USS Bluefish

USS Bluefish (SS-222), a Gato-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the bluefish. Between 9 September 1943 and 29 July 1945 she completed nine war patrols. Her operating area extended from the Netherlands East Indies to the waters south of Honshū. According to the notoriously unreliable JANAC accounting, Bluefish sank 12 Japanese ships totaling 50,839 tons.

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speed 20.25 knot, 
Gato-class submarine, attack submarine, United States Navy, General Dynamics Electric Boat, United States, 

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1939-09-01T00:00:00Z

1939-09-01T00:00:00Z

World War II

1952-01-07T00:00:00Z

1952-01-07T00:00:00Z

ship recommissioning

1947-02-12T00:00:00Z

1947-02-12T00:00:00Z

ship decommissioning

1953-11-20T00:00:00Z

1953-11-20T00:00:00Z

ship decommissioning

1942-06-05T00:00:00Z

1942-06-05T00:00:00Z

keel laying

1943-02-21T00:00:00Z

1943-02-21T00:00:00Z

ship launching

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Frameless

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