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    The Balao class was a design of United States Navy submarine used during World War II, and with 120 boats completed, the largest class of submarines in...
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  • One hundred twenty Balao-class submarines were built during and after World War II, commissioned from February 1943 through September 1948, with 12 commissioned...
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    first mass-production U.S. submarine class of World War II. The Gatos, along with the closely related Balao and Tench classes that followed, accounted for...
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    USS Balao (SS/AGSS-285) was the lead ship of the United States Navy's Balao-class submarines during World War II and named for the balao, a small schooling...
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    (USN) between 1944 and 1951. They were an improvement over the Gato and Balao classes, only about 35 to 40 tons larger, but more strongly built and with a...
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    older submarines such as the much older American Balao-class submarine. The Foxtrot class was completely obsolete by the time the last submarine was launched...
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  • S-class submarine): Ex- US Navy Balao-class submarine: Ex- US Navy Balao-class submarine Fleet Snorkel type: Ex- US Navy Balao-class submarine GUPPY IA...
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  • an Italian-built submarine of the Vettor Pisani type, in operation from 1931 to 1949. TCG Dumlupınar (1950), a Balao-class submarine transferred to Turkey...
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  • River. USS Aspro (SS-309), a Balao-class submarine, served during World War II. USS Aspro (SSN-648), a Sturgeon-class submarine, served during the Cold War...
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  • Two submarines of the United States Navy have been named Archerfish, after the archerfish. USS Archerfish (SS-311), was a Balao-class submarine, commissioned...
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  • as Balaos. This yields 10 cancelled Balao-class, SS-353-360 and 379-380. The Register of Ships of the U. S. Navy differs, considering every submarine not...
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    USS Sand Lance (SS-381), a Balao-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the sand lance, a member of the family...
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  • successful American submarines in World War II List of lost United States submarines List of Balao-class submarines List of Tench-class submarines Bauer and Roberts...
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  • USS Batfish (SS-310), was a Balao-class submarine, commissioned in 1943 and struck in 1972. USS Batfish (SSN-681), was a Sturgeon-class submarine, commissioned in...
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    USS Hardhead (SS-365), a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the hardhead, a fish of the croaker family. Hardhead was...
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  • Down Periscope (category Submarine films)
    Winslow orders him to restore the rusty World War II-era Balao-class diesel-powered submarine USS Stingray, assigned to him by Graham, and use it to "invade"...
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  • Walrus (1) was originally USS Icefish (SS-367), a United States Navy Balao-class submarine, launched in 1944 and decommissioned in 1946. The ship was loaned...
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    Tench-class submarine and one Balao-class submarine.  Colombian National Navy operates two Type 209 submarines and two Type 206 submarines.  Ecuadorian...
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    USS Icefish (category Balao-class submarines)
    USS Icefish (SS-367), a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the icefish, any member of the family Salangidae, small...
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    USS Plaice (SS-390), a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the plaice, one of the various American flatfish; summer...
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  • USS Billfish (SS-286), was a Balao-class submarine, commissioned in 1943 and struck in 1968. USS Billfish (SSN-676), was a Sturgeon-class submarine, commissioned in...
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  • A-class submarine (Italian F class) Spanish submarine Narcíso Monturiol (S33), the former American Balao-class submarine USS Picuda (SS-382); acquired...
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    USS Lizardfish (SS-373), a Balao-class submarine, was a boat of the United States Navy named for the lizardfish, a slender marine fish having a scaly...
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    USS Lamprey (category Balao-class submarines)
    USS Lamprey (SS-372), a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the lamprey, any of certain eel-like aquatic vertebrates...
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    USS Spot (SS-413) was a Balao-class submarine of the United States Navy, named for the spot, a small sciaenoid food fish of the Atlantic coast, with a...
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  • Archerfish) tons. Fourteen of the submarines were Gato-class, six were Balao-class, four were Tambor-class and one was Sargo-class. With 33 ships sunk, the USS...
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    USS Barbero (category Balao-class submarines)
    USS Barbero (SS/SSA/SSG-317) was a Balao-class submarine of the United States Navy, named for a family of fishes commonly called surgeon fish. Barbero...
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    Balao-class submarine of the United States Navy named for the bowfin fish. Since 1981, she has been open to public tours at the USS Bowfin Submarine Museum...
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    USS Parche (SS-384) (category Balao-class submarines)
    submarine. She bore the name (pronounced with two equal syllables: /ˌpɑːrˈtʃeɪ/) of a butterfly fish, Chaetodon capistratus. Parche was a Balao-class...
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  • was a Balao-class submarine that served during World War II, then was sold to Turkey. USS Bergall (SSN-667), was a Sturgeon-class submarine that served...
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