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USS Espada (SS 355)

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Name
  
USS Espada

Laid down
  
Never

Namesake
  
The swordfish

Length
  
95 m

Fate
  
Construction order cancelled 23 October 1944

Class and type
  
Balao class diesel-electric submarine

Displacement
  
1,526 long tons (1,550 t) surfaced, 2,414 long tons (2,453 t) submerged

Builder
  
General Dynamics Electric Boat

USS Espada (SS-355), would have been a Balao-class submarine, the only submarine of the United States Navy to be named in that manner for the swordfish. Her construction was cancelled on 23 October 1944.

References

USS Espada (SS-355) Wikipedia