USS Kraken (SS-370)

USS Kraken (SS-370)

USS Kraken (SS-370), a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the kraken, a legendary sea monster believed to haunt the coasts of Norway.

Kraken commissioned in September 1944 and saw action during the last year of World War II, serving in the Pacific theater and making four war patrols. In 1946 she was placed in Reserve.

In 1959 Kraken was transferred to the Spanish Navy as SPS Almirante García de los Reyes. She was scrapped in 1982