USS Guavina (SS-362)
USS Guavina (SS/SSO/AGSS/AOSS-362), a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the guavina, a fish which may reach a length of 2 feet (0.6 m) indigenous to the West Indies and the Atlantic coasts of Central America and Mexico.
Guavina (SS-362) was launched by the Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co., Manitowoc, Wisc., 29 August 1943; sponsored by Miss Marie Roen; and commissioned 23 December 1943, Lieutenant Commander Carl Tiedeman in command.
After shakedown, Guavina was towed down the Mississippi in a floating drydock by tug Minnesota, reaching New Orleans 24 January 1944. She underwent training exercises at New Orleans and at Balboa, C.Z., before reaching Pearl Harbor 5 April to prepare for her first was patrol.
Read more about USS Guavina (SS-362): First War Patrol, April – May 1944, Second War Patrol, June – July 1944, Third and Fourth War Patrols, August – December 1944, Fifth and Sixth War Patrols, January – May 1945, Post-war Service As Submarine Tanker