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	Balao Class Submarine - SC-Balao
		While the last boats of the Gato class were still building, a new series of 132 units was ordered in the 1942 War Program.
		Named after the first unit in the series, the Balao submarines were almost identical as the Gato class, but several design changes were introduced to allow rapid building, using a prefabrication system which gave the submarines greater structural strength and increased operational depth.
		There were slight differences in the size and displacement among the boats of this class built among the various yards, but basically, all boats of this class entering service between 1941 and 1945 were almost identical.
	www.scalecraft.com /index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=911 (134 words)

	NUWC Leadership - Balao Memorial Dedication
		BALAO introduced several new concepts to the submarine force when she was commissioned in 1943.
		BALAO and her sisters enabled the Navy to shift its submarine doctrine from coastal defense to open ocean attacks on enemy warships and convoys critical to enemy logistical support.
		During World War II the BALAO and her sister ships waged war against the Axis powers, amassing a record of devastation and sheer killing power that was unmatched by any other land or sea assault platform.
	www.nuwc.navy.mil /hq/leadership/events/balaospeech.html (1404 words)

	Submarine History
		Soon after the Narval class submarines were unveiled other big countries joined the "game." Another big factor in the success of the submarines was the invention of the automobiled torpedo by a fellow named Whittehead in 1870.
		When we entered the year of 1960 the first submarines incorporating a battery of solid-propellent submarine-launched ballistic missiles with nuclear warheads were built in the U.S. These new weapons were capable of hitting targets about 2500 miles when fired from the submerged submarine.
		In 1970 the Ohio class submarines were built with 24 launching tubes for intercontinental ballistic missiles ICBM each with a range of 4600 miles.
	www.geocities.com /CapeCanaveral/Cockpit/4745/subhistory.html (1728 words)

	Silent Valor: Gato/Balao Design Specs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The U.S. submarines that actively patrolled during World War II were from a wide range of different classes, some of which were older than the sailors who served aboard them and reflect the ever changing concepts of American sub design since the First World War.
		But by far the largest class produced during the war was the Balao class which essentially was an improved version of the pervious Gato class, the first of which was the USS Gato (SS-212) and was commissioned in late December 1941.
		The Gato/Balao submarines built in Manitowoc were based on the same plans that were used by the Electric Boat Company in Groton, CT and differed slightly from the boats manufactured by the Mare Island and Portsmouth Naval Yards and the Cramp Shipbuilding Company in Philadelphia.
	www.dbfnetwork.info /silentvalor/v2/specs/index.html (413 words)

	USS Balao SS-285 Ship's History
		The Gato Class Fleet Type submarine was the class of submarine being produced by shipyards for the United States Navy when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941...plunging the United States into the Second World War as an active participant.
		Among submariners, the new boats soon became known as "thick skins" and the older ones as "thin skins," and there was considerable argument over the behavior to be expected of the new steel under depth-charging.
		The first of the Balao Class submarines, USS Balao (SS-285), which was named for any of several halfbeaks, was authorized to be built by the United States Congress on 23 December 1941.
	www.diodon349.com /US_Subs/uss_balao_ss285_history.htm (1663 words)

	Gato, Balao, and Tench class submarines (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Using the Tambor Class submarine as the model standard, the Gatos had incorporated improvements which increased its' overall patrolling and combat abilities.
		The Balaos were the first of the "thick skinned" subs.
		In an effort to reduce their detection from both surface ships and aircraft, the original "lamp fl" color was changed to "ghost gray" (submarines at periscope depth were often visible from the air in a fl hulled boat).
	www.battlebelow.com /gato.htm (283 words)

	USS Barbero (SS-317) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		USS Barbero (SS/A/G-317) was a Balao-class submarine of the United States Navy, named for a family of fishes commonly called.
		Following conversion to a cargo submarine at Mare Island, Barbero was recommissioned, her hull classification symbol changed to SSA-317, and assigned to the Pacific Fleet on 31 March 1948.
		She was struck from the Naval Vessel Registry on 1 July 1964, prior to being used as a target and sunk by USS Greenfish (SS-351) on 7 October 1964, off Pearl Harbor.
	www.eastcleveland.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Missile_Mail (711 words)

	National Park Service: World War II Warships in the Pacific
		USS Becuna is a fleet-type submarine (built to maintain speeds averaging 17 knots) of the Balao class.
		Balao class boats were essentially improved versions of the previous Gato class.
		The American submarine war against Japan created a blockade that denied her the oil, iron ore, food, and other raw materials she needed to continue to fight.
	www.cr.nps.gov /history/online_books/butowsky1/becuna.htm (572 words)

	Balao class submarine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Balao class was a successful design of United States Navy submarine used during World War II.
		An evolutionary improvement over the earlier Gato class, the boats had slight internal differences.
		The most significant improvement was the use of higher strength steel in the pressure hull, which increased their test depth to 400 feet.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Balao_class_submarine (180 words)

