USN · SS
AfloatSargo-class submarine, SS-192. Portsmouth Navy Yard. Laid down 18 October 1937 as Squalus, launched 14 September 1938, commissioned 1 March 1939, Lieutenant Oliver F. Naquin in command. On 23 May 1939 a main-induction failure sank her off New Hampshire. Twenty-six men were lost in the after compartments. The rest were brought up. She was raised, decommissioned on 15 November 1939, renamed Sailfish on 9 February 1940, and recommissioned on 15 May 1940, Lieutenant Commander Morton C. Mumma in command. Lieutenant Commander Robert E. M. Ward took command on 21 October 1943. On 4 December 1943 she sank the escort carrier Chuyo. A Presidential Unit Citation. Decommissioned on 27 October 1945 and sold for scrap in June 1948.
| Type | Submarine (SS) |
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| Hull | SS-192 |
| Builder | Portsmouth Navy Yard |
| Launched | 1938-09-14 |
| Commissioned | 1939-03-01 |
| Fate | Afloat. Survived the war. Commissioned as Squalus. On 23 May 1939 a main-induction failure sank her. Twenty-six men were lost in the after compartments, and the rest were brought up. Raised, decommissioned on 15 November 1939, renamed Sailfish on 9 February 1940, and recommissioned on 15 May 1940. On 4 December 1943 she sank the escort carrier Chuyo. Decommissioned on 27 October 1945 and sold for scrap in June 1948. |
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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 Sailfish (SS-192) off Mare Island Navy Yard on 13 April 1943. The hull number is not clearly readable in this view. U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships photograph 19-N-43269. Public domain.
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