USS Tilefish (SS-307) [SEP] vessel class
USS Tilefish (SS-307)
USS "Tilefish" (SS-307), a "Balao"-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the tilefish, a large, yellow-spotted deepwater food fish.
Her keel was laid down on March 10, 1943 at Vallejo, California, by the Mare Island Navy Yard. She was launched on October 25, 1943 sponsored by Mrs. Wilson D. Leggett, and commissioned on December 28, 1943 with Lieutenant Commander Roger Myers Keithly in command.
, 2 to Chile, 2 to Peru, 1 to Canada and 1 to Taiwan. One of the Venezuelan boats, "ARV Carite" (S-11) formerly USS "Tilefish" (SS-307), featured in the 1971 film "Murphy's War" with some cosmetic modification.
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At the end of World War II, the US submarine force found itself in an awkward position. The 111 remaining "Balao"-class submarines, designed to fight an enemy that no longer existed, were obsolete despite