Name USS Garlopa Launched Never | Laid down Date Unknown Length 95 m | |
Namesake The garlopa, a species of grouper Fate Construction contract cancelled 29 July 1944 Class and type Balao class diesel-electric submarine Builder General Dynamics Electric Boat | ||
USS Garlopa (SS-358), would have been a Balao-class submarine, the only submarine of the United States Navy to be named for the garlopa, a large species of grouper found on the west coast of Mexico. Her keel was laid down at the Electric Boat Company of Groton, Connecticut, but construction was canceled on 29 July 1944.
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