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{{short description|Submarine of the United States}}

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|Ship image=USS Ulua (SS-428) and USS Trumpetfish (SS-425) under construction.jpg
|Ship caption=''Ulua'' (left) and {{USS|Trumpetfish|SS-425|2}} (right) under construction at the [[Cramp Shipbuilding Company]], [[Philadelphia]], on 2 July 1945.
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|Ship country=United States
|Ship flag={{USN flag|1946}}
|Ship name=''Ulua''
|Ship namesake=The [[Giant trevally|ulua]], a [[Tropics|tropical]] [[Pacific]] food [[fish]]
|Ship ordered=
|Ship builder=[[Cramp Shipbuilding Company]], [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]]
|Ship laid down=13 November 1943
|Ship launched=23 April 1946
|Ship completed=Never
|Ship acquired=
|Ship commissioned=Never
|Ship decommissioned=
|Ship in service=
|Ship out of service=
|Ship struck=12 June 1958
|Ship reinstated=
|Ship fate=Construction [[contract]] cancelled 12 August 1945
|Ship notes=Served as testing hulk 1951–1958
}}
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|Header caption=
|Ship class={{sclass|Balao|submarine|0}} [[diesel-electric]] [[submarine]]<ref name="Register">{{cite book
  | last1 = Bauer
  | first1 = K. Jack
  | author1link =
  | last2 = Roberts
  | first2 = Stephen S.
  | title = Register of Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1775-1990: Major Combatants
  | publisher = Greenwood Press
  | year = 1991
  | location = [[Westport, Connecticut]]
  | pages = 275–282
  | url =
  | doi =
  | isbn = 0-313-26202-0
  }}</ref>
|Ship displacement={{convert|1526|long ton|t|lk=on}} surfaced,<ref name="Register"/> {{convert|2414|long ton|t}} submerged<ref name="Register"/>
|Ship length={{convert|311|ft|9|in|abbr=on}}<ref name="Register"/>
|Ship beam={{convert|27|ft|3|in|abbr=on}}<ref name="Register"/>
|Ship draft={{convert|16|ft|10|in|abbr=on}} maximum<ref name="Register"/>
|Ship propulsion={{Fleet-boat-propulsion-early-GM-4-GE}}
|Ship speed={{convert|20.25|kn|km/h|abbr=on|lk=in}} surfaced,<ref name="FriedmanSubs1-specs">''U.S. Submarines Through 1945'' pp. 305-311</ref> {{convert|8.75|kn|km/h|abbr=on}} submerged<ref name="FriedmanSubs1-specs"/>
|Ship range={{convert|11000|nmi|km|abbr=on}} surfaced @ {{convert|10|kn|km/h|abbr=on}}<ref name="FriedmanSubs1-specs"/>
|Ship endurance=48 hours @ {{convert|2|kn|km/h|abbr=on}} submerged,<ref name="FriedmanSubs1-specs"/> 75 days on patrol
|Ship test depth={{convert|400|ft|m|abbr=on}}<ref name="FriedmanSubs1-specs"/>
|Ship complement=10 officers, 70–71 enlisted<ref name="FriedmanSubs1-specs"/>
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|Ship EW=
|Ship armament={{Fleet-boat-armament-4-inch}}
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'''USS ''Ulua'' (SS-428)''', a {{sclass|Balao|submarine}}, was the only ship of the [[United States Navy]] named for the [[Giant trevally|ulua]], an important food [[fish]] of the tropical [[Pacific Ocean]]. She was never completed.

''Ulua''{{'}}s [[keel]] was laid down on 13 November 1943 at [[Philadelphia]] by the [[Cramp Shipbuilding Company]], but the curtailment of U.S. Navy construction programs in the closing days of [[World War II]] resulted in the suspension of further construction on 12 August 1945.

The partly completed submarine was [[ship naming and launching|launched]] on 23 April 1946 and towed to the [[Portsmouth Naval Shipyard]] in [[Kittery, Maine|Kittery]], [[Maine]], for maintenance prior to beginning her career as a test hull. Towed to [[Norfolk, Virginia|Norfolk]], [[Virginia]], in 1951, she participated in tests to gather research data on new weapon and [[submarine]] design. ''Ulua'' was stricken from the [[Naval Vessel Register]] list on 12 June 1958. Her hulk was sold for scrap on 30 September 1958 to the [[Portsmouth Salvage Company, Inc.]]

== References ==
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* {{DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/u/ulua.html}}
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==External links==
* {{navsource|08/08428}}

{{Balao class submarine}}

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[[Category:Balao-class submarines]]
[[Category:Cancelled ships of the United States Navy]]
[[Category:Ships built by William Cramp & Sons]]
[[Category:United States Navy ship names]]
[[Category:1946 ships]]