
For information on the doctrine for the employment of submarines in the war,
see Current Doctrine: Submarines (USF 25(A).
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| No. | Name | Comm. | Notes ( : Lost) |
| SS-63 | O-2 | 1918 | Built at Puget Sound Navy Yard |
| SS-64 | O-3 | 1918 | |
| SS-65 | O-4 | 1918 | |
| SS-67 | O-6 | 1918 | |
| SS-68 | O-7 | 1918 | |
| SS-69 | O-8 | 1918 | |
| SS-70 | O-9 | 1918 | 20Jun41, off the Isle of Shoals |
| SS-71 | O-10 | 1918 |
(*: Lend-Lease to U.K.)
| No. | Name | Comm. | Notes ( : Lost) |
| SS-78 | R-1 | 1918 | |
| SS-79 | R-2 | 1919 | |
| SS-80 | R-3 | *1919 | |
| SS-81 | R-4 | 1919 | |
| SS-82 | R-5 | 1919 | |
| SS-83 | R-6 | 1919 | |
| SS-85 | R-8 | 1919 | |
| SS-86 | R-9 | 1919 | |
| SS-87 | R-10 | 1919 | |
| SS-88 | R-11 | 1919 | |
| SS-89 | R-12 | 1919 | 12 Jun 43; unknown, E. Coast |
| SS-90 | R-13 | 1919 | |
| SS-91 | R-14 | 1919 | |
| SS-92 | R-15 | 1918 | |
| SS-93 | R-16 | 1918 | |
| SS-94 | R-17 | *1918 | |
| SS-95 | R-18 | 1918 | |
| SS-96 | R-19 | *1918 | |
| SS-97 | R-20 | 1919 |
(*: Lend-Lease to U.K.)
| No. | Name | Comm. | Notes ( : Lost) |
| SS-105 | S-1 | *1920 | |
| SS-123 | S-18 | 1924 | |
| SS-125 | S-20 | 1922 | |
| SS-126 | S-21 | *1923 | |
| SS-127 | S-22 | *1924 | |
| SS-128 | S-23 | 1923 | |
| SS-129 | S-24 | *1923 | |
| SS-130 | S-25 | *1923 | |
| SS-131 | S-26 | 1923 | : 25 Jan 42; accidentally rammed and sunk by PC-460 near Panama |
| SS-132 | S-27 | 1924 | : 19 Jun 42; swept onto reefs in the Aleutians |
| SS-133 | S-28 | 1923 | : 4 Jul 44; accident, Hawaii |
| SS-134 | S-29 | *1924 | |
| SS-135 | S-30 | 1920 | |
| SS-136 | S-31 | 1923 | |
| SS-137 | S-32 | 1923 | |
| SS-138 | S-33 | 1922 | |
| SS-139 | S-34 | 1923 | |
| SS-140 | S-35 | 1923 | |
| SS-141 | S-36 | 1923 | : Mar 42; grounded near Java |
| SS-142 | S-37 | 1923 | |
| SS-143 | S-38 | 1923 | |
| SS-144 | S-39 | 1923 | : 14 Aug 42; grounded, Rossell Island |
| SS-145 | S-40 | 1923 | |
| SS-146 | S-41 | 1924 |
| No. | Name | Comm. | Notes ( : Lost) |
| SS-116 | S-11 | 19 | |
| SS-117 | S-12 | 19 | |
| SS-118 | S-13 | 19 | |
| SS-119 | S-14 | 1921 | |
| SS-120 | S-15 | 1921 | |
| SS-121 | S-16 | 1920 | |
| SS-122 | S-17 | 1921 |
| No. | Name | Comm. | Notes ( : Lost) |
| SS-153 | S-42 | 1924 | |
| SS-154 | S-43 | 1924 | |
| SS-155 | S-44 | 1925 | : 8 Oct 43; gunfire, in the Aleutians |
| SS-156 | S-45 | 1925 | |
| SS-157 | S-46 | 1925 | |
| SS-158 | S-47 | 1925 |
| No. | Name | Comm. | Notes ( : Lost) |
| SS-159 | S-48 | 1922 |
| No. | Name | Comm. | Notes ( : Lost) |
| SS-163 | Barracuda | 1925 | |
| SS-164 | Bass | 1925 | |
