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NavSource Online: Submarine Photo Archive

Patch on left contributed by Mike Smolinski, on right by Jack Treutle

Batfish (SS-310) (AGSS-310)

Radio Call Sign: November - Yankee - Sierra - Delta

Unit Awards, Campaign and Service Medals and Ribbons

Presidential Unit Citation

Balao Class Submarine: Laid down, 27 December 1942, at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME.; Launched, 5 May 1943; Commissioned USS Batfish (SS-310), 21 August 1943; Decommissioned, 6 April 1946, at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA.; Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Mare Island Group; Recommissioned, 7 March 1952; Redesignated Auxiliary Research Submarine (AGSS-310), 1 July 1960; Decommissioned, 1 November 1969; Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet; Struck from the Naval Register, 28 February 1972; Final Disposition, placed as a permanent memorial at Muskogee, OK. Batfish was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation and earned six battle stars for her World War II service

Specifications: Displacement, Surfaced: 1,526 t., Submerged: 2,424 t.; Length 311' 10"; Beam 27' 3"; Draft 15' 3"; Speed, Surfaced 20.25 kts, Submerged 8.75 kts; Cruising Range, 11,000 miles surfaced at 10kts; Submerged Endurance, 48 hours at 2kts; Operating Depth Limit, 400 ft; Complement 6 Officers 60 Enlisted; Armament, ten 21" torpedo tubes, six forward, four aft, 24 torpedoes, one 5"/25 deck gun, one 40mm gun, two .50 cal. machine guns; Patrol Endurance 75 days; Propulsion, diesels-electric reduction gear with four Fairbanks-Morse main generator engines., 5,400 hp, Fuel Capacity, 94,400 gal., four Elliot Motor Co., main motors with 2,740 hp, two 126-cell main storage batteries, two propellers.

