USN · SS
Cuttlefish
Photos and infoSubmarine, SS-171. One of the twelve boats on the patrol line west of Midway. She survived the war and was sold for scrap on 12 February 1947.
| Type | Submarine (SS) |
|---|---|
| Hull | SS-171 |
| Fate | Afloat. On the Midway patrol line, and not sunk there. Decommissioned 24 October 1945. Sold for scrap on 12 February 1947. |
Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.
U.S. Navy. USS Cuttlefish (SS-171) underway about mid-1943, on training duty out of New London. 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.
Battle of Midway
1942-06-04 · on the patrol line west of Midway
