| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Submarine |
| Class | Tench |
| Pennant | 424 |
| Built by | Portsmouth Navy Yard (Kittery, Maine, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 27 Jun 1944 |
| Launched | 1 Oct 1944 |
| Commissioned | 29 Dec 1944 |
| End service | 23 Mar 1973 |
| Loss position | |
| History | Decommissioned in April 1952. |
Commands listed for USS Quillback (424)
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| Commander | From | To | ||
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. Richard Philip Nicholson, USN | 29 Dec 1944 | ||
| 2 | Cdr. Charles Robert Clark, Jr., USN | Jun 1948 | Sep 1950 | |
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Noteable events involving Quillback include:
30 May 1945
USS Quillback (Lt.Cdr. R.P. Nicholson) departs Pearl Harbor for her 1st war patrol. She is ordered to patrol off Kyusyu, Japan.
24 Jul 1945
USS Quillback (Lt.Cdr. R.P. Nicholson) ends her 1st war patrol at Guam.
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