)
Endurance	48 hours at 2 kn (3.7 km/h; 2.3 mph) submerged; 75 days on patrol;
Test depth	400 ft (120 m)
Complement	10 officers, 70–71 enlisted
Armament	10 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes; 6 forward, 4 aft; 24 torpedoes; 1 × 5-inch (127 mm) / 25 caliber deck gun; Bofors 40 mm and Oerlikon 20 mm cannon;

USS Scabbardfish (SS-397), a Balao-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the scabbarddfish, a long, compressed, silver-colored fish found on European coasts and around New Zealand. In 1965 she was transferred to the Hellenic Navy and renamed Triaina.

History

United States
Name	USS Scabbardfish
Namesake	Scabbarddfish
Nickname(s)	"Scabby"
Builder	Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine
Laid down	27 September 1943
Launched	27 January 1944
Sponsored by	Ensign Nancy J. Schetky, USNR
Commissioned	29 April 1944
Decommissioned	12 May 1948
Recommissioned	31 January 1951
Decommissioned	27 November 1953
Recommissioned	24 October 1964
Decommissioned	26 February 1965
Identification	SS-397
Fate	Transferred to Greece 26 February 1965 Stricken 31 January 1976 Sold to Greece 31 January 1976 or April 1976
Greece
Name	Triaina
Acquired	26 February 1965
Decommissioned	12 January 1979
Stricken	1980
Identification	S86
Status	Extant 1982
General characteristics
Class & type	Balao-class diesel-electric submarine
Displacement	1,526 tons (1,550 t) surfaced 2,391 tons (2,429 t) submerged
Length	311 ft 6 in (94.95 m)
Beam	27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)
Draft	16 ft 10 in (5.13 m) maximum
Propulsion	4 × Fairbanks-Morse Model 38D8-⅛ 10-cylinder opposed piston diesel engines driving electrical generators 2 × 126-cell Sargo batteries 4 × high-speed Elliott electric motors with reduction gears two propellers 5,400 shp (4.0 MW) surfaced 2,740 shp (2.0 MW) submerged
Speed	20.25 kn (37.50 km/h; 23.30 mph) surfaced 8.75 kn (16.21 km/h; 10.07 mph) submerged
Range	11,000 nmi (20,000 km; 13,000 mi) surfaced at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) (19 km/h)
Endurance	48 hours at 2 kn (3.7 km/h; 2.3 mph) submerged 75 days on patrol
Test depth	400 ft (120 m)
Complement	10 officers, 70–71 enlisted
Armament	10 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes 6 forward, 4 aft 24 torpedoes 1 × 5-inch (127 mm) / 25 caliber deck gun Bofors 40 mm and Oerlikon 20 mm cannon