Allied Warships

Ling (SS-297)

Submarine of the Balao class


USS Ling as completed.

NavyThe US Navy
TypeSubmarine
ClassBalao 
Pennant297 
Built byCramp Shipbuilding Co. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down2 Nov 1942 
Launched15 Aug 1943 
Commissioned8 Jun 1945 
End service26 Oct 1946 
Loss position
 
History

Decommissioned 26 October 1946.
Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet.
Assigned to Naval Reserve Training duty at Brooklyn, New York from March 1960.
Stricken 1 December 1971.
USS Ling was placed on permanent display as a memorial at Hackensack, New Jersey on 28 June 1972.

 

Commands listed for USS Ling (297)

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1Cdr. George Garvie Molumphy, USN8 Jun 1945

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Media links


U. S. Submarines in World War II
Kimmett, Larry and Regis, Margaret


U.S. Submarines Through 1945
Friedman, Norman

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