USS Escolar (SS-294)
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Construction started | June 10, 1942 |
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Launched | April 18, 1943 |
Length | 95 m |
Builder | William Cramp & Sons |
Yard number | 549 |
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ID | 2103198 |
About USS Escolar (SS-294)
USS Escolar (SS-294), a Balao-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the escolar. Escolar was laid down by the Cramp Shipbuilding Company of Philadelphia. She was launched on 18 April 1943, sponsored by Mrs. Emma Stevens Martin Hudgins, wife of J. Bilisoly Hudgins.