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Jallao

USS Jallao

Survived

United States Navy

TypeSubmarine
ClassBalao
WarSecond World War
Main guns1 × 5″ gun

On her first patrol, sank the damaged cruiser Tama after Cape Engaño. Sold to Spain in 1974 as Narciso Monturiol.

USS_Jallao; https://www.navsource.net/archives/08/08368.htm Jallao (SS-368), after Guppy IIA conversion underway, mid 1950's, location unknown. Transferred to the Spanish Navy in 1975 and renamed S-35 Narciso Monturiol (not to be confused with S-33 Narciso Monturiol) USN photo courtesy of http://uss Photo: Unknown, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

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
BuilderManitowoc Shipbuilding Company, Manitowoc, Wisconsin
Laid down29 September 1943
Launched12 March 1944
Commissioned8 July 1944
Displacement1,526 tons (1,550 t) surfaced 2,424 tons (2,463 t) submerged
Length311 ft 9 in (95.02 m)
Speed20.25 knots (38 km/h) surfaced 8.75 knots (16 km/h) submerged
Complement10 officers, 70–71 enlisted

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

12 March 1944

25–26 October 1944

Sank Tama