USS CHOPPER IXSS 342 ex AGSS 342 ex SS 342

SS 342   CHOPPER   Norfolk   14 06 1972                                            (  Original  b & w  negative in collection )

SS 342  CHOPPER
FLAG : U.S.A.
TYPE : BALAO - CLASS SUMARINE
LAID DOWN : 02 03 1944
LAUNCHED  : 04 02 1945
COMMISSIONED : 25 05 1945
DECOMMISSIONED : 27 08 1969

She was reclassified as a Auxiliary Submarine  AGSS 342 in 1969. Decommissioned on 27 08 1969
she was reclassified as a Miscellaneous Submarine  IXSS 342 in 1971 and stricken from the Naval
Register on 10 10 1971. From 1971 till 1976 she was assigned as a salvage and rescue hulk till on
21 07 1976 she was sunk off Florida coast while being rigged as a underwater target.