Research Submarine
Baya was recommissioned 10 February 1948 and converted to an electronics experimental submarine. Reclassified Auxiliary Research Submarine, AGSS-318, 12 August 1949, Baya has since conducted experiments for the Naval Electronics Laboratory San Diego, Calif., participated in local operations near San Diego; and has served with the joint American-Canadian Task Force gathering scientific data off western Canada in November and December 1948. During July–September 1949 she made a cruise to the Arctic to gather valuable scientific data in the Bering and Chukchi Seas. Between July and October 1955 she was deployed to Pearl Harbor on further experimental research.
During 1958–1959, Baya was completely reworked at Mare Island Naval Shipyard to test LORAD, an experimental long-range sonar. The forward torpedo tubes were removed and replaced by a blunt bow with a mushroom anchor in the bottom of the hull. A 23-foot (7.0 m) section was added between the former Forward Torpedo Room and the Forward Battery compartment, with quarters for twelve scientists. These modifications increased her overall length to 330 feet (100 m), and her submerged displacement to approximately 2,600 tons. Her maximum speed was reduced to 10.5 knots (19 km/h).
Baya was decommissioned and struck from the Naval Register, 30 October 1972, and sold for scrapping, 12 October 1973.
Baya received four battle stars for her World War II service.
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