USS Haddo (SS-255)
For other ships of the same name, see USS Haddo.USS Haddo (SS-255), a Gato-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the haddo, a pink salmon fish prevalent on the Pacific coast of the United States and Canada.
Her keel was laid down by the Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut. She was launched 21 June 1942 (sponsored by Mrs. Charles F. Russell); and commissioned 9 October 1942, Lieutenant Commander Wallace L. "Pilly" Lent in command.
Read more about USS Haddo (SS-255): Atlantic War Patrols, April – July 1943, Fourth–sixth War Patrols, November 1943 – July 1944, Seventh War Patrol, August – October 1944, Eighth and Ninth War Patrols, October 1944 – July 1945, Post-war