Service history USS Torsk
1 service history 1.1 1944–45 1.2 1946–68 1.3 1968–72 & legacy service history port-side profile 1944–45 her keel laid down on 7 june 1944 @ portsmouth navy yard. launched on 6 september 1944 sponsored bess m. reed (wife of navy captain allen b. reed), , commissioned on 16 december 1944 commander bafford e. lewellen in command. completed on last day of 1944, torsk trained out of portsmouth, new hampshire, newport, rhode island, , new london, connecticut, until 11 february 1945, when headed florida. on 16 february, submarine arrived @ port everglades, florida, provided services antisubmarine research. departed florida port on 20 february, transited panama canal, , reached hawaii on 23 march. after repair , training period, got underway pearl harbor first war patrol. torsk paused briefly @ guam en route area off kii suido reached on 11 may , began lifeguard duty. air contacts few in period, , submarine found no opportunity conduct rescue operations. toward midnight on 11 may, set cou...