	National Park Service: World War II Warships in the Pacific
		The Gato class, and its successor, the Balao class, bore the brunt of the fighting against Japan during the war.
		Gato class submarines were successful boats that proved to be fast, strong, well armed, and suited to the long-range patrols necessary to fight in the Pacific.
		USS Bowfin, USS Pampanito, USS Lionfish and USS Becuna are all Balao class submarines.
	www.cr.nps.gov /history/online_books/butowsky1/warships6.htm (878 words)

	Submarine Lionfish at Battleship Cove.
		A Balao-class submarine, USS Lionfish was laid down on 15 December 1942, launched on 7 November 1943, and commissioned on 1 November 1944.
		She subsequently fired on two more Japanese submarines and ended her second and last war patrol performing lifeguard duty (the rescue of downed fliers) off the coast of Japan.
		After participating in NATO exercises and a Mediterranean cruise, she returned to the East Coast and was decommissioned at the Boston Navy Yard on 15 December 1953.
	www.battleshipcove.org /ss298-history.htm (618 words)

	USS Balao Class Submarine
		The Gato Class of submarines were produced at the beginning of World War II.
		By late 1943 the Gato Class was replaced by the Balao Class.
		Pictured on the maxicard is a World War II submarine (Gato Class) along with a picture of the USS Hammerhead patch.
	www22.ivenue.com /keepsakecollectibles/item128854.ctlg (179 words)

	Submarine News
		All seven crewmen aboard the mini rescue submarine were themselves rescued by an unmanned British vehicle that cut away the cables and net that kept her trapped more than 600 feet down.
		The capture of the U-505 submarine on June 4, 1944 gave the allies their first look inside of a german u-boat and the chance to see the technological advances of the Nazi war machine.
		The CSS Hunley was the Confederate Navy's submarine.
	www.ssn649.net /submarine_news.html (1145 words)

	US Perch (SS-313)
		The USS Perch (SS-313) was a Balao class submarine.
		The Balao class of submarines represented a new class of thick skinned subs built during the last half of WWII.
		Another factor of importance in the Balao class subs was new electronic gear including the ability to better detect targets, to set more accurate torpedo angles using new electric torpedos, and sophisticated equipment to detect certain water layers called thermoclines under which these boats could slip, thus deflecting the sonar pings of enemy ships.
	koi-graphics.zibycom.com /members/002250348/Site1/index7.html (408 words)

	USS Balao (SS-285) - Wikpedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		USS Balao (SS/AGSS-285), a Balao-class">Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy; balao is the name of any of several halfbeaks.
		Balao (SS-285) was launched 27 October 1942 by Portsmouth Navy Yard in Kittery, Maine, sponsored by Mrs.
		On 4 March 1952 Balao was recommissioned and assigned to the Atlantic Fleet.
	www.bostoncoop.net /~tpryor/wiki/index.php?title=USS_Balao_(SS-285) (321 words)

	Sports Fresh : Article 'Victoria class submarine' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Victoria class consists of four diesel-powered Canadian Navy submarines acquired from the Royal Navy (formerly known as the Upholder class) and replacing the old Oberon -class subs.
		They are essentially identical to modern nuclear submarines (with the distinctive nuclear shape and sonar-deflecting tiles) but run on diesel engines instead of nuclear reactors (which limits their range, but conversely makes them quieter and more manoeuvrable).
		HMAS J2 HMAS J2 was a J class submarine built for the Royal Navy by HM Dockyard at Portsmouth in Hampshire and launched on 6 November 1915.
	www.sports-fresh.net /DisplayArticle162375.html (441 words)

	USS Balao Class Submarine
		Of the 72 built, all were 312 feet long and 27 feet wide and powered by 4 diesel engines and 4 electric motors which provided a speed of around 21 miles per hour on the surface and 9 miles per hour submerged.
		By late 1943 the Gato Class was replaced by the Balao Class.
		Pictured on the maxicard is a World War II submarine (Gato Class) along with a picture of the USS Hammerhead patch.
	web.ivenue.com /keepsakecollectibles/item128854.ctlg (179 words)

	Walrus
		The name Walrus was assigned to SS-431—a Balao-class submarine to be built at Philadelphia, Pa., by the Cramp Shipbuilding Co.—but the contract for her construction was cancelled on 29 July 1944.
		However, work on the submarine was suspended on 7 January 1946 when the contract for her construction was cancelled.
		Her hull was assigned to the New London Group of the Atlantic Reserve Fleet on 9 December 1952.
	www.history.navy.mil /danfs/w2/walrus.htm (163 words)

	USS COD HOMEPAGE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Prior to the Balao class, U.S. submarine hulls were built of mild steel.
		The thickness of hull plating until about 1943 was specified in terms of the weight of a square foot of plate rather than the actual thickness, and this was gradually increased.
		With the Balao class, the material of the pressure hull was changed to high-tensile steel (HTS).
	www.usscod.org /hull.html (135 words)

