USS Corvina
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Template:Infobox ship imageTemplate:Infobox ship careerTemplate:Infobox ship characteristicsUSS Corvina (SS-226), a Template:Sclass, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the corvina.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Construction and commissioning
CorvinaTemplate:'s keel was laid down by the Electric Boat Company of Groton, Connecticut, on 21 September 1942. She was launched on 9 May 1943, sponsored by Mrs. LaRene P. Christie, wife of Rear Admiral Ralph. W. Christie, commander of submarine operations in Fremantle, Australia, and commissioned on 6 August 1943.
Service record
Clearing New London, Connecticut, on 18 September 1943, Corvina arrived at Pearl Harbor on 14 October. She put out from Pearl Harbor on her maiden war patrol 4 November, topped up her fuel tanks at Johnston Island two days later, and was never heard from again.<ref name=NDLibrary>Template:Cite web</ref>
Her assignment had been a dangerous one: to patrol as closely as possible to the heavily guarded stronghold of Truk and to intercept any Japanese sortie endangering the forthcoming American invasion of the Gilbert Islands. Japanese records report that the Template:JS launched three torpedoes at an enemy submarine south of Truk on 16 November, claiming two hits which resulted in the explosion of the target. The submarine was reported as presumed lost on 23 December 1943.<ref name=NDLibrary/> Her loss with her crew of 82 was announced 14 March 1944, making Corvina the only American submarine to have been sunk by a Japanese submarine in the entire war.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
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