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Corporal

An alternate name for the fallfish, found in streams of the eastern United States.

(SS 346: dp. 1,526; 1. 311'9"; b. 27'3"; dr. 15'8"; s. 20
k.; cpl. 66; a. 10 21" tt.; cl. Gato)

USS Corporal (SS-346) was launched 10 June 1945 by Electric Boat Co., Groton, Conn.; sponsored by Mrs. H. C. Wick; commissioned 9 November 1946, Commander E. E. Shelby in command; and reported to the Atlantic Fleet.

Corporal cleared New London 8 January 1946 for her base at Key West, arriving 26 February. She took part in antisubmarine warfare projects and fleet exercises off Florida and Bermuda and in the Caribbean until returning to Groton, Conn. 26 February 1947. After extensive modernization, she returned to Key West 2 March 1948. She continued to conduct training and join in exercises off Florida and in the Caribbean until her first tour of duty in the Mediterranean with the 6th Fleet from 16 July 1952 to 16 October. Returning to local operations off' Key West, she also participated in large-scale fleet exercises in the Atlantic and Caribbean. She cruised to the British Isles from 11 March to 16 May 1957, and upon her return to Key West, continued training and services to the Fleet Sonar School. Through 1958 and 1959, she operated frequently in ordnance tests, and from August 1959, when Charleston, S.C., became her home port, cruised widely along the east coast. In December 1960 Corporal sailed to visit Germany and then join the 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean.

dp. 1526 tons (surf.), 2391 tons (subm.); l. 311'8"; b. 27';
s. 20.25k (surf.), 8.75k (subm.); td. 400'; a. 1-5"/25; 6- 21" tt. fwd., 4-'21" tt. aft.;
cpl. 6 officers - 60 enlisted men; cl. BALAO

Keel laid by the Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT, 27APR44;
Launched: 10JUN45; Sponsored by Mrs. Homer C. Wickt;
Commissioned: 9NOV45 with Cdr. Edward E. Shelby in command
Decommissioned and struck from the Navy List 21NOV73;
Sold to Turkey 21NOV73 where she served as Ikinci Inonu (S-333) until 1996.

Balao Class Submarine: Laid down, 27 April 1944, at the Electric Boat Co., Groton, CT.; Launched, 10 June 1945; Commissioned USS Corporal (SS-346), 9 November 1945; Decommissioned, struck from the Naval Register, and transferred (sold) to Turkey, under terms of the Security Assistance Program, 21 November 1973, renamed TCG Ikinci Inonu (S-333); Final Disposition, dropped from the Turkish Naval rolls in 1996, fate unknown.

Naval Disposition can be found here - http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/SS346.htm .