Sargo-class submarine
The sargo class submarines were the first US submarines tobe out into action after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The class started war patrol the day after the Pearl Harbour attack.
The sargo class had a very active war sinking 73 ships as well as the aircraft carrier Chuyo and a Japanese submarine. The Chuyo was carrying 21 survivors from the US submarine USS Sculpin. 20 of these prisoners were killed.
After the Second World War, the class was moved into the training role before being scrapped.USS Searaven was used in the Bikini Atoll atomic weapon tests in 1946. There was negligible so she was later expended as a target. USS Sailfish was due to become a target in the same atomic weapon tests but she was scrapped instead in 1948.
References
- Submarines, War Beneath The Waves, From 1776 To The Present Day, By Robert Hutchinson
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