Uss Chivo (Ss 341)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. USS Chivo (SS-341), a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the chivo or big-scaled goatfish Pseudopenaeus grandisquamis, a fish inhabiting the Pacific Ocean between Panama and Mexico. Chivo was launched 14 January 1945 by Electric Boat Company, Groton, Conn.; sponsored by Mrs. Raymond E. Baldwin, wife of the governor of Connecticut; and commissioned 28 April 1945, Lieutenant Commander William R. Crutcher, USNR, in command. Chivo departed New London 7 June 1945 for Key West where she trained and exercised briefly at the sound school and experimental torpedo range, before sailing on to Pearl Harbor in company with Requin (SS-481) and Redfish (SS-395).

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