Name USS Garrupa Launched Never | Laid down Date unknown Length 95 m | |
Namesake The 'garrupa, 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 Garrupa (SS-359), would have been a Balao-class submarine, was the only submarine of the United States Navy to be named for the garrupa, one of various fishes of the grouper type. Her keel was laid down at Electric Boat Company of Groton, Connecticut, but was canceled on 29 July 1944.
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