Submarines are fraught with danger, especially in times of war. Often tasked with operating solo or in pairs, submarines end ...

USS Bismarck Sea (CVE-95 ... Platforms such as the Balao-class submarine or the Navy’s various carriers ensured that distance was not as significant of a factor as it might have been.

Summary and Key Points: The USS Bullhead (SS-332), a Balao-class diesel-electric submarine, was the last American submarine lost in combat. Sunk by Japanese aircraft off Bali on August 6, 1945, ...

A day later, Lieutenant Commander Stephen L. Johnson and his crew aboard the Balao-class submarine, USS Segundo, were equally surprised to find a similar vessel. The submarines were a part of the ...