USS Icefish (SS-367)

USS Icefish (SS-367)

USS Icefish (SS-367), a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the icefish, any member of the family Salangidae, small smeltlike fishes of China and Japan. Also known as whitebait.

Icefish (SS-367) was launched 20 February 1944 by Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co., Manitowoc, Wisc.; sponsored by Mrs. Stanley P. Mosely, wife of Captain Mosely; and commissioned 10 June 1944, Commander Richard W. Peterson in command.

Read more about USS Icefish (SS-367):  First Patrol, September – November 1944, Second and Third Patrols, December 1944 – April 1945, Fourth and Fifth Patrols, May – August 1945, HNLMS Walrus (S802)