| Career (US) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Macabi (SS-375) |
| Builder: | Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company, Manitowoc, Wisconsin[1] |
| Laid down: | 1 May 1944[1] |
| Launched: | 19 September 1944[1] |
| Commissioned: | 29 March 1945[1] |
| Decommissioned: | 16 June 1946[1] |
| Recommissioned: | 6 May 1960[1] |
| Decommissioned: | 11 August 1960[1] |
| Struck: | 1 September 1971[2] |
| Fate: | Transferred to Argentina, 11 August 1960,[2] sold to Argentina, 1 September 1971[1] |
ARA Santa Fe, former USS Macabi (SS-375) on trials after having been transferred to Argentina |
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| Career (Argentina) | |
| Name: | ARA Santa Fe (S-11) |
| Acquired: | 11 August 1960 |
| Commissioned: | 3 November 1960 [3] |
| Out of service: | 1971 |
| Fate: | Broken up for use as spare parts |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Balao class diesel-electric submarine[2] |
| Displacement: | 1,526 tons (1,550 t) surfaced[2] 2,424 tons (2,463 t) submerged[2] |
| Length: | 311 ft 9 in (95.02 m)[2] |
| Beam: | 27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)[2] |
| Draft: | 16 ft 10 in (5.13 m) maximum[2] |
| Propulsion: |
4 × General Motors Model 16-278A V16 diesel engines driving electrical generators[2][4] |
| Speed: | 20.25 knots (38 km/h) surfaced[5] 8.75 knots (16 km/h) submerged[5] |
| Range: | 11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km) surfaced at 10 knots (19 km/h)[5] |
| Endurance: | 48 hours at 2 knots (3.7 km/h) submerged[5] 75 days on patrol |
| Test depth: | 400 ft (120 m)[5] |
| Complement: | 10 officers, 70–71 enlisted[5] |
| Armament: | 10 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (six forward, four aft) 24 torpedoes [5] 1 × 5-inch (127 mm) / 25 caliber deck gun [5] Bofors 40 mm and Oerlikon 20 mm cannon |
USS Macabi (SS-375) was a Balao-class submarine of the United States Navy, named for the macabi, a fish (Albula vulpes) living in tropical seas and off the American coasts as far north as San Diego and Long Island and reaching a length of 3 feet (1 m).
Macabi was laid down 1 May 1944 by Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co., Manitowoc, Wisc.; launched 19 September 1944, sponsored by Mrs. Arthur S. Carpender, wife of Rear Admiral Carpender; and commissioned 29 March 1945, Commander Anthony H. Dropp in command.
Following trials on Lake Michigan, Macabi, on 19 April, entered a floating drydock at Lockport, Ill., to transit the Chicago Canal to the Mississippi River, and arrived New Orleans 26 April. Three days later she left for shakedown operations off Panama.
On 3 June Macabi departed Balboa, Canal Zone, for final training at Pearl Harbor before departing 9 July for the Caroline Islands via Guam, Marianas. She went on lifeguard station off Truk on arriving 21 July. Some 10 days later Macabi was forced to dive to avoid two aerial bombs off Moen Island.
She returned to Apra Harbor, Guam, for repairs 4 August through 13 August; and was on her way back to Truk when hostilities with Japan were terminated. Macabi was then ordered home, touching Pearl Harbor 27 August to 29 August on the way. Arriving San Francisco 5 September, she entered Mare Island Navy Yard 12 December for inactivation overhaul and decommissioned 16 June 1946.
On 1 April 1960 the US Navy and the Argentine Navy signed an agreement to transfer two submarines, Macabi and Lamprey (SS-372). Macabi was loaned to Argentina under the Military Assistance Program 11 August 1960, and renamed ARA Santa Fe (S-11), while Lamprey was renamed ARA Santiago del Estero (S-12). The commander of Santa Fe was Capitán de Corbeta Julio A. Aureggi. The submarines left San Francisco 23 September 1960, arriving at Naval Base Mar del Plata 30 November of the same year. Santa Fe was struck from the US Naval Register, and sold outright to Argentina, 1 September 1971; she was deleted and broken up by the Argentine Navy for spare parts in 1972.