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.

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 …

USS Balao (Lt.Cdr. C.C. Cole, USN) attacked a Japanese task force of 2 heavy cruisers escorted by two destroyers about 200 nautical miles south-south-west of Truk in position 04°10'N, …

The lead ship of her class, USS Balao (SS-285) was commissioned on February 4, 1943, at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine. Deployed to the Pacific, she was based out of …

Balao Class Submarine: Laid down, 26 June 1942, at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME; Launched, 27 October 1942; Commissioned USS Balao (SS-285), 4 February 1943; …

Class: Balao class submarine. Complement: 10 Officers and 70 Enlisted. Displacement: 1526 tons. Length: 311 feet 9 inches . Beam: 27 feet 3 inches. Draft: 16 feet 10 in. Range: 11 000 …

Balao joined Silversides in a coordinated attack on a seven ship convoy on 23 October 1943, firing 10 torpedoes at three ships that presented an overlapping target. She scored six hits.

The USS Balao served as the lead United States Navy Balao-class submarine during World War II. The sub was launched October 27, 1942 and lastdecommissioned July 11, 1963. On a …

Mar 23, 2018 · The lead ship of the Balao-class was USS Balao (SS-285) which saw her keel laid down by Portsmouth Naval Shipyard of Kittery Main on June 26th, 1942. She was launched on …

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. Balao's keel was laid down on 26 …