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{{Short description|US Navy submarine class of World War II}}
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The original Mark 21 [[3"/50 caliber gun|3-inch (76 mm)/50 caliber]] [[deck gun]] proved to be too light in service. It lacked sufficient punch to finish off crippled or small targets quickly enough to suit the crews. It was replaced by the Mark 9 [[4"/50 caliber gun|4-inch (102 mm)/50 caliber gun]] in 1943-44, in most cases removed from an [[United States S-class submarine|S-boat]] being transferred to training duty.<ref>Alden, p.93.</ref>
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! scope="row" | {{USS|Sargo|SS-188|2}}
| style="white-space: nowrap;" | SS-188
|rowspan=3|[[Electric Boat]], [[Groton, Connecticut]]
|12 May 1937
|6 June 1938
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! scope="row" | {{USS|Saury|SS-189|2}}
|SS-189
|28 June 1937
|20 August 1938
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! scope="row" | {{USS|Spearfish|SS-190|2}}
|SS-190
|9 September 1937
|29 October 1938
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! scope="row" | {{USS|Sculpin|SS-191|2}}
|SS-191
|rowspan=2|[[Portsmouth Navy Yard]], [[Kittery, Maine]]
|7 September 1937
|27 July 1938
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! scope="row" | {{USS|Squalus|SS-192|2}}
|SS-192
|18 October 1937
|{{nowrap|14 September 1938}}
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! scope="row" | {{USS|Seadragon|SS-194|2}}
|SS-194
|rowspan=2|Electric Boat, Groton, Connecticut
|18 April 1938
|21 April 1939
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! scope="row" | {{USS|Sealion|SS-195|2}}
|SS-195
|20 June 1938
|25 May 1939
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! scope="row" | {{USS|Searaven|SS-196|2}}
|SS-196
|rowspan=2|Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine
|9 August 1938
|21 June 1939
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! scope="row" | {{USS|Seawolf|SS-197|2}}
|SS-197
|27 September 1938
|15 August 1939
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==Service==
[[File:Sinking Japanese ship.jpg|thumb|left|Periscope photo of a Japanese merchant ship sinking after being torpedoed by ''Seawolf''
From commissioning until late 1941 the first six ''Sargo''s were based first at [[San Diego]], later at [[Pearl Harbor]]. The last four were sent to the [[Philippines]] shortly after commissioning. In October 1941, the remaining ''Sargo''s and most other newer available submarines were transferred to the [[United States Asiatic Fleet|Asiatic Fleet]] in the [[Philippines]] as part of a belated effort to reinforce U.S. and [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] forces in Southeast Asia. The [[Empire of Japan|Japanese]] occupation of southern [[Indo-China]] and the August 1941 American-British-Dutch retaliatory oil embargo had raised international tensions.<ref name="Diagram2">[http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ ''Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships'' online at Hazegray.org]</ref>
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The ''Sargo'' class was very active during the war, sinking 73 ships, including a Japanese submarine. Four were lost, including one to "friendly fire".
{{USS|Sailfish|SS-192|2}} of this class sank the [[Japanese aircraft carrier Chūyō|Japanese aircraft carrier ''Chūyō'']], which was carrying 21 survivors from the submarine {{USS|Sculpin|SS-191|2}}; only one of these prisoners survived the sinking. ''Sculpin'' had been one of the ships assisting in the rescue of 33 men when {{USS|Squalus|SS-192|2}} sank during a test dive in 1939; ''Squalus'' was refloated and recommissioned as {{USS|Sailfish|SS-192|6}}.
In early 1945 the surviving boats of this class were transferred to training roles for the remainder of the war, eventually being scrapped in 1947-48. {{USS|Searaven|SS-196|2}} was used in the [[Bikini Atoll]] atomic weapon tests in 1946. There was negligible damage so she was later expended as a target in 1948. ''Sailfish'' was also due to become a target in the same atomic weapon tests but she was scrapped instead in 1948.
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{{commons category|Sargo class submarines}}
* [http://oneternalpatrol.com On Eternal Patrol], website for lost US subs
* Johnston, David, [
* https://web.archive.org/web/20140322093118/http://www.fleetsubmarine.com/sublist.html
* [http://pwencycl.kgbudge.com/S/a/Sargo_class.htm The Pacific War Online Encyclopedia, ''Sargo''-class article]
* [http://www.navsource.org/archives/08/04idx.htm Navsource.org fleet submarines page]
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* [http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNUS_3-50_mk10-22.htm DiGiulian, Tony Navweaps.com later 3"/50 caliber gun]
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