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Picuda (SS-382)

Radio Call Sign: November - Juliet - Whiskey - Bravo

Balao Class Submarine: Laid down, 15 March 1943, at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Portsmouth, NH; Launched, 12 July 1943; Commissioned USS Picuda (SS-382), 16 October 1943; Decommissioned, 25 September 1946; Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, New London Group; Recommissioned, 19 June 1953, after snorkel conversion at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, NH; Decommissioned and transferred (loaned) to Spain, under terms of the Security Assistance Program, 1 October 1972; Commissioned into the Spanish Navy as Narciso Monitorial (S-33); Purchased outright by Spain, 18 November 1974; Struck from the Naval Register, 18 November 1974; Final Disposition, deleted from the Spanish fleet, 30 April 1977, name transferred to former Jallao (SS-368); fate unknown. Sold 12-31-84. Picuda received six battle stars for World War II service.
Partial data submitted by Ron Reeves, HTC, USNR (ret.)

Specifications: Displacement, Surfaced 1,526 t., Submerged 2,391 t.; Length 311' 8"; Beam 27' 3"; Draft 15' 3"; Speed, Surfaced 20.25 kts, Submerged 8.75 kts; Cruising Range, 11,000 miles surfaced at 10 kts; Submerged Endurance, 48 hours at 2 kts; Operating Depth, 400 ft; Complement 6 Officers 60 Enlisted; Armament, ten 21" torpedo tubes, six forward, four aft, 24 torpedoes, one 5"/25 deck gun, one single 40mm gun mount, one single 20mm gun mount, two .50 cal. machine guns; Patrol Endurance 75 days; Propulsion, diesel-electric reduction gear, Fairbanks Morse diesel engines, 5,400 HP, Fuel Capacity, 116,000 gal., four Elliot Motor Co. electric main motors with 2,740 shp, two 126-cell main storage batteries, two propellers.

Size	Image Description	Source
56k	Keel laying of the Picuda (SS-382) (left) and Pampanito (SS-383) (right) on 15 March 1943, Portsmouth Navy Yard, Portsmouth, NH	USN photo courtesy of Ric Hedman.
19k	Picuda (SS-382), commemorative launching card at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Portsmouth, NH. 1943.	Courtesy of Lester Palifka.
103k	Photo of the crew of the Picuda (SS-382) believed to have been taken by a subtender off Saipan in 1944. My father, the late E. L. Edwards, Jr., is depicted on the left without a shirt. He was a Motor Machinist's Mate 3d class.	Courtesy of Lee Edwards.
60k	WW II battleflag of the Picuda (SS-382).	USN photo courtesy of ussubvetsofwwii.org.
103k	Starboard bow view of the Picuda (SS-382), after entering the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard for inactivation 27 March 1946.	Text from DANFS. USN photo courtesy of ussubvetsofwwii.org.
103k	Picuda (SS-382) is cruising down the Cooper river after a yard overhaul. She was overhauled twice at the Charleston S.C. Navy yard. Once in 1958 and 1961.	USN photo courtesy of Robert Hall.
124k	Port side view of the Picuda (SS-382), after refit and conversion at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard NH, somewhere in the Atlantic, 1954.	USN photo courtesy of ussubvetsofwwii.org.
32k	Picuda (SS-382), surfacing, circa 1950's, place unknown.	Courtesy of George M. Arnold.
16k	Picuda (SS-382), underway, port side view, circa 1950's, place unknown.	Courtesy of John Hummel.
49k	Picuda (SS-382) alongside her tender, circa Sept / Oct. 1958.	Courtesy of Ric Hedman.
249k	Change of command at Subron 12 Key West Fla.in the 1960's aboard the Bushnell (AS-15). Barracuda (SST-3) upper right. Other boats there are Sea Cat (SS-399), Picuda (SS-382), Atule (SS-403), Sea Fox (SS-402), Threadfin (SS-410) & Chopper (SS-342).	Photo courtesy of John Hummel. Photo added 03/15/08.

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DANFS history entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site.

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Full Fathom Five, U.S. Submarine War Against Japan

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