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U.S.S. BARRACUDA

(SS-163)


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SS-163 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
OCT1921-Keel Date: 20 OCT 1921
at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Kittery ME
JUL1924-Launch Date: 17 JUL 1924
SEP1940-Commissioned: 5 SEP 1940
MAR1945-Decommissioned: 3 MAR 1945

SS-163 General Specifications

Class: Barracuda-class composite drive submarine

Complement: 7 Officers and 80 Enlisted

Displacement: 2119 tons

Length: 341 feet 6 inches

Beam: 27 feet 6 inches

Draft: 15 feet 2 in

Range: 6 000 nautical miles

Final Disposition: Sold for breaking up 16 November 1945