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Uss Sabalo (Ss-302) style="text-align: center" colspan="2"|
Sabalo (SS-302) after conversion to
a "Fleet Snorkel" type, post-1952. | | lign ="center" style="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy no-repeat scroll top left;"|Career | align ="center" style="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy no-repeat scroll top left;"|USN Jack | | rdered: | | | aid down: | 5 June 1943 | | aunched: | 4 June 1944 | | ommissioned: | 19 June 1945 | | ecommissioned: | 1 July 1971 | | truck: | 1 July 1971 | | ate: | sunk as a target, February 1973 | | olspan="2" align="center" style="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy no-repeat scroll top left;"|General Characteristics | isplacement,
Surfaced:
Submerged: |
1,526 tons (1550 t),
2,424 tons (2460 t) | | ength: | 311.8 ft (95.0 m) | | eam: | 27.3 ft (8.3 m) | | raft: | 15.3 ft (4.6 m) | | Depth limit: | 400 ft (120 m) | Speed,
Surfaced:
Submerged: |
20.25 knots (37 km/h)
8.75 knots (16 km/h) | | ropulsion: | four 5400-hp Diesel engines,
four 2740-hp (2.0 MW) electric motors,
two propellers | | Submerged Endurance: | 48 hours at 2 knots | | Patrol Endurance: | 75 days | | ange: | 11,000 nmi. (20,000 km)
surfaced at 10 knots | | omplement: | 6 Officers, 60 Enlisted | | rmament: | ten 21" torpedo tubes,
(six forward, four aft),
24 torpedoes,
one 4"/50 deck gun,
four machine guns | | otto: | USS Sabalo (SS-302), a Balao-class submarine, was the first submarine and second ship of the United States Navy to be named sabalo, another name for the tarpon, a large, silvery game fish of the herring group, found in the warmer parts of the Western Atlantic. The first Sabalo retained her name when she was acquired by the Navy during World War I; the second was named for the fish by the Navy. Sabalo (SS-302) was laid down on 5 June 1943 by Cramp Shipbuilding Co., Philadelphia, Pa.; launched on 4 June 1944, sponsored by Mrs. Charles M. Oman; and commissioned on 19 June 1945 at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Lt. Comdr. James G. Andrews in command. After trials in the Delaware River, Sabalo proceeded to the Submarine Base, New London, Conn., for shakedown and training. She operated locally from New London until June 1946 when she began preparations for inactivation. She decommissioned on 7 August at Portsmouth, N.H., and was placed in reserve in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, remaining there until recommissioning on 1 June 1951 at New London. In August 1951, Sabalo departed New London for Pearl Harbor, her new home port. Arriving in September, she conducted local operations into February 1952. From 18 February to 28 September, she underwent conversion to a "Fleet Snorkel" type at the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard. This was a less-extensive alteration than the GUPPY conversion received by many World War II "Fleet boats" during the same general period. Sabalo was given a new streamlined sail, but retained her original hull form. Following this conversion, she alternated local operations with simulated war patrols while deployed to the western Pacific. The first deployment, 26 December 1952 to 26 June 1953, was followed by a second, mid-November 1954 to 10 May 1955. Her third deployment, 17 September – 4 November 1955, was conducted off Alaska and among the eastern Aleutian Islands. In September 1966, Sabalo's home port was changed to San Diego, and she resumed training operations off the west coast, primarily providing services to ships undergoing ASW, type, and refresher training. Sabalo served in that capacity as a unit of the 1st Fleet until decommissioned on 1 July 1971. Struck from the Navy Register the same day, she was sunk as a target in SubSinkEx Project "Thurber" off San Diego in February 1973.
See USS Sabalo for other ships of the same name. References External links Sabalo 302
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