USS Torsk

USS Torsk (SS-423) was built at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The keel was laid on 7 June 1944. The submarine was launched on 6 September 1944, sponsored by Mrs. Allen B. Reed. Torsk was placed in commission on 16 December 1944 with Commander Bafford E. Lewellen, U.S. Navy, as her first commanding officer.

On 31 December 1944 she put to sea for the first time. After training off the East Coast, she sailed to Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Next she proceeded to Panama and from there to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii where she arrived on 23 March 1945. She sailed for the Pacific war zone on her first war patrol on 15 April 1945.

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