USS Lancetfish (SS-296) [SEP] vessel class
USS Lancetfish (SS-296)
USS "Lancetfish" (SS-296), a "Balao"-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the lancetfish ("Alepisaurus ferox"), a large voracious, deep sea fish having long lancetlike teeth and a high long dorsal fin.
Her keel was laid down on 30 September 1942 by Cramp Shipbuilding Company of Philadelphia. She was launched on 15 August 1943 sponsored by Miss Beatrice P. Barker, towed to Boston Navy Yard 19 May 1944 for completion
Japanese mines, as there were no recorded Japanese anti-submarine attacks in their patrol areas. The other thirty-three lost submarines are known to have been sunk by the Japanese.
During World War II Additional casualties.
There are two additional casualties to submarines in World War II that are sometimes considered as effectively two additional losses.
USS "Lancetfish" (SS-296) was commissioned on 12 February 1945 and sank at pier 8 at the Boston Navy Yard on 15 March 1945, apparently without loss of life and reportedly