| SS-165 | Bonita | 1926 |
| No. | Name | Comm. | Notes ( : Lost) |
| SM-1 | Argonaut | 1928 1942 |
Converted to Transport Submarine APS-1 10Jan43; depth charges and gunfire in S.W. Pacific |
| No. | Name | Comm. | Notes ( : Lost) |
| SS-167 | Narwhal | 1930 | |
| SS-168 | Nautilus | 1930 |
| No. | Name | Comm. | Notes ( : Lost) |
| SS-169 | Dolphin | 1932 |
| No. | Name | Comm. | Notes ( : Lost) |
| SS-170 | Cachalot | 1933 | |
| SS-171 | Cuttlefish | 1934 |
| No. | Name | Comm. | Notes ( : Lost) |
| SS-173 | Pike | 1935 | |
| SS-172 | Porpoise | 1935 |
| No. | Name | Comm. | Notes ( : Lost) |
| SS-174 | Shark | 1936 | : Mar 42; off Celebes |
| SS-175 | Tarpon | 1936 |
| No. | Name | Comm. | Notes ( : Lost) |
| SS-176 | Perch | 1936 | : Mar 42; Java Sea |
| SS-178 | Permit | 1937 | |
| SS-177 | Pickerel | 1937 | : < 15 Aug 43; unknown causes |
| SS-179 | Plunger | 1936 | |
| SS-180 | Pollack | 1937 | |
| SS-181 | Pompano | 1937 | : 5 Jan 44; unknown causes |
| No. | Name | Comm. | Notes ( : Lost) |
| SS-182 | Salmon | 1938 | |
| SS-183 | Seal | 1938 | |
| SS-184 | Skipjack | 1938 | |
| SS-185 | Snapper | 1937 | |
| SS-186 | Stingray | 1938 | |
| SS-187 | Sturgeon | 1938 |
| No. | Name | Comm. | Notes ( : Lost) |
| SS-192 | Sailfish (ex-Squalus) |
1939 | |
| SS-188 | Sargo | 1939 | |
| SS-189 | Saury | 1939 | |
| SS-191 | Sculpin | 1939 | : 19 Nov 43; gunfire from IJN Yamagumo near Truk |
| SS-194 | Seadragon | 1939 | |
| SS-195 | Sealion | 1939 | : 10 Dec 41; bombs in Manila Bay |
| SS-196 | Searaven | 1939 | |
| SS-197 | Seawolf | 1939 | : 3 Oct 44; hedgehog attack from Richard M. Rowell |
| SS-190 | Spearfish | 1939 | |
| SS-193 | Swordfish | 1939 | : 12 Jan 45; depth charge(?) off Okinawa |
| No. | Name | Comm. | Notes ( : Lost) |
| SS-198 | Tambor | 1940 | |
| SS-199 | Tautog | 1940 | |
| SS-200 | Thresher | 1940 | |
| SS-201 | Triton | 1940 | : < 22 Jul 43; unknown causes |
| SS-202 | Trout | 1940 | : 29 Feb 44; depth charge SSE of Okinawa |
| SS-203 | Tuna | 1941 |
| No. | Name | Comm. | Notes ( : Lost) |
| SS-204 | Mackerel | 1941 | |
| SS-205 | Marlin | 1941 |
| No. | Name | Comm. | Notes ( : Lost) |
| SS-206 | Gar | 1941 | |
| SS-207 | Grampus | 1941 | : 5 Mar 43; unknown, near Kula Gulf |
| SS-208 | Grayback | 1941 | : 27 Feb 44; air attack(?) between Luzon and Formosa |
| SS-209 | Grayling | 1941 | : < 24 Dec 43; unknown causes |
| SS-210 | Grenadier | 1941 | : < 14 Sep 43; unknown causes |
| SS-211 | Gudgeon | 1941 | : Apr 44; unknown causes out of Pearl Harbor |
| No. | Name | Comm. | Notes ( : Lost) |
| SS-218 | Albacore | 1942 | : 7 Nov 44?; mine, off Hokkaido? |
