SS-483 Sea Leopard

Country:  United States

Class, [Type]: Tench, [SS].

Builder: Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, New Hampshire, U.S.A.

Launch date: 02 March 1945.

Commission date: 11 June 1945.

Decommission date: 27 March 1973.

Displacement ( tons ): 1870 standard, 2420 dived.

Dimensions ( metres ): 93,7 x 8,3 x 5.5

Main machinery: 2 x Fairbanks-Morse 38D-1/8 diesels (4.800 hp), 2 x Elliot electric motors (5.400 hp).

Speed ( knots ): 18 surfaced, 15 dived.

Range ( miles ): 12.000 at 10 knots surfaced.

Complement: 82.

Torpedoes: 10 x 533mm torpedo tubes ( 6 bow, 4 stern ).

Comment: Sold to Brazil, transferred 27th March 1973. Renamed S12 Bahia.