USS Chivo (SS-341)

USS Chivo (SS-341)

USS Chivo (SS-341), a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the "chivo"" or big-scaled goatfish Pseudopenaeus grandisquamis, a fish inhabiting the Pacific Ocean between Panama and Mexico.

Chivo was launched 14 January 1945 by Electric Boat Company, Groton, Conn.; sponsored by Mrs. Raymond E. Baldwin, wife of the governor of Connecticut; and commissioned 28 April 1945, Lieutenant Commander William R. Crutcher, USNR, in command.