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PACOCHA (S 48) class SS

Country of Origin: Peru

ship list


 0 PACOCHA-class SUBMARINES (ex-U.S. GUPPY IA class)

 Name         Pendant   Launched   Commissioned   Status
 PACOCHA      S-48      1944       1944           Stricken
   (ex-ATULE, SS 403)
 LA PEDRERA   S-49      1944       1944           Stricken
   (ex-PABELLON DE PICA, ex-SEA POACHER, SS-406)

description

These U.S.-built submarines originally belonged to the BALAO (SS-285) class and first entered service during World War II. They were converted to the GUPPY IA configuration in 1951,...

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