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SS-285 USS Balao USS Balao (SS-285) Class & type: Balao class diesel-electric submarine Builder: Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine Laid down: 26 Jun 1942 Launched: 27 Oct 1942 Commissioned: 4 Feb 1943 Decommissioned: 20 Aug 1946 Recommissioned: 4 Mar 1952 Decommissioned: 11 Jul 1963 Struck: 1 Aug 1963 Fate: Sunk as a target off Florida on 6 Sep 1963; conning tower is a memorial at the Navy Memorial Museum, Washington, D.C.

SS-285 USS Balao

USS Balao (SS-285)
Class & type: Balao class diesel-electric submarine
Builder: Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine
Laid down: 26 Jun 1942
Launched: 27 Oct 1942
Commissioned: 4 Feb 1943
Decommissioned: 20 Aug 1946
Recommissioned: 4 Mar 1952
Decommissioned: 11 Jul 1963
Struck: 1 Aug 1963
Fate: Sunk as a target off Florida on 6 Sep 1963;
conning tower is a memorial at the Navy Memorial Museum, Washington, D.C.

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Filename:285-1-Balao.jpg
Album name:AFushi / USN SUBS 200-299
Inscription:U.S.S. BALAO SS-285 THE BATTLING BEE
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Date added:Sep 20, 2013
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