USS ''Macabi'' (SS-375) was a of the

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, named for the macabi, a bonefish (''

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'') living in tropical seas and off the American coasts as far north as

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and Long Island and reaching a length of .

USS ''Macabi'' (SS-375)

''Macabi'' was

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1 May 1944 by the

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at Manitowoc,

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; launched 19 September 1944, sponsored by Mrs.

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, wife of Rear Admiral Carpender; and commissioned 29 March 1945. Following trials on Lake Michigan, ''Macabi'', on 19 April 1945, entered a

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at Lockport, Ill., to transit the Chicago Canal to the

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, and arrived

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26 April `1945. Three days later she left for

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operations off

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. On 3 June 1945 ''Macabi'' departed Balboa,

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, for final training at

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before departing 9 July 1945 for the

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via

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, Marianas. She went on lifeguard station off Truk on arriving 21 July 1945. Some 10 days later ''Macabi'' was forced to dive to avoid two aerial bombs off Moen Island. She returned to Apra Harbor, Guam, for repairs 4 August through 13 August 1945; and was on her way back to Truk when hostilities with Japan were terminated. ''Macabi'' was then ordered home, touching Pearl Harbor 27 to 29 August 1945 on the way. Arriving

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5 September 1945, she entered

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12 December 1945 for inactivation overhaul and decommissioned 16 June 1946.

ARA ''Santa Fe'' (S-11)

On 1 April 1960 the US Navy and the Argentine Navy signed an agreement to transfer two submarines, ''Macabi'' and . ''Macabi'' was loaned to

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under the

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on 11 August 1960 and renamed ARA ''Santa Fe'' (S-11), while ''Lamprey'' was renamed ARA ''Santiago del Estero'' (S-12). The commander of ''Santa Fe'' was Capitán de Corbeta Julio A. Aureggi. The submarines left San Francisco on 23 September 1960, arriving at Mar del Plata

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on 30 November of the same year. ''Santa Fe'' was struck from the US

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, and sold outright to Argentina on 1 September 1971; after being employed as a training boat, she was decommissioned by the Argentine Navy and broken up for spare parts in 1974.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Macabi (SS-375) Balao-class submarines Ships built in Manitowoc, Wisconsin 1944 ships World War II submarines of the United States Ships transferred from the United States Navy to the Argentine Navy