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SE73510 USS GATO CLASS SS-229 1942

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USS Flying Fish (SS/AGSS-229), a Gato-class submarine, was the first submarine and second ship of the US Navy to be named for the flying fish, a family of fishes of tropic and warm temperate seas whose long winglike fins make it possible for them to move some distance through the air.

The keel of Flying Fish (SS-229) was laid down on 6 December 1940 by Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery Maine. She was lauched 9 July 1941 (sponsored by Mrs. Husband E.Kimmel, wife of the Commander in Chief, (Pacific Fleet), and commissioned 10 December 1941, Lieutenant Commander Glyn '' Donc '' Donaho (Class of 1927) in command.

Flying Fish is credited with having sunk a total of 58,306 tons of Japanese shipping and received 12 battle stars for World War II service.


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  • U.S.Navy Submarine Flying Fish - SS-229 1942.

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