BAP Abtao
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BAP Abtao (SS-42) is an Abtao-class submarine of the Peruvian Navy. The vessel which was originally named BAP Tiburón ("Shark"), was constructed by the American Electric Boat company in the United States and launched in 1953. The Abtao class were the last submarines constructed by the United States for the export market. The submarine entered service in 1954 and by presidential decree, was renamed Abtao for the battle during the Chincha Islands War.
Abtao as a museum ship in 2014 | |
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Peru | |
Name | Tiburón |
Namesake | Battle of Abtao |
Ordered | 8 December 1951 |
Builder | Electric Boat, Groton, Connecticut |
Launched | 27 October 1953 |
Commissioned | 20 February 1954 |
Decommissioned | 10 May 1999 |
Renamed | Abtao, April 1957 |
Status | Museum ship since 2004 |
General characteristics as built | |
Class and type | Abtao-class submarine |
Displacement | |
Length | 243 ft (74.1 m) (oa) |
Beam | 22 ft (6.7 m) |
Draft | 14 ft (4.3 m) |
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Range | 5,000 nmi (9,300 km; 5,800 mi) at 10 knots (snorkel) |
Endurance | 45 long tons (46 t) diesel fuel |
Complement | 40 |
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Armed with six 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes and a 5 in (127 mm)/25 caliber gun, the 243 ft (74.1 m) submarine took part in the rescue of the crew of BAP Pacocha, another submarine that had sunk following a collision. Abtao was taken out of service in 1999 and converted into a museum ship located in Lima, Peru. Abtao was the first museum ship in Latin America.