	Regional North America United States Government Military Navy Ships Submarines Diesel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		USS Barb (SS-220) - The Gato Class submarine USS Barb sank the most tonnage of any WW II submarine and was also one of the most decorated.
		USS Bowfin Submarine Museum and Park - This is the official site of the historic World War II submarine USS Bowfin, located in Honolulu, Hawaii, and dedicated to submarines and submariners around the world.
		USS Tang (SS-563) - The oldest diesel-electric submarine in the Navy and the last operational one in the Atlantic Fleet when she was decommissioned in 1980.
	www.iper1.com /iper1-odp/scat/id/Regional/North_America/United_States/Government/Military/Navy/Ships/Submarines/Diesel (755 words)

	USS Blueback (SS-326) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		USS Blueback (SS-326), a Balao-class submarine, was the first submarine of the United States Navy to be named for a type of salmon.
		During the period from 16 December 1944 to 20 July 1945 she completed three war patrols in the South China Sea and Java Sea.
		She arrived at Izmir, Turkey, on 11 May 1948 and on 23 May 1948 was decommissioned and transferred to Turkey.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS+Blueback+(SS-326) (416 words)

	Typical Gato Class Submarine
		The USS Wahoo (SS-238) was a Gato class submarine.
		The Balaos were essentially the same as the Gatos; the major difference between the two was the Balao's improved pressure hull that permitted greater depths.
		The Bowfin, is a Balao class sub and is on display at Pearl Harbor.
	www.mackinnon.org /gato-diagram.html (115 words)

	S class submarine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The S class of three boats built by Scotts of Greenock in 1914–1915 and transferred to the Italian Regia Marina in 1915.
		The S class of the Italian Regia Marina consisted of three boats built by Laurenti-Fiat between 1914 and 1919.
		The Gato Class submarine USS Barb sank the most tonnage of any WW II submarine and was also one of the most decorated.
	www.omniknow.com /common/wiki.php?in=en&term=S-class_submarine (685 words)

	USS LING SS-297 Profile
		The Ling is a Balao class submarine built by the Cramp Shipbuilding Company in Philadelphia.
		One of 119 Balao class submarines, the Ling and her sister ships were an improvement over the earlier Gato class.
		The Submarine Memorial Association is a non-profit organization formed in 1972 with the purpose of saving Ling from the scrap yard.
	www.geocities.com /Athens/Acropolis/7612/ling1.html (414 words)

	Submarine Photo Index
		He called the old submarines "cigars under the sea." My father was not a man to cry, but there would be some tears sneaking by," she concluded.
		Rendernick lead his crew aboard the Balao-class submarine Billfish (SS-286) in repairing severe internal damage during a WWII patrol, after she was struck by multiple depth charges.
		The constant barrage was threatening to tear the submarine apart and sink her.
	www.navsource.org /archives/08/08286.htm (1444 words)

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		submarine, open to the public as a museum ship.
		The first of the 132 boats in the class were ordered in 1942.
		The class had a range of 11,800 nm at 10 knots on the surface and 95nm at 5 knots submerged before the batteries were exhausted.
	www.steelnavy.com /BatfishBrotherton.htm (193 words)

	EZGeography - USS Bowfin (SS-287)
		USS Bowfin (SS/AGSS-287), Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the bowfin, a fresh water fish of the eastern United States.
		She was recommissioned on 10 January 1960 and served as a pierside trainer at Seattle, Washington.
		She was redesignated an Auxiliary Research Submarine, AGSS-287, in 1962.
	www.ezgeography.com /encyclopedia/USS_Bowfin_(SS-287) (527 words)

	Historic Naval Ships Visitors Guide - USS Becuna (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		An example of the standard fleet-type Balao class submarine of World War II, Becuna was commissioned in May, 1944 and conducted five wartime patrols with the U.S. Seventh Fleet.
		The submarine also served as a lifeguard for downed pilots and narrowly missed an attack on the battleship Yamato.
		Converted from her basic fleet boat configuration to a streamlined fast underwater submarine known as a GUPPY (Greater Underwater Propulsion Project) type 1A in 1951, Becuna served during the Korean War and Vietnam conflict in the Atlantic and Mediterranean.
	www.hnsa.org /ships/becuna.htm (143 words)

	uboat.net - Allied Warships - Submarine USS Clamagore of the Balao class (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Balao class submarine Clamagore is one of many fleet submarines built during World War II for the U.S. Navy.
		The submarine warfare pursued by the United States and supported by this construction program was instrumental in securing an American victory in the Pacific.
		After VJ Day, some of these submarines were modified to embody the lessons learned during the conflict.
	uboat.net /allies/warships/ship/3089.html (270 words)

	Historic Naval Ships (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		It was the world's first submarine that was successful in combat.
		First vessel to be sunk by an enemy submarine in wartime.
		The last non-nuclear powered submarine built by the Navy, and the last to be decommissioned.
	www.geocities.com /naforts/ships/ships.html (770 words)

	Gato Class Submarines
		The Gato-class of submarine was the state of the art in American design at the start of World War II.
		Using the previous Tambor-class submarine as the model standard, the Gatos incorporated improvements that increased their overall patrolling and combat abilities.
		The class is named after its lead ship, the USS Gato (SS-212).
	www.tinosa.com /gato_class_submarines.html (225 words)

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