| SS-219 | Amberjack | 1942 | : 16 Feb 43; IJN depth charges near Rabaul |
| SS-240 | Angler | 1943 | ? |
| SS-220 | Barb | 1942 | |
| SS-241 | Bashaw | 1943 | |
| SS-221 | Blackfish | 1942 | |
| SS-222 | Bluefish | 1943 | |
| SS-242 | Bluegill | 1943 | |
| SS-223 | Bonefish | 1943 | : 19 Jun 45; Toyama Wan, Honshu |
| SS-243 | Bream | 1944 | |
| SS-244 | Cavalla | 1944 | |
| SS-225 | Cero | 1943 | |
| SS-245 | Cobia | 1944 | |
| SS-224 | Cod | 1943 | |
| SS-226 | Corvina | 1943 | : 16 Nov 43; torpedoed by I-176 SW of Truk |
| SS-246 | Croaker | 1944 | |
| SS-247 | Dace | 1943 | |
| SS-227 | Darter | 1943 | : 24 Oct 44; grounded in Palawan Passage then bombed |
| SS-248 | Dorado | 1943 | : 12 Oct 43; bombed by U.S. Mariner in Caribbean |
| SS-228 | Drum | 1941 | |
| SS-230 | Finback | 1942 | |
| SS-249 | Flasher | 1943 | |
| SS-250 | Flier | 1943 | : 19 Sep 44; unknown causes |
| SS-251 | Flounder | 1943 | |
| SS-229 | Flying Fish | 1941 | |
| SS-252 | Gabilan | 1943 | |
| SS-212 | Gato | 1941 | |
| SS-213 | Greenling | 1942 | |
| SS-214 | Grouper | 1942 | |
| SS-215 | Growler | 1942 | : 8 Nov 44; reported missing after attacking convoy SW of Luzon (depth charges)? |
| SS-216 | Grunion | 1942 | : < 5 Oct 42; unknown causes |
| SS-217 | Guardfish | 1942 | |
| SS-253 | Gunnel | 1942 | |
| SS-254 | Gurnard | 1942 | |
| SS-255 | Haddo | 1942 | |
| SS-231 | Haddock | 1942 | |
| SS-256 | Hake | 1942 | |
| SS-232 | Halibut | 1942 | |
| SS-257 | Harder | 1942 | : 24 Aug 44; depth charges, SW Pacific |
| SS-233 | Herring | 1942 | : 1 Jun 44; shore battery in the Kuriles |
| SS-258 | Hoe | 1942 | |
| SS-259 | Jack | 1943 | |
| SS-234 | Kingfish | 1942 | |
| SS-260 | Lapon | 1943 | |
| SS-261 | Mingo | 1943 | |
| SS-262 | Muskallunge | 1943 | |
| SS-263 | Paddle | 1943 | |
| SS-264 | Pargo | 1943 | |
| SS-265 | Peto | 1942 | |
| SS-266 | Pogy | 1943 | |
| SS-267 | Pompon | 1943 | |
| SS-268 | Puffer | 1943 | |
| SS-269 | Rasher | 1943 | |
| SS-270 | Raton | 1943 | |
| SS-271 | Ray | 1943 | |
| SS-272 | Redfin | 1943 | |
| SS-273 | Robalo | 1943 | : 26 Jul 44; battery explosion? off Palawan |
| SS-274 | Rock | 1943 | |
| SS-275 | Runner | 1942 | : < 27 Oct 43; unknown causes |
| SS-276 | Sawfish | 1942 | |
| SS-277 | Scamp | 1942 | : 11 Nov 44?; depth charge, S. of Tokyo Bay? |
| SS-278 | Scorpion | 1942 | : < 22 Mar 44; unknown causes |
| SS-235 | Shad | 1942 | |
| SS-236 | Silversides | 1941 | |
| SS-279 | Snook | 1942 | : <: 4 Aug 45; unknown causes |
| SS-280 | Steelhead | 1942 | |
| SS-281 | Sunfish | 1942 | |
| SS-283 | Tinosa | 1943 | |
