• Source: List of Gato-class submarines

Seventy-seven Gato-class submarines were built during World War II, commissioned from November 1941 through April 1944. 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. But success had a price: 20 of the 52 US submarines lost in that war were of this class, plus Halibut, a damaged boat that returned to the US but was considered a constructive total loss and not repaired. Although many of the class were in reserve postwar and scrapped in 1959-1960, some Gatos served actively with the US Navy into the late 1960s, and others served with foreign navies into the early 1970s.
SS-361 through SS-364 were initially ordered as Balao-class, and were assigned hull numbers that fall in the middle of the range of numbers for the Balao class (SS-285 through SS-416 & SS-425–426). Thus, in some references they are listed with that class. However, they were completed by Manitowoc as Gatos, due to an unavoidable delay in Electric Boat's development of Balao-class drawings. Manitowoc was a follow yard to Electric Boat, and was dependent on them for designs and drawings.




Abbreviations


Abbreviations and hull classification symbols for postwar redesignations/conversions:

AGSS — auxiliary submarine (various roles including sonar testing)
APSS/LPSS — amphibious transport submarine
FS — "fleet snorkel" conversion, including a snorkel and streamlined sail
G IB — GUPPY IB conversion, including a snorkel, streamlined sail, and improved batteries
IXSS — unclassified submarine
PT — pierside trainer for naval reservists, reportedly immobilized by removing the propellers
SSG — guided missile submarine
SSK — hunter-killer submarine
SSO/AOSS — submarine oiler conversion
SSR — radar picket submarine
Struck — Struck (deleted) from the Naval Vessel Register, usually followed by scrapping or other final disposal




Ships in class






See also


List of most successful American submarines in World War II
List of lost United States submarines
List of Balao-class submarines
List of Tench-class submarines




References



Bauer, K. Jack; Roberts, Stephen S. (1991). Register of Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1775-1990: Major Combatants. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. ISBN 0-313-26202-0.
Blair, Clay Jr. (2001). Silent Victory: The U.S. Submarine War Against Japan. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-217-X.
Friedman, Norman (1995). U.S. Submarines through 1945: An Illustrated Design History. Annapolis, Maryland: United States Naval Institute. ISBN 1-55750-263-3.
Friedman, Norman (1994). U.S. Submarines since 1945: An Illustrated Design History. Annapolis, Maryland: United States Naval Institute. ISBN 1-55750-260-9.




External links



Description of GUPPY conversions at RNSubs.co.uk
GUPPY and other diesel boat conversions page (partial archive)
Navsource.org fleet submarines photo index page

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• List of Gato-class submarines
• Gato-class submarine
• Balao-class submarine
• List of Balao-class submarines
• List of submarines of the United States Navy
• Mackerel-class submarine
• List of Tench-class submarines
• List of submarine classes of the United States Navy
• Tench-class submarine
• United States Barracuda-class submarine (1951)