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USS ARCHERFISH (SS/AGSS 311) Site Launched

The USS ARCHERFISH (SS/AGSS 311) idles on the surface.
The USS ARCHERFISH (SS/AGSS 311) idles on the surface.

The USS ARCHERFISH (SS/AGSS 311) website at coldwarboats.org has been launched, and is ready for fitting out with your submissions of photos, stories, and artifacts. It can be found here: https://coldwarboats.org/the-boat-311/uss-archerfish-ss-311/quarterdeck-311

Archerfish was a Balao-class submarine. She was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the archerfish. 

Completing seven war patrols between December 1943 and September 1945, Archerfish is best known for sinking the Japanese aircraft carrier Shinano in November 1944, the largest warship ever sunk by a submarine. She was decommissioned at the in JUN 1946 and placed in the Pacific Reserve Group at MINSY.

Her Cold War service began during the Korean War in 1952 and continued through OCT 1955 when she was again decommissioned and placed in reserve.

After a short respite, Archerfish was reactivated as an auxiliary submarine (AGSS) in JUL 1957 and performed oceanographic work, specifically Operation Sea Scan, gathering data on maritime weather, water composition, ocean depths and temperature ranges. She would pursue various other research in support of Cold War submarine operations until 1968. Declared unfit for further naval service, she was sunk off the coast of San Diego by the USS SNOOK (SSN 592) on 19 OCT 1968.

If you have photos, stories, or artifacts related to the 311, reach out to me until we get a Site Lead volunteered! I'll make sure it gets on the Archerfish site. If you're planning a Archerfish reunion, again, let me know. The new Archerfish website has a reunion function already built in that will let you organize, promote, and keep track of attendees and events.

All Archerfish shipmates are invited to make the USS ARCHERFISH (SS/AGSS 311) site on Cold War Boats their new on-line home.

Welcome Aboard!

https://coldwarboats.org/the-boat-311/uss-archerfish-ss-311/quarterdeck-311

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