USS Chivo

	Chivo (SS-341), underway, c. 1945-50, off the Hawaiian coast.
History
United States
Name	USS Chivo
Builder	Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut
Laid down	21 February 1944
Launched	14 January 1945
Commissioned	28 April 1945
Decommissioned	1 July 1971
Stricken	1 July 1971
Identification	SS-341
Fate	Transferred to Argentina, 1 July 1971
Argentina
Name	ARA Santiago del Estero
Acquired	1 July 1971
Decommissioned	January 1981
Identification	S-22
Fate	Sold for scrap, 1983
General characteristics (As completed)
Class & type	Balao-class diesel-electric submarine
Displacement	1,526 tons (1,550 t) surfaced; 2,424 tons (2,463 t) submerged;
Length	311 ft 9 in (95.02 m)
Beam	27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)
Draft	16 ft 10 in (5.13 m) maximum
Propulsion	4 × General Motors Model 16-278A V16 diesel engines driving electrical generators; 2 × 126-cell Sargo batteries; 4 × high-speed General Electric electric motors with reduction gears; 2 × propellers; 5,400 shp (4.0 MW) surfaced; 2,740 shp (2.0 MW) submerged;
Speed	20.25 knots (38 km/h) surfaced; 8.75 knots (16 km/h) submerged;
Range	11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km) surfaced at 10 knots (19 km/h)
Endurance	48 hours at 2 knots (3.7 km/h) submerged; 75 days on patrol;
Test depth	400 ft (120 m)
Complement	10 officers, 70–71 enlisted
Armament	10 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes; 6 forward, 4 aft; 24 torpedoes; 1 × 5-inch (127 mm) / 25 caliber deck gun; Bofors 40 mm and Oerlikon 20 mm cannon;
General characteristics (Guppy IA)
Class & type	none
Displacement	1,830 tons (1,859 t) surfaced; 2,440 tons (2,479 t) submerged;
Length	307 ft 7 in (93.8 m)
Beam	27 ft 4 in (8.3 m)
Draft	17 ft (5.2 m)
Propulsion	Snorkel added; Batteries upgraded to Sargo II;
Speed	Surfaced:; 17.3 knots (32.0 km/h) maximum; 12.5 knots (23.2 km/h) cruising; Submerged:; 15.0 knots (27.8 km/h) for ½ hour; 7.5 knots (13.9 km/h) snorkeling; 3.0 knots (5.6 km/h) cruising;
Range	17,000 nm (28,000 km) surfaced at 11 knots (20 km/h)
Endurance	36 hours at 3 knots (6 km/h) submerged
Complement	10 officers; 5 petty officers; 64–69 enlisted men;
Armament	10 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes; (six forward, four aft); all guns removed;

USS Chivo (SS-341), a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the "chivo" or big-scaled goatfish Pseudopenaeus grandisquamis, a fish inhabiting the Pacific Ocean between Panama and Mexico.

Chivo was launched 14 January 1945 by Electric Boat Company, Groton, Conn.; sponsored by Mrs. Edith Lindholm Baldwin, wife of Raymond E. Baldwin, the governor of Connecticut; and commissioned 28 April 1945.