Editing Balao-class submarine (section)

===Notable submarines===
* '''{{USS|Tang|SS-306|2}}''' was second on the list of number of ships sunk with 33 and first on the list of tonnage with 116,454. Her third war patrol was the most successful of any U.S. submarine with 10 ships for 39,100 tons. Sunk in the [[Taiwan Strait]] by a circular run of her own torpedo, her skipper [[Richard O'Kane]] and eight others escaped; some escaped the submerged wreck with the only known successful use of the [[Momsen lung|Momsen Lung]]. ''Tang''{{'}}s survivors were imprisoned by the Japanese for the rest of the war. After his release following the Japanese surrender, Richard O'Kane was awarded the [[Medal of Honor]] for his actions commanding ''Tang'' during the convoy battles of 24 and 25 October 1944.
* [[USS Archerfish (SS-311)|'''''Archerfish''''']] sank the aircraft carrier [[Japanese aircraft carrier Shinano|''Shinano'']]. ''Shinano'' is the largest ship sunk by a submarine. Commander Enright was awarded the [[Navy Cross]].
* '''''[[USS Batfish (SS-310)|Batfish]]''''' is preserved as a museum ship in [[Oklahoma]]. She is famous for sinking three Japanese submarines, ''[[Japanese submarine Ro-55 (1944)|RO-55]]'', [[Japanese submarine Ro-112|''RO-112'']], and ''[[Japanese submarine Ro-113|RO-113]]'' in a 3 day time span. She is the only US submarine to have sunk 3 ships in a 72 hour period. She also sank the destroyer ''[[Japanese destroyer Samidare (1935)|Samidare]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Franco |first=Samantha |date=2022-07-28 |title=How Veterans Saved a WWII-Era Submarine By Moving It to a Soybean Field in Oklahoma |url=https://www.warhistoryonline.com/ships/uss-batfish.html |access-date=2024-11-23 |website=warhistoryonline |language=en}}</ref>
* ''[[USS Redfish (SS-395)|'''Redfish''']]'' participated in the destruction of two Japanese aircraft carriers. On December 9th, she was part of a [[Wolfpack (naval tactic)|submarine wolfpack]] which damaged the aircraft carrier ''[[Japanese aircraft carrier Jun'yō|Junyō]]'' beyond repair, then just 10 days later she torpedoed and sank the aircraft carrier ''[[Japanese aircraft carrier Unryū|Unryū]]''. After the war, ''Redfish'' became something of a movie star, playing the role of [[Jules Verne]]'s ''Nautilus'' in the [[Walt Disney]] film ''[[20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954 film)|20,000 Leagues Under the Sea]],'' then played the part of the fictional submarine USS ''Nerka'' in the 1958 motion picture ''[[Run Silent, Run Deep]]''. She capped her film career by making several appearances in the popular black-and-white television series ''The Silent Service''.
* '''''[[USS Sealion (SS-315)|Sealion]]''''' launched a torpedo attack which sank the Japanese battleship ''[[Japanese battleship Kongō|Kongō]]'' and the destroyer ''[[Japanese destroyer Urakaze (1940)|Urakaze]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Historic Naval Sound and Video |url=https://www.maritime.org/sound/ |access-date=2024-11-23 |website=www.maritime.org}}</ref>
* '''''[[USS Blackfin|Blackfin]]''''' sank the Japanese destroyer ''[[Japanese destroyer Shigure (1935)|Shigure]]''. Up to that point, ''Shigure'' was seen as a fortune ship, having survived the entirety of the [[Solomon Islands campaign]] without losing a single man in combat, and in turn served in several naval battles, which included helping to sink the submarine [[USS Growler (SS-215)|USS ''Growler'']] and being the only Japanese ship of her formation to survive the battles of [[Battle of Vella Gulf|Vella Gulf]] and [[Battle of the Surigao Strait|Surigao Strait]]. Her actions were heavily publicized, and her sinking was a huge blow to Japanese morale.<ref>{{Cite web |title=IJN Shigure: Tabular Record of Movement |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/shigur_t.htm}}</ref>