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The Balao class was a design of United States Navy submarine used during World War II, and with 120 [1] boats completed, the largest class of submarines in the United States Navy. An improvement on the earlier Gato class , the boats had slight internal differences.
One hundred twenty Balao-class submarines were built during and after World War II, commissioned from February 1943 through September 1948, with 12 commissioned postwar. [1] This was the most numerous US submarine class.
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 marine fish. Construction and commissioning [ edit ]
Balao-class submarines had the cruising range of . Gato-class boats— 11,000 nautical miles—but their thicker, improved hulls enabled them to dive 100 feet deeper. They comprised the largest class of subs in the U.S. Navy, with 122 completed between 1942 and 1947. Here’s a look inside a . Balao. featuring historical and present-day photos ...
Inside The History: Brief Tour of Balao-class submarine USS Lionfish SS-298This video in our "Inside the History" series focuses on the World War II Balao-c...
Sargo class submarines in late 1938. Although embarrassing and critical in nature, once corrected it led to a fortuitous chain of events that enabled the design of the rugged and well liked Balao class boats and their late-war progeny, the Tench class. During the design and construction of the Porpoise and Salmon class boats in the mid 1930’s ...
The Rescue is Coming Soon! In May of 1944, the USS Crevalle, a Balao-class submarine, set out to rescue 25 American refugees from the Philippine island of Negros, along with top secret documents. They found 40 passengers awaiting them, including 28 women and children. Many trekked 100 miles to the Crevalle, hiding from the enemy along the way.