Uss Cabezon (Ss 334)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. USS Cabezon (SS-334) was a Balao-class submarine of the United States Navy, named for the cabezon, a saltwater fish of sculpin family inhabiting the North Atlantic and North Pacific Oceans (cabezon means "big head" in Spanish). Cabezon was launched 27 August 1944 by Electric Boat Co., Groton, Conn.; sponsored by Mrs. T. R. Cooley; and commissioned 30 December 1944, Commander G. W. Lautrup in command. Cabezon departed New London, Conn., 19 February 1945 for Key West, Fla., where she underwent 3 weeks of training and providing services for the Fleet Sound School. She then sailed via the Panama Canal, to Pearl Harbor, arriving 15 March 1945.

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