USN · SS
AfloatBalao-class submarine, SS-395, the first ship of the name. Portsmouth Navy Yard. Laid down 9 September 1943, launched 27 January 1944, commissioned 12 April 1944, Commander Louis D. McGregor in command. On the night of 8 and 9 December 1944 she and the submarine Sea Devil damaged the carrier Junyo. The Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships calls that ship Hayataka. The damage is not credited to one boat. On 19 December 1944 she sank the carrier Unryu in the East China Sea. She was at Pearl Harbor at the end of the war. Decommissioned on 27 June 1968, struck on 30 June 1968, and later sunk as a target.
| Type | Submarine (SS) |
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| Hull | SS-395 |
| Builder | Portsmouth Navy Yard |
| Launched | 1944-01-27 |
| Commissioned | 1944-04-12 |
| Fate | Afloat. Survived the war. On 19 December 1944 she sank the carrier Unryu in the East China Sea. On the night of 8 and 9 December she and the submarine Sea Devil damaged the carrier Junyo. That damage is not credited to one boat. Decommissioned on 27 June 1968, struck on 30 June 1968, and later sunk as a target. |
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Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.
USS Redfish (SS-395) underway. Hull number 395 is on the bow. The print is not dated. U.S. Navy photograph, from NavSource. Public domain.
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