USS Hake (SS/AGSS-256) was a Gato-class submarine of the United States Navy that served during World War II.

Newly assigned to the Pacific, Hake departed New London 25 August 1943 for San Diego, via the Panama Canal.

She sighted the transport Nigitsu Maru en route to Japan 11 January 1944 and after a day-long chase to gain position sank her the next day.

Hake's fourth war patrol was spent in the South China Sea near Singapore, following departure from Fremantle 18 March 1944.

Operating with Hardhead and the ill-fated Growler, which was lost on the patrol, Hake spent a harrowing 16 hours 7 – 8 November, counting nearly 150 depth charges and sustaining considerable damage.

[4] Hake was subsequently sent on a special mission off Panay Island, where she rendezvoused with Filipino guerrillas to bring on board 29 U.S. aviators shot down in recent air attacks.

After searching the South China Sea (now almost denuded of targets) for almost a month, she headed for San Francisco, arriving 13 March.

Hake acted as lifeguard ship for the air strikes against Japan, and after the surrender had the distinction of being 1 of 12 submarines to witness the historic ceremonies on board the battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay.

She continued to serve out of commission as a training ship for reservists at Philadelphia until she was struck from the Navy List 1 March 1967 to be sold.