The Fleet Boats

These boats were the culmination of the 4 decades of submarine design and research that preceeded them and were the height of US technology leading into World War II. Each boat has been given its own page to speed loading of graphics. The list shows only boats launched up into 1940. Even though a few boats had thier keels laid in 1939 and '40 they were not launched until 1941 so haven't made this list. * = Lost in Combat in WW II

USS Porpoise SS 172
USS Pike SS 173
USS Shark SS 174 *
USS Tarpon SS 175
USS Perch SS 176 *
USS Pickerel SS 177 *
USS Permit SS 178
USS Plunger SS 179
USS Pollack SS 180
USS Pompano SS 181 *
USS Salmon SS 182
USS Seal SS 183
USS Skipjack SS 184
USS Snapper SS 185
USS Stingray SS 186
USS Sturgeon SS 187
USS Sargo SS 188
USS Saury SS 189
USS Spearfish SS 190
USS Sculpin SS 191 *
USS Squalus SS 192
USS Sailfish SS 192
USS Swordfish SS 193 *
USS Seadragon SS 194
USS Sealion SS 195 *
USS Searaven SS 196
USS Seawolf SS 197 *
USS Tambor SS 198
USS Tautog SS 199
USS Thresher SS 200
USS Triton SS 201 *
USS Trout SS 202 *
USS Tuna SS 203
USS Mackerel SS 204
USS Gar SS 206
USS Grampus SS 207 *
USS Grayling SS 209 *
USS Grenadier SS 210 *

Panoramic photograph of USS Holland AS-3 moored at Bouy 19, San Diego harbor, California, in 1940, with eleven submarines alongside. Submarines are (from left to right): Salmon (SS-182)
Seal (SS-183)
Stingray (SS-186)
Perch (SS-176)
Pollack (SS-180)
Cachalot (SS-170)
Cuttlefish (SS-171)
Skipjack (SS-184)
Sturgeon (SS-187)
Snapper (SS-185)
Sargo (SS-188) SS-182 through SS-187 were members of Submarine Division 15, commanded by R.W. Christie. USS Richmond (CL-9), flagship of the Submarine Force, is in the right distance behind the Sargo.

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