This submarine had the nickname "Galloping Ghost of the Japanese Coast" and commissioned late in 1944. The ship had rwo patrols off Japan near the end of the war and sank one Japanese cargo ship and two coast defense frigates. The last of these two was sunk August 14, 1945, and is the last enemy ship sunk by the US Navy in World War II.
The Torsk was built at the Portsmouth Navy Yard in Kittery, Maine.
During the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1961, the Torsk participated in the blockade of that country.
In 1972,the ship was turned over to the state of Maryland to be used as a museum ship.
The Silent Service. --DaCoot
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