Allied Warships

Menhaden (SS-377)

Submarine of the Balao class


USS Menhaden very late in her career.

NavyThe US Navy
TypeSubmarine
ClassBalao 
Pennant377 
Built byManitowoc Shipbuilding Co. (Manitowoc, Wisconsin, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down21 Jun 1944 
Launched20 Dec 1944 
Commissioned22 Jun 1945 
End service13 Aug 1971 
Loss position
 
History

Decommissioned 31 May 1946.
Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet.
Recommissioned 7 August 1951.
Decommissioned 13 August 1952.
Recommissioned 6 March 1953.
Decommissioned 13 August 1971.
Stricken 15 August 1973.
Sunk as a target in August 1973.

 

Commands listed for USS Menhaden (377)

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1Cdr. David Hayward McClintock, USN22 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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