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{{short description|Submarine of the United States}}
{{other ships|Italian submarine Evangelista Torricelli}}
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|Ship image=[[File:Torricelli (S-512);0837310.jpg|300px|Ex-Lizardfish, Italian Evangelista Torricelli (S-512), c. 1960.]]
|Ship caption=Ex-''Lizardfish'', Italian ''Evangelista Torricelli'', c. 1960.
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|Ship country=United States
|Ship flag={{USN flag|1960}}
|Ship name=USS ''Lizardfish'' (SS-373)
|Ship ordered=
|Ship builder=[[Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company]], [[Manitowoc, Wisconsin]]<ref name="FriedmanSubs1-dates">{{cite book
| last = Friedman
| first = Norman
| authorlink =
| title = U.S. Submarines Through 1945: An Illustrated Design History
| publisher = [[United States Naval Institute]]
| year = 1995
| location = [[Annapolis, Maryland]]
| pages = 285–304
| url =
| doi =
| isbn = 1-55750-263-3 }}</ref>
|Ship laid down=14 March 1944<ref name="FriedmanSubs1-dates"/>
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|Ship commissioned=30 December 1944<ref name="FriedmanSubs1-dates"/>
|Ship decommissioned=24 June 1946<ref name="FriedmanSubs1-dates"/>
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|Ship recommissioned=9 September 1959<ref name="FriedmanSubs1-dates"/>
|Ship decommissioned=9 January 1960<ref name="FriedmanSubs1-dates"/>
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|Ship out of service=
|Ship struck=15 July 1978<ref name="Register">{{cite book
| last = Bauer
| first = K. Jack
| authorlink =
|author2=Roberts, Stephen S.
| title = Register of Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1775-1990: Major Combatants
| publisher = Greenwood Press
| year = 1991
| location = [[Westport, Connecticut]]
| pages = 275–280
| url =
| doi =
| isbn = 0-313-26202-0 }}</ref>
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|Ship fate=Transferred to [[Italy]], 9 January 1960,<ref name="Register"/> sold to Italy 15 July 1979<ref name="FriedmanSubs1-dates"/>
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|Ship country=Italy
|Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Italy|naval}}
|Ship name=''Evangelista Torricelli'' (S 512)
|Ship acquired=9 January 1960
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|Ship decommissioned=
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|Ship out of service=1976
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|Ship fate=Sold for scrap, 1976
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|Ship class={{sclass|Balao|submarine|4}} [[diesel-electric]] [[submarine]]<ref name="Register"/>
|Ship displacement=*1,526 [[long ton|ton]]s (1,550 [[tonne|t]]) surfaced<ref name="Register"/>
*2,424 tons (2,463 t) submerged<ref name="Register"/>
|Ship length={{convert|311|ft|9|in|abbr=on}}<ref name="Register"/>
|Ship beam={{convert|27|ft|3|in|abbr=on}}<ref name="Register"/>
|Ship draft={{convert|16|ft|10|in|abbr=on}} maximum<ref name="Register"/>
|Ship propulsion={{Fleet-boat-propulsion-late-GM-4-GE}}
|Ship speed=*{{convert|20.25|kn|km/h|0|lk=in}} surfaced<ref name="FriedmanSubs1-specs">''U.S. Submarines Through 1945'' pp. 305-311</ref>
*{{convert|8.75|kn|km/h|0}} submerged<ref name="FriedmanSubs1-specs"/>
|Ship range={{convert|11000|nmi|km}} surfaced at 10 knots (19 km/h)<ref name="FriedmanSubs1-specs"/>
|Ship endurance=*48 hours at {{convert|2|kn|km/h}} submerged<ref name="FriedmanSubs1-specs"/>
*75 days on patrol
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'''USS ''Lizardfish'' (SS-373)''', a [[Balao class submarine|''Balao''-class]] [[submarine]], was a boat of the [[United States Navy]] named for the [[lizardfish]], a slender marine fish having a scaly, lizard-like head and large mouth.

==Construction and commissioning==
''Lizardfish'' was [[Keel-laying|laid down]] on 14 March 1944 by the [[Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company]] at [[Manitowoc, Wisconsin|Manitowoc]], [[Wisconsin]]; [[Ceremonial ship launching|launched]] on 16 July 1944, sponsored by Mrs. [[Lansdale G. Sasscer]]; wife of [[United States House of Representatives|Congressman]] Sasscer of [[Maryland]]; and [[Ship commissioning|commissioned]] on 30 December 1944.

==Operational history==
===World War II===
''Lizardfish'' departed the [[Manitowoc River]] 20 January 1945 for [[Lockport, Illinois|Lockport, IL]], where she was loaded on a [[floating drydock]] and towed down the [[Mississippi River]]. She arrived at [[Algiers, Louisiana|Algiers, La.]], 1 February and put to sea 5 days later for the [[Panama Canal]] and [[Pearl Harbor]], arriving 23 March.

''Lizardfish'' left Pearl Harbor on her first war patrol 9 April 1945. Topping off with fuel at [[Saipan]] on the 21st, she set course for the [[South China Sea]]. The submarine maintained a thorough close-in patrol of [[Indochina]] between 30 April and 18 May, but contacted no enemy traffic. From 23 to 28 May, a similar painstaking patrol in the [[Java Sea]] produced no enemy contacts. Completing this arduous patrol, ''Lizardfish'' arrived [[Fremantle, Western Australia|Fremantle]], [[Australia]], on 2 June.

''Lizardfish'' got underway 28 June 1945 on her second patrol in the Java and South China Seas. Throughout this patrol, the submarine sought out targets and carried destruction to the enemy in confined harbors, straits, and anchorages. After careful submerged reconnaissance, she made two daring daylight gun attacks within range of shore batteries.

On 5 July, she entered the [[coral]]-fringed bay of Chelukan Bawang, [[Bali]], discovering four landing barges, a 250-ton sea truck, and a 100-ton submarine chaser, all heavily camouflaged. She made a submerged run and sank [[No.1-class submarine chaser (1943)|''No.1-class'' submarine chaser]] ''Cha-37'', then battle-surfaced and opened her deck guns. Her {{convert|5|in|mm|adj=on}} salvos started a gasoline fire which destroyed a nest of four landing barges. She then demolished a boat shed and ripped apart the bow of a sea truck inside. Leaving this target in a flaming mass, she headed out to sea.

On 19 July near [[Sunda Strait]], she was patrolling southward along the western shore when her crew sighted a convoy of sea trucks. The submarine surfaced and commenced firing at the closest target, started a brisk fire, and shifted targets. Meanwhile, a shore battery opened up and was lobbing shells close by. When ammunition was expended, ''Lizardfish'' submerged, leaving behind three ships burning fiercely. She surfaced that night and headed for lifeguard station off [[Singapore]] in support of Army [[B-24]] Liberator bomber strikes. The submarine arrived [[Subic