USS Devilfish

USS Devilfish (SS/AGSS-292), a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the devil fish.

Devilfish was launched on 30 May 1943 by Cramp Shipbuilding Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, sponsored by Mrs. Frank W. Fenno Jr., and commissioned on 1 September 1944.

During this patrol she acted as lifeguard for strikes accompanying the Okinawa operation, and several times rendezvoused with other submarines to take off medical cases and previously rescued aviators.

Devilfish called at to Guam to refit from 7 July-2 August, then sailed to the Nanpō Islands for her fourth war patrol, during which her primary mission was lifeguard duty for the 3rd Fleet raids on Japan.

Devilfish was sunk by the submarine USS Wahoo (SS-565) off San Francisco, California on 14 August 1968, as part of a MK 16 MOD 8 torpedo test at 37°5′N 124°8′W / 37.083°N 124.133°W / 37.083; -124.133 in 2,000 fathoms (12,000 ft; 3,700 m) of water.

Devilfish , being sunk as a target by Wahoo , 1968.