donderdag 21 juni 2018

USS BAYA AGSS 318 ex SS 318

AGSS 318   BAYA   Sydney   04 1969                                                (  Original  b & w  negative in collection ) 

SS 318   BAYA
FLAG : U.S.A.
TYPE : BALAO - CLASS SUBMARINE
LAID DOWN : 08 04 1943
LAUNCHED  : 02 01 1944
COMMISSIONED : 20 05 1944
DECOMMISSIONED : 30 10 1972

She was decommissioned 14 May 1946 and laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Mare Island Group.
Recommissioned 10 February 1948 and converted to an electronics experimental submarine.
Reclassified as an Auxiliary Research Submarine AGSS 318 on 12 August 1949.
Decommissioned and struck from the Naval Register on 30 october 1972.
Sold for scrapping on 12 october 1973 to National Metal and Steel Company,Terminal Island,CA.



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