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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.
USS Cavalla (SSN-684), a Sturgeon-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the cavalla, a salt water fish.Although it was a Sturgeon class design, Cavalla was a modified "long hull" boat, approximately 10 feet (3.0 m) longer than the earlier ships in its class.
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 .
Along with her sister ship Zuikaku, she took part in several key naval battles during the war, including the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Battle of the Coral Sea, and the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, before being torpedoed and sunk by the U.S. submarine USS Cavalla at the Battle of the Philippine Sea. [2]
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]
Japanese aircraft carrier Shōkaku USS Cavalla. Another submarine, USS Cavalla, was able to maneuver to an attack position on the 25,675-ton carrier Shōkaku by about noon. The submarine fired a spread of six torpedoes, three of which struck Shōkaku on her starboard side. [33] Badly damaged, the carrier came to a halt.
Damaged by Japanese destroyer 19 Nov 1943 and scuttled to avoid capture. Captain John P. Cromwell chose to go down with the ship, earning himself the Medal of Honor. SS-192 Squalus / Sailfish: Sunk in accident 23 May 1939. Raised, repaired and re-commissioned as USS Sailfish on 15 May 1940.