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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. Her keel was laid down on 4 March 1943 by Electric Boat Co., Groton, Connecticut .
USS Cavalla (SS-244), was a Gato-class submarine, commissioned in 1944, served until 1969, and is a museum ship at the American Undersea Warfare Center (AUWC) collocated at Seawolf Park in Galveston, Texas. USS Cavalla (SSN-684), was a Sturgeon-class attack submarine commissioned in 1973 and in service until 1998.
It is the home of two preserved U.S. Navy ships, the USS Cavalla and the Edsall-class destroyer escort USS Stewart (DE-238), and the remains of the World War I tanker SS Selma, the largest concrete ship constructed, can be seen northwest of the park's fishing pier at .
On 25 June 1974, Stewart and the Gato-class submarine Cavalla were donated by the U.S. Navy to the city of Galveston for use as part of the American Undersea Warfare Center at Seawolf Park. The municipal park is a memorial to the loss of USS Seawolf, SS-197 and Texans who died in World War II. The park is located on Pelican Island.
Seventy-seven Gato-class submarines were built during World War II, commissioned from November 1941 through April 1944. [1] The class was very successful in sinking Japanese merchant ships and naval vessels: the top three US submarines in tonnage sunk were Gatos, along with three of the top seven in number of ships sunk. [2]
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Cavalla: Best known for sinking Japanese carrier Shōkaku. Converted to SSK in 1953. Museum ship in Galveston, Texas. SS-245 Cobia: Museum ship in Manitiwoc, WI. SS-246 Croaker: Converted to SSK in 1953. Museum ship in Buffalo, NY. SS-247 Dace: GUPPY IB conversion 1955 SS-248 Dorado: Accidentally sunk by US aircraft 12 Oct 1943. SS-249 Flasher
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