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SSK-242 USS Bluegill USS Bluegill (SSK-242) Class & type: Gato-class diesel-electric submarine Builder: Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut Laid down: 7 Dec 1942 Launched: 8 Aug 1943 Commissioned: 11 Nov 1943 Decommissioned: 1 Mar 1946 Recommissioned: 3 May 1951 Decommissioned: 7 July 1952 Recommissioned as SSK-242: 2 May 1953 Decommissioned: 28 June 1969 Struck: 28 Jun 1969 Fate: Scuttled as a trainer off Hawaii, 3 Dec 1970

SSK-242 USS Bluegill

USS Bluegill (SSK-242)
Class & type: Gato-class diesel-electric submarine
Builder: Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut
Laid down: 7 Dec 1942
Launched: 8 Aug 1943
Commissioned: 11 Nov 1943
Decommissioned: 1 Mar 1946
Recommissioned: 3 May 1951
Decommissioned: 7 July 1952
Recommissioned as SSK-242: 2 May 1953
Decommissioned: 28 June 1969
Struck: 28 Jun 1969
Fate: Scuttled as a trainer off Hawaii, 3 Dec 1970

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Filename:242-2-Bluegill.jpg
Album name:AFushi / USN SUBS 200-299
Inscription:USS BLUEGILL SSK-242 VALENS VOLENS
Base:Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
Filesize:57 KiB
Date added:Sep 20, 2013
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