USN · SS
Albacore
Photos and infoGato-class submarine. Electric Boat, Groton. Commissioned 1 June 1942. On 18 December 1942 she sank Tenryu off Madang. On 19 June 1944 one torpedo from her hit Taiho in the Philippine Sea. A mine sank her off Hokkaido on 7 November 1944.
| Class | Gato class |
|---|---|
| Type | Submarine (SS) |
| Hull | SS-218 |
| Builder | Electric Boat, Groton |
| Launched | 1942-02-17 |
| Commissioned | 1942-06-01 |
| Fate | Sunk. Mined off Cape Esan, Hokkaido, 7 November 1944. All hands. This is SS-218, not the later experimental submarine AGSS-569. The wreck was identified in 2023. |
| Armament (class) | Fleet submarine. A deck gun forward of the conning tower. |
Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.
The armament line is the class drawing, not a measurement of this hull.
USS Albacore (SS-218) in Measure 9 camouflage off Groton, 9 May 1942. U.S. Navy photograph. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
The pictures on this page are the originals.
No color version yet. Colored pictures and film will be added here.
Loss of Sazanami
1944-01-14 · two torpedoes into Sazanami; not sunk
Battle of the Philippine Sea
1944-06-19 · one torpedo into Taiho; not sunk
