USS Escolar (SS-294) [SEP] vessel class
USS Escolar (SS-294)
USS "Escolar" (SS-294), a "Balao"-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the escolar.
"Escolar" was laid down by the Cramp Shipbuilding Company of Philadelphia. She was launched on 18 April 1943, sponsored by Mrs. Emma Stevens Martin Hudgins, wife of J. Bilisoly Hudgins. She was transferred to Boston Navy Yard after launch and thence to Portsmouth Naval Shipyard prior to her commissioning on 2 June 1944, Commander William J. "
with Escolar after this.
References.
In 1973 a six-foot-tall stone memorial was dedicated to the USS ESCOLAR SS-294. Dedication speaker was Capt. David McClintock of the USS DARTER. The memorial is in Charlevoix Michigan, which is just North of Grand Traverse Bay on Lake Michigan.
External links.
- On Eternal Patrol: USS "Escolar"
- Navsource.org: USS "Escolar"