USS Perch (SS-313)
USS ''Perch'' (SS/SSP/ASSP/APSS/LPSS/IXSS-313), a Balao class submarine, ''Balao''-class submarine, was the second submarine of the United States Navy to be named for the perch, a freshwater spiny-finned fish. Construction and commissioning ''Perch'' was Keel-laying, laid down on 5 January 1943 by the Electric Boat Company at Groton, Connecticut, Groton, Connecticut; Ceremonial ship launching, launched on 12 September 1943, sponsored by Mrs. David A. Hart; and Ship commissioning, commissioned on 7 January 1944. Operational history After shakedown cruise, shakedown, ''Perch'' departed 19 February 1944 for Key West, Florida, where she gave services to the Fleet Sound School. She then sailed for Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, arriving 3 April 1944. First and second war patrols, April – August 1944 On 29 April she departed Pearl Harbor with for Midway Atoll, Midway where joined them. The South China Sea was the hunting ground for the wolf pack (submarines), wolf pack. Early in the morn ...
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