Editing Balao-class submarine (section)

== Museums ==

Six ''Balao''-class submarines are open to public viewing. They primarily depend on revenue generated by visitors to keep them operational and up to U.S. Navy standards; each boat gets a yearly inspection and a "report card". Some boats, like ''Batfish'' and ''Pampanito'', encourage youth functions and allow a group of volunteers to sleep overnight in the crew's quarters.

=== Surviving ships ===
The following is a complete list of ''Balao''-class museum boats:
*{{USS|Batfish|SS-310}} at War Memorial Park in [[Muskogee, Oklahoma]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://warmemorialpark.org/ |title=Muskogee War Memorial Park website |access-date=7 December 2017 |archive-date=7 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171207140352/http://warmemorialpark.org/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*{{USS|Becuna|SS-319}} at [[Independence Seaport Museum]] in [[Philadelphia]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.phillyseaport.org/becuna |title=USS ''Becuna'' memorial website |access-date=7 December 2017 |archive-date=3 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171203205952/http://www.phillyseaport.org/becuna |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*{{USS|Bowfin|SS-287}} at [[USS Bowfin Submarine Museum|USS Bowfin Submarine Museum & Park]] in [[Honolulu]]<ref>[http://www.bowfin.org/ USS ''Bowfin'' memorial website]</ref>
*{{USS|Lionfish|SS-298}} at [[Battleship Cove]] in [[Fall River, Massachusetts]]<ref>[http://battleshipcove.org/ Battleship Cove website]</ref>
*{{USS|Pampanito|SS-383}} at [[San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park]] in [[San Francisco]]<ref>[https://maritime.org/pamphome.htm USS ''Pampanito'' memorial website]</ref>
*{{USS|Razorback|SS-394}} at [[Arkansas Inland Maritime Museum]] in [[North Little Rock, Arkansas]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://aimmuseum.org/ |title=Arkansas Inland Maritime Museum website |access-date=7 December 2017 |archive-date=21 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171121061458/http://aimmuseum.org/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

{{USS|Clamagore|SS-343}} served as a museum boat at [[Patriots Point]] in [[Charleston, South Carolina]] until being closed in 2021 and scrapped two years later. Additionally the {{USS|Ling|SS-297}} is aground in the Hackensack River at the site of the former [[New Jersey Naval Museum]]. As of 2022, efforts to find a new home for this vessel have been unsuccessful.

=== Surviving parts ===

* [[USS Ling (SS-297)|USS ''Ling'' (SS-297)]] at [[New Jersey Naval Museum]] in [[Hackensack, New Jersey]] (Sail)
* [[USS Baya|USS ''Baya'' (SS-318)]] at [[Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum]] in [[Vallejo, California]] (Periscope)
* [[USS Pintado (SS-387)|USS ''Pintado'' (SS-387)]] at [[National Museum of the Pacific War]] in [[Fredericksburg, Texas]] (Conning Tower)
* [[USS Parche (SS-384)|USS ''Parche'' (SS-384)]] at [[USS Bowfin (SS-287)|USS Bowfin Submarine Museum & Park]] in [[Honolulu]] (Conning Tower)
* [[USS Balao|USS ''Balao'' (SS-285)]] at [[Washington Navy Yard]] in [[Washington, D.C.|Washington D.C.]] (Conning Tower)