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Greece - Hellenic Navy
various ex US Submarines

 
 
us gato balao tench class submarine hellenic navy poseidon amfitriti triania papanikolis katsonis
   

 
Units:
S 78 HS Poseidon (1943/87) (ex USS Lapon / SS 260 - Gato class)
S 17 HS Amfitriti (1943/58) (ex USS Jack ( SS 259 - Gato class)
S 86 HS Triania (1944/65) (ex USS Scabbardfish / SS 397 - Balao/Fleet class)
S 114 HS Papanikolis (1944/72) (ex USS Hardhaed / SS 365 - Balao class)
S 115 HS Katsonis (1946/73) (ex USS Remora / SS 487 - Tench class)
 
Specifications:
 

 
 

 
Boat data:
 
S 178 HS Poseidon
 Builder: Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut, USA

 US Navy service (USS Lapon / SS 260)
 Gato class Submarine
 Laid down: February 21, 1942
Launched: October 27, 1942
Commissioned: January 23, 1943
Decommissioned: July 25, 1946
Recommissioned: April 13, 1957
Decommissioned: August 10, 1957
 transferred to Greece in 1957

 Hellenic Navy:
Commissioned: August 10, 1957
Decommissioned: April 1976
Fate: cannibalized for spare parts
   
 
S 17 HS Amfitriti
 Builder: Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut, USA

 US Navy service (USS Jack / SS 259)
 Gato class Submarine
Laid down: February 2, 1942
Launched: October 16, 1942
Commissioned: January 6, 1943
Decommissioned: June 8, 1946
Recommissioned: December 20, 1957
Decommissioned: April 21, 1958
 transferred to Greece in 1958

 Hellenic Navy:
Commissioned: April 21, 1958
Decommissioned: 1967
Fate: returned to US Navy in 1967 - sunk as a target on September 5, 1967
 
 
S 86 HS Triania
 Builder: Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine, USA

 US Navy service (USS Scabbardfish / SS 397)
 Balao/Fleet class Submarine
 Laid down: September 27, 1943
Launched: January 27, 1944
Commissioned: April 29, 1944
Decommissioned: January 5, 1948
Recommissioned: October 24, 1964
Decommissioned: February 26, 1965
 transferred to Greece in 1965

 Hellenic Navy:
Commissioned: February 26, 1965
Decommissioned: 1980
Fate: used as a pierside-trainer
 

S 114 HS Papanikolis
 Builder: Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, USA

 US Navy service (USS Hardhead / SS 365)
 Balao class Submarine
 Laid down: July 7, 1943
Launched: December 12, 1943
Commissioned: April 18, 1944
Decommissioned: May 10, 1946
Recommissioned: March 24, 1953
Decommissioned: July 26, 1972
 transferred to Greece in 1972

 Hellenic Navy:
Commissioned: July 26, 1972
Decommissioned: May 4, 1993
Fate: scrapped
 

S 115 HS Katsonis
 Builder: Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, USA

 US Navy service (USS Remora / SS 487)
 Tench class Submarine
 Laid down: March 5, 1945
Launched: July 12, 1945
Commissioned: January 3, 1946
Decommissioned: October 29, 1973
transferred to Greece in 1973

 Hellenic Navy:
Commissioned: October 29, 1973
Decommissioned: March 31, 1993
Fate: ?
 
 

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s 78 hs poseidon gato class submarine hellenic navy greece
S78 HS Poseidon

s 17 hs amfitriti gato class submarine hellenic navy greece
S 17 HS Amfitriti

s 86 hs triania balao class submarine hellenic navy greece
S 86 HS Triania

s 114 hs papanikolis balao class submarine hellenic navy greece
S 114 HS Papanikolis

s 115 hs katsonis tench class submarine hellenic navy greece
S 115 HS Katsonis



s 78 hs poseidon ss 260 uss lapon submarine hellenic navy
SS 260 USS Lapon / later S 78 HS Poseidon

s 17 hs amfitriti ss 259 uss jack submarine hellenic navy
SS 259 USS Jack / later S 17 HS Amfrititi

s 86 hs triania ss 397 uss scabbardfish submarine hellenic navy
SS 397 USS Scabbardfish / later S 86 HS Triania

s 114 hs papanikolis ss 365 uss hardhead submarine hellenic navy
SS 365 USS Hardhead / later S 114 HS Papanikolis

s 115 hs katsonis ss 487 uss remora submarine hellenic navy
SS 487 USS Remora / later S 115 HS Katsonis
   
 
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