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    GATO-CLASS SUBMARINE

    Jul 08, 2021 4 minutes
    WORDS LARRY PATERSON

    he Gato Class (and its slightly improved Balao derivative built from 1942 onwards) marked the high point of the US Navy’s desire for a ‘Fleet Submarine’. Conceptually, this placed these large ocean-going vessels as scouting elements for a main surface battle fleet, designed to range ahead and locate the opposing fleet, launching torpedo attacks to whittle its strength before the main fleet, centred on battleships, engaged the enemy. Such strategic thinking dated back to World War I, when the battleship still reigned supreme, but the loss of four battleships and another four damaged by the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941 forced an

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