USS VOLADOR SS 490

SS 490   VOLADOR   Charleston   03 1971                                (  Original  b & x  negative in collection )

SS 490   VOLADOR
FLAG : U.S.A.
TYPE : TENCH - CLASS SUBMARINE
LAID DOWN : 15 June 1945
LAUNCHED  : 21 May 1948
COMMISSIONED : 01 October 1948
DECOMMISSIONED : 18 August 1972

Decommissioned and loaned to ITALY on 18 August 1972 she was recommissioned in the Italian Navy as ITS  GIANFRANCO GAZZANA PRIAROGGIA  S 502.
Struck from the Naval Register and transferred to ITALY on 05 December 1977.
Stricken from the Italian Navy on 31 May 1981