USS Sailfish SS 192

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USS Sailfish SS 192

After an extensive overhaul after salvage the USS Squalus was renamed
USS Sailfish SS 192. She went on to have a very successful war record
sinking or damaging 20 vessels for a total of 83,769 tons. She was
decommissioned October 27, 1945 and sold for scrap March 30, 1948.
Her conning tower and periscope shears were on display
at the Washington Navy Yard for many years.

USS Sailfish SS 192

USS Sailfish SS 192 duiring a 1943 overhaul at Mare Island Ship yard
Sailfish received many equipment upgrades. These are the items on
the photo that have been circled in white. Most likely this was a larger
deck gun, better underwater listening gear and most likely mine detection
sonar to navigate Japnaese minefields around the home islands and in
the entrances to the Inland Sea.

USS Sailfish SS 192 showing more of the war time modifacation.
Here workmen are working on the screw guards that protect damage to them.

USS Sailfish SS 192 and crew pose at wars end at rear of conning tower fairwater.
Note that the afterbattery hatch is a centerline hatch not offset
to one side like on the newer submarines.

Sailfish making her last dive dockside before decommissioning
October 27th, 1945 Portsmouth, New Hampshire Shipyard
Milne Special Collections, University of New Hampshire Library, Durham, N.H.

Sailfish making her last dive dockside before decommissioning
Milne Special Collections, University of New Hampshire Library, Durham, N.H.

Squalus/Sailfish Conning Tower on display, Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
Milne Special Collections, University of New Hampshire Library, Durham, N.H.

An interview with Tom Parks who made war patrols in Sailfish

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