USS Sealion (SS/SSP/ASSP/APSS/LPSS-315), a Balao-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the sea lion, any of several large, eared seals native to the Pacific.

Two months before attacking Admiral Takei Kurita’s ships, USS Sealion was one of four U.S. subs that unknowingly sank prison ships carrying American, British, and Australian POWs. Here the POWs from the Rakuyo Maru are being rescued by Sealion.

Reclassified LPSS-315 in January 1969, Sea lion was ordered inactivated the following summer; and, in September, she proceeded to Philadelphia where she was decommissioned and placed in the...

Jan 2, 2024 · USS Sealion, a History: During the Pacific Theatre of Operations in WWII, U.S. Navy submarines, known collectively as “The Silent Service,” were an absolutely vital component in the defeat of...

Two submarines of the United States Navy have been named USS Sealion for the sea lion, any of several large, eared seals native to the Pacific. USS Sealion (SS-195), a Sargo-class submarine was wrecked and scuttled in the first days of World War II.

The first submarine victim of enemy action was SEALION (Lt. Cdr. R.G. Voge). The start of the war on December 8 (east longitude date) found her, along with SEADRAGON, in the last stages of overhaul at the Navy Yard, Cavite, P.I. Both were scheduled for completion on 12 December.

Dec 26, 2013 · December of 1941 found USS SEALION (SS-195), commissioned in 1939 and the veteran of one war patrol, in the midst of a routine overhaul at Cavite Navy Yard in the Philippines. She would never make it back to sea.

The first submarine victim of enemy action was SEALION (Lt. Cdr. R. G. Voge). The start of the war on December 8 (east longitude date) found her, along with SEADRAGON, in the last stages of overhaul at the Navy Yard, Cavite, P. I. Both were scheduled for completion on December 12th.

USS Sealion (SS/SSP/ASSP/APSS/LPSS-315), a Balao-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the sea lion, any of several large, eared seals native to the Pacific.

May 12, 2021 · But that didn’t stop the U.S. Navy from operating at least one helicopter from a submarine, during a remarkable series of trials aboard the USS Sealion in the mid-1950s. By now, the helicopter had proven its worth in Korea and was increasingly becoming indispensable for maritime operations, too, its key missions including search and rescue ...