Size	Image Description	Source
21k	Commemorative launch day badge from Batfish's (SS-310) following her launching at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME., 5 May 1943.	Courtesy of James A Munroe in remembrance of his father Raymond L Munroe Sr. who worked at the yard during WW II and the Korean wars as a chauffeur.
137k	Officers and crew line the deck of the Batfish (SS-310) as she is waterborne following her launching at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME., 5 May 1943.	U.S. Navy photo courtesy of ussubvetsofworldwarii.org
95k	Batfish (SS-310), during her shakedown period off the New England coast, 30 Sept 1943.	U.S. Navy photo.
127k	Signalmen attach Japanese flags to the periscope shears and radar of the Batfish (SS-310) as she enters Pearl Harbor, circa 1944.	U.S. Navy photo courtesy of ussubvetsofworldwarii.org
111k	Officers and crew line the deck of the Batfish (SS-310) as she enters Pearl Harbor, circa 1944. Note the battle flag flying from her periscope shears.	U.S. Navy photo courtesy of ussubvetsofworldwarii.org
59k	Diving officer, bow plane and the stern plane operators & on station in the Batfish (SS-310), circa 1945.	U.S. Navy photo courtesy of ussubvetsofworldwarii.org Photo i.d. courtesy of John Hummel.
329k	Sailor at work in the electric engine maneuvering room of Batfish (SS-310) on war patrol. May 1945.	Photo from NARA #: 080-G-468645, photographed by Lt. Comdr. Horace Bristol, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. Text courtesy of John Hummel.
23k	Batfish (SS-310) heading for San Francisco at war's end,1945.	U.S. Navy photo courtesy of hsna.org (Historical Ships Naval Association)
80k	Batfish (SS-310) heading for San Francisco at war's end,1945.	NARA photo courtesy of Robert Hurst.
64k	Batfish (SS-310) underway outside Pearl Harbor, circa 1944, starboard view.	Courtesy of Jerry Bliss, RMCM(SS), USN-Ret.
60k	Battleflag of the Batfish (SS-310).	U.S. Navy photo courtesy of ussubvetsofworldwarii.org
137k	Reserve fleet at Mare Island, circa Jan 1946. There are 52 submarines and 4 Sub Tenders in this photo. This photo is a Berthing list identifying the ships in the picture.	Photo commerating 50 years, U. S. Submarine Veterans of WW II 1996 calendar, courtesy of Darryl Baker.
453k	Photo of the Reserve fleet at Mare Island, circa Jan 1946. There are 52 submarines and 4 Sub Tenders in this photo. Whether coincidental or on purpose, the number of boats in the photo is the same as that which were lost in WW II. From back to front and left to right, first group of 12 boats: Sandlance (SS-381) Tunny (SS-282) Aspro (SS-309) Lionfish (SS-298) Guvania (SS-362) Sunfish (SS-281) Macabi (SS-375) Gurnard (SS-254) Pampanito (SS-383) Mingo (SS-261) Guitarro (SS-363) Bashaw (SS-241) From back to front and left to right, second group of 12 boats: Sealion (SS-315) Hammerhead (SS-364) Bream (SS-243) Seahorse (SS-304) Tinosa (SS-283) Pintado (SS-387) Mapiro (SS-376) Pipefish (SS-388) Moray (SS-300) Batfish (SS-310) Hackleback (SS-295) Bluegill (SS-242) From back to front and left to right, third group of 12 boats: Hawkbill (SS-366) Menhaden (SS-377) Perch (SS-313) Loggerhead (SS-374) Barbero (SS-317) Baya (SS-318) Hardhead (SS-365) Spadefish (SS-411) Springer (SS-414) Devilfish (SS-292) Kraken (SS-370) Dragonet (SS-293) From back to front and left to right, fourth group of 12 boats: Lamprey (SS-372) Piranha (SS-389) Manta (SS-299) Pargo (SS-264) Rancador (SS-301) Archerfish (SS-311) Mero (SS-378) Sawfish (SS-276) Spot (SS-413) Lizardfish (SS-373) Jallao (SS-368) Icefish (SS-367) From back to front and left to right, last group of 4 boats: Steelhead (SS-280) Puffer (SS-268) Stickleback (SS-415) Trepang (SS-412) From back to front, Submarine Tenders group of 4 ships: Pelias (AS-14) Aegir (AS-23) Euryale (AS-22) Griffin (AS-13)	Photo commerating 50 years, U. S. Submarine Veterans of WW II 1996 calendar, courtesy of Darryl Baker.
266k	Officers salute as the colors are lowered on Batfish (SS-310) at the end of her decomissioning ceremony at Mare Island on 16 April 1946. Moray (SS-300), is to the left; incomplete destroyer escorts Ely (DE-309) and D. W. Halsey (DE-310) are forward await scrapping; Euryal (AS-22) and Pelias (AS-14) are to the right.	US Navy Photo # 1504-46, courtesy of Darryl Baker.
173k	Submarines aft of unidentifed submarine in foregroud at Mare Island Reserve Fleet on 28 September 1950 are: Left to right: Dragonet (SS-293), Menhaden (SS-377), Mapiro (SS-376), Seahorse (SS-304), Sand Lance (SS-381), Batfish (SS-310), Capitaine (SS-336), Pipefish (SS-388) and Manta (SS-299).	U.S. Navy photo # 6988-9-50, courtesy of Darryl Baker.
56k	Batfish (SS-310) entering Key West in 1954.	US Navy Photo from the collection of Robert Seitz RD1, USN 51-54, courtesy of Robert Hall.
54k	Newspaper clipping: "Once she was happy, now she's forlorn; just like a relic tattered and torn. The submarine Batfish (SS-310) scourge of the Pacific during WW II, is listing to port and in danger of slipping her moorings. She floats in the Arkansas River at Muskogee, Okla., while state officials look for a way to dump the vessel hailed as the state's No. 1 tourist attraction" less than a year ago. The Tourism Commission has drafted a letter disowning the once proud submarine, and asking the Navy to take it back."	(UPI Photo) U.S. Navy photo courtesy of ussubvetsofworldwarii.org
20k	Present home of the Batfish (SS-310), at Muskogee, OK.	U.S. Navy photo courtesy of hsna.org (Historical Ships Naval Association)
24k	Present home of the Batfish (SS-310), at Muskogee, OK.	U.S. Navy photo courtesy of hsna.org (Historical Ships Naval Association)
43k	The First of Three Mk 45 torpedoes has arrived and was installed on a rack in the FTR on the Batfish (SS-310), one of three submarine Memorials in the Central Region that will receive MK 45 torpedoes. The Razorback (SS-394) and Cavalla (SS-244) will also receive Mk 45 torpedoes in the near future. The Mk 45 will bring back memories of the Cold War days. Many of us slept close to these babies in the FTR.	Courtesy of Jack Treutle. Photo added 07/10/07.