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| - USS Blueback (SS-326), a Balao-class submarine, was the first submarine of the United States Navy to be named for a type of salmon, specifically, the Blueback salmon, also known as the sockeye salmon. The following is an exert from the decommissioning booklet of the 2nd USS Blueback, SS581. The booklet was printed and distributed by the US Navy. File:USS Blueback SS581 page from decommissioning booklet.jpg
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| - USS Blueback (SS-326), a Balao-class submarine, was the first submarine of the United States Navy to be named for a type of salmon, specifically, the Blueback salmon, also known as the sockeye salmon. The following is an exert from the decommissioning booklet of the 2nd USS Blueback, SS581. The booklet was printed and distributed by the US Navy. File:USS Blueback SS581 page from decommissioning booklet.jpg Her keel was laid down on 29 July 1943 by the Electric Boat Company of Groton, Connecticut. She was launched on 7 May 1944 sponsored by Mrs. William Brent Young, wife of Rear Admiral Young, and commissioned on 28 August 1944 with Lieutenant Commander M. K. Clementson in command.
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