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USS Cavalla (SS-244)

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USS Cavalla (SS/SSK/AGSS-244), a Gato-class submarine, is a submarine of the United States Navy named for a salt water fish, best known for sinking the Japanese aircraft carrier Shōkaku.

Cavalla, possibly making her way to the International Naval Review in Norfolk, Va., 1957. She is in hunter-killer submarine (SSK) configuration, with a streamlined sail and large bow sonar housing for the BQR-4 sonar system.

Image: USS Cavalla SS 244 Badge

USS Cavalla (SS-244), at the Seawolf Park in Galveston, Texas.

The mess of the restored USS Cavalla (SS-244)

Gato-class submarine

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The Gato class of submarines were built for the United States Navy and launched in 1941–1943. Named after the lead ship of the class, USS Gato, they were the first mass-production U.S. submarine class of World War II.

USS Gato off Mare Island Navy Yard, on 29 November 1944

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Periscope photograph of Japanese merchant ship sinking