Batfish USS

Ship Details

Rig

Balao-class Submarine

Built

1943

Tonnage

2040

Demise

Museum ship since 1971

Description

USS Batfish (SS/AGSS-310), is a Balao-class submarine, known primarily for the remarkable feat of sinking three Imperial Japanese Navy submarines in a 76-hour period, in February 1945.[7] USS Batfish is the first vessel of the United States Navy to be named for the batfish, a fish found off the coast of Peru, at depths ranging from 3 to 76 metres.

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