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=== Cancellations === A total of 125 U.S. submarines were cancelled during World War II, all but three between 29 July 1944 and 12 August 1945. The exceptions were three ''Tench''-class boats, cancelled 7 January 1946. References vary considerably as to how many of these were ''Balao''s and how many were ''Tench''es. Some references simply assume all submarines numbered after SS-416 were ''Tench'' class; however, {{USS|Trumpetfish|SS-425|3}} and {{USS|Tusk|SS-426|3}} were completed as ''Balao''s.<ref>Silverstone, pp. 203-204</ref><ref>Gardiner and Chesneau, pp. 145-147</ref> This yields 10 cancelled ''Balao''-class, SS-353-360 and 379β380. The ''Register of Ships of the U. S. Navy'' differs, considering every submarine not specifically ordered as a ''Tench'' to be a ''Balao'', and further projecting SS-551-562 as a future class.<ref name="Register"/> This yields 62 cancelled ''Balao'' class, 51 cancelled ''Tench'' class, and 12 cancelled future class. Two of the cancelled ''Balao''-class submarines, {{USS|Turbot|SS-427|3}} and {{USS|Ulua|SS-428|3}}, were launched incomplete and served for years as experimental hulks at [[Annapolis]] and [[Naval Station Norfolk|Norfolk, Virginia]]. The cancelled hull numbers, including those launched incomplete, were SS-353β360 (''Balao''), 379β380 (''Balao''), 427β434 (''Balao''), 436β437 (''Tench''), 438β474 (''Balao''), 491β521 (''Tench''), 526β529 (''Tench''), 530β536 (''Balao''), 537β550 (''Tench''), and 551β562 (future).<ref name="Register"/>
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