USS Lagarto (SS-371) [SEP] vessel class
USS Lagarto (SS-371)
USS "Lagarto" (SS-371), a , was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the lagarto, a lizard fish.
Her keel was laid down on 12 January 1944 by the Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company of Manitowoc, Wisconsin. She was launched on 28 May 1944 sponsored by Emily Taft Douglas, Congresswoman from Illinois, and later United States Senator from Illinois, and commissioned on 14 October 1944 with Commander Frank D. Latta in command. Latta was a veteran of
February 1945
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- USS Lagarto (SS-371) 4