Lancetfish (SS-296)

Date of Loss: 15 March, 1945

Returned to Service: No

Flooded through an after torpedo tube while pier-side shortly afer her comissioning. The flooding damage was so severe that Lancetfish was decommissioned and scrapped without ever making a war patrol or being used in any kind of active service whatsoever.

No men lost.

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