Allied Warships

Sea Leopard (SS-483)

Submarine of the Tench class

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Submarine
Class	Tench
Pennant	483
Built by	Portsmouth Navy Yard (Kittery, Maine, U.S.A.)
Ordered
Laid down	7 Nov 1944
Launched	2 Mar 1945
Commissioned	11 Jun 1945
End service	27 Mar 1973
History	Decommissioned and stricken 27 March 1973. Transferred to Brazil in 1973 being renamed Bahia (S-12). Bahia was decommissioned by the Brazilian navy and scrapped in 1998.

Commands listed for USS Sea Leopard (483)

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	Commander	From	To
1	T/Cdr. Robert Elwin Mccraner Ward, USN	11 Jun 1945

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Notable events involving Sea Leopard include:

6 Sep 0945
USS Sea Leopard (Cdr. R.E.M. Ward, USN) departed New London, Connecticut for Key West, Florida.

25 Jul 1945
USS Sea Leopard (Cdr. R.E.M. Ward, USN) shifted from the Portsmouth Navy Yard to Newport, Rhode Island to conduct torpedo trials.

28 Jul 1945
Having completed her torpedo trials, USS Sea Leopard (Cdr. R.E.M. Ward, USN) shifted from Newport, Rhode Island to New London, Connecticut.

10 Sep 1945
USS Sea Leopard (Cdr. R.E.M. Ward, USN) arrived at Key West, Florida from New London, Connecticut.