| SS-237 | Trigger | 1942 | : 28 Mar 45; depth charge, off Okinawa |
| SS-284 | Tullibee | 1943 | : 26 Mar 44; circular return of own torpedo |
| SS-282 | Tunny | 1942 | |
| SS-238 | Wahoo | 1942 | : < 2 Dec 43; unknown causes |
| SS-239 | Whale | 1942 |
| No. | Name | Comm. | Notes ( : Lost) |
| SS-308 | Apogon | 1943 | |
| SS-311 | Archerfish | 1943 | |
| SS-309 | Aspro | 1943 | |
| SS-403 | Atule | 1944 | |
| SS-285 | Balao | 1943 | |
| SS-385 | Bang | 1943 | |
| SS-316 | Barbel | 1944 | : 4 Feb 45; air attack, SW of Palawan |
| SS-317 | Barbero | 1944 | |
| SS-310 | Batfish | 1943 | |
| SS-318 | Baya | 1944 | |
| SS-319 | Becuna | 1944 | |
| SS-320 | Bergall | 1944 | |
| SS-321 | Besugo | 1944 | |
| SS-286 | Billfish | 1943 | |
| SS-322 | Blackfin | 1944 | |
| SS-324 | Blenny | 1944 | |
| SS-325 | Blower | 1944 | |
| SS-326 | Blueback | 1944 | |
| SS-327 | Boarfish | 1944 | |
| SS-287 | Bowfin | 1943 | |
| SS-330 | Brill | 1944 | |
| SS-331 | Bugara | 1944 | |
| SS-332 | Bullhead | 1944 | : 6 Aug 45; air attack, off Bali |
| SS-333 | Bumper | 1944 | |
| SS-312 | Burrfish | 1943 | |
| SS-334 | Cabezon | 1944 | |
| SS-288 | Cabrilla | 1943 | |
| SS-323 | Caiman | 1944 | |
| SS-289 | Capelin | 1943 | : < 18 Mar 44; unknown causes |
| SS-336 | Capitaine | 1945 | |
| SS-337 | Carbonero | 1945 | |
| SS-338 | Carp | 1945 | |
| SS-339 | Catfish | 1945 | |
| SS-328 | Charr | 1944 | |
| SS-341 | Chivo | 1945 | |
| SS-342 | Chopper | 1945 | |
| SS-329 | Chub | 1944 | |
| SS-290 | Cisco | 1943 | : < 8 Feb 44; unknown causes |
| SS-343 | Clamagore | 1945 | |
| SS-344 | Cobbler | 1945 | |
| SS-345 | Cochino | 1945 | |
| SS-346 | Corporal | 1945 | |
| SS-291 | Crevalle | 1943 | |
| SS-347 | Cubera | 1945 | |
| SS-348 | Cusk | 1946 | |
| SS-335 | Dentuda | 1944 | |
| SS-292 | Devilfish | 1944 | |
| SS-350 | Dogfish | 1945 | |
| SS-293 | Dragonet | 1944 | |
| SS-340 | Entemedor | 1945 | |
| SS-294 | Escolar | 1944 | : < 28 Feb 45; unknown causes |
| SS-361 | Golet | 1943 | : < 23 Oct 44; unknown causes |
| SS-362 | Guavina | 1943 | |
| SS-363 | Guitaro | 1944 | |
| SS-295 | Hackleback | 1944 | |
| SS-364 | Hammerhead | 1944 | |
| SS-365 | Hardhead | 1944 | |
| SS-366 | Hawkbill | 1944 | |
| SS-367 | Icefish | 1944 | |
| SS-368 | Jallao | 1944 | |
| SS-369 | Kete | 1944 | : Mar 45; by IJN submarine? |
| SS-370 | Kraken | 1944 | |
| SS-371 | Lagarto | 1944 | : 3 May 45; depth-charged by IJN minelayer Hatsutaka ? |
| SS-372 | Lamprey | 1944 | |
| SS-296 | Lancetfish | 1945 | |
| SS-297 | Ling | 1945 | |
| SS-298 | Lionfish | 1944 | |
| SS-373 | Lizardfish | 1944 | |
| SS-374 | Loggerhead | 1945 | |
| SS-375 | Macabi | 1945 | |
| SS-299 | Manta | 1944 | |
| SS-376 | Mapiro | 1945 | |
| SS-377 | Menhaden | 1945 | |
| SS-378 | Mero | 1945 | |
| SS-300 | Moray | 1945 | |
| SS-383 | Pampanito | 1943 | |
| SS-384 | Parche | 1943 | |
| SS-313 | Perch | 1944 | |
| SS-382 | Picuda | 1943 | |
| SS-386 | Pilotfish | 1943 | |
| SS-387 | Pintado | 1944 | |
| SS-388 | Pipefish | 1944 | |
| SS-409 | Piper | 1944 | |
| SS-389 | Piranha | 1944 | |
| SS-390 | Plaice | 1944 | |
| SS-391 | Pomfret | 1944 | |
| SS-393 | Queenfish | 1944 | |
| SS-394 | Razorback | 1944 | |
| SS-395 | Redfish | 1944 | |
| SS-301 | Roncador | 1945 | |
| SS-396 | Ronquil | 1944 | |
| SS-302 | Sabalo | 1945 | |
| SS-303 | Sablefish | 1945 | |
| SS-381 | Sand Lance | 1943 | |
| SS-397 | Scarbbardfish | 1944 | |
| SS-399 | Sea Cat | 1944 | |
| SS-400 | Sea Devil | 1944 | |
| SS-401 | Sea Dog | 1944 | |
| SS-402 | Sea Fox | 1944 | |
| SS-405 | Sea Owl | 1944 | |
| SS-406 | Sea Poacher | 1944 | |
| SS-407 | Sea Robin | 1944 | |
| SS-304 | Seahorse | 1943 | |
| SS-315 | Sealion | 1944 | |
| SS-398 | Segundo | 1944 | |
| SS-408 | Sennet | 1944 | |
| SS-314 | Shark | 1944 | : 24 Oct 44; depth charge, between Hainan and Bashi Channel |
| SS-305 | Skate | 1943 | |
| SS-411 | Spadefish | 1944 | |
| SS-404 | Spikefish | 1944 | |
| SS-413 | Spot | 1944 | |
| SS-414 | Springer | 1944 | |
| SS-392 | Sterlet | 1944 | |
| SS-415 | Stickleback | 1945 | |
| SS-306 | Tang | 1943 | : 25 Oct 44; circular return of own torpedo in the Formosa Channel |
| SS-410 | Threadfin | 1944 | |
| SS-307 | Tilefish | 1943 | |
| SS-416 | Tiru | 1945 | |
| SS-412 | Trepang | 1944 |
| No. | Name | Comm. | Notes ( : Lost) |
| SS-522 | Amberjack | 1945 | |
| SS-475 | Argonaut | 1945 | |
| SS-477 | Conger | 1945 | |
| SS-435 | Corsair | 1945 | |
| SS-478 | Cutlass | 1945 | |
| SS-479 | Diablo | 1945 | |
| SS-523 | Grampus | 1945 | |
| SS-525 | Grenadier | 1945 | |
| SS-482 | Irex | 1945 | |
| SS-480 | Medregal | 1945 | |
| SS-484 | Odax | 1945 | |
| SS-524 | Pickerel | 1945 | |
| SS-486 | Pomodon | 1945 | |
| SS-424 | Quillback | 1945 | |
| SS-487 | Remora | 1945 | |
| SS-481 | Requin | 1945 | |
| SS-476 | Runner | 1945 | |
| SS-483 | Sea Leopard | 1945 | |
| SS-485 | Sirago | 1945 | |
| SS-417 | Tench | 1944 | |
| SS-418 | Thornback | 1944 | |
| SS-419 | Tigrone | 1944 | |
| SS-420 | Tirante | 1944 | |
| SS-422 | Toro | 1944 | |
| SS-423 | Torsk | 1944 | |
| SS-425 | Trumpetfish | 1945 | |
| SS-421 | Trutta | 1944 | |
| SS-426 | Tusk | 1945 | |
| SS-436 | Unicorn | 1945 | |
| SS-437 | Walrus | 1945 |
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