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===''Balao'' class losses=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:97%;" !Name and hull number ! Date ! width="50%" | Notes |- |{{USS|Cisco|SS-290}} |28 September 1943 |Lost to air attack and gunboat ''Karatsu'' (ex-{{USS|Luzon|PG-47|6}}) |- |{{USS|Capelin|SS-289}} |December 1943 |Cause of loss unknown, possibly naval mine or attack by the {{ship|Japanese minelayer|Wakataka||2|up=yes}} |- |{{USS|Escolar|SS-294}} |17 October - 13 November 1944 |Probably lost to enemy [[Naval mine|mine]] |- |{{USS|Shark|SS-314}} |24 October 1944 |Attacked by the {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Harukaze|1922|2|up=yes}} |- |{{USS|Tang|SS-306}} |25 October 1944 |Sunk by a circular run of own torpedo |- |{{USS|Barbel|SS-316}} |4 February 1945 |Air attack |- |{{USS|Kete|SS-369}} |March 1945 |Cause of loss unknown, possibly to mine or enemy action |- |{{USS|Lagarto|SS-371}} |3 May 1945 |Attacked by {{ship|Japanese minelayer|Hatsutaka||2|up=yes}} |- |{{USS|Bullhead|SS-332}} |6 August 1945 |Sunk by Japanese air attack by a [[Mitsubishi Ki-51]] |- |{{USS|Cochino|SS-345}} |26 August 1949 |Accidental fire |- |[[USS Blower (SS-325)|TCG ''Dumlupinar'' (D-6)]] (formerly {{USS|Blower|SS-325}}) |4 April 1953 |In Turkish service, lost in collision with MV ''Naboland'' |- |{{USS|Stickleback|SS-415}} |28 May 1958 |Collision with {{USS|Silverstein|DE-534}} |- |{{ship|ARA|Santa Fe|S-21}} (formerly {{USS|Catfish|SS-339}}) |25 April 1982 |In Argentine service, disabled by helicopter attack, sank pierside, and was captured by ground forces during [[Operation Paraquet]] - the British recapture of [[South Georgia Island|South Georgia]] during the Falklands War. After the war, she was scuttled in deep water. |- |{{ship|BAP|Pacocha|SS-48}} (formerly {{USS|Atule|SS-403}}) |26 August 1988 |In Peruvian service, lost in collision with Japanese fishing trawler ''Kiowa Maru'' |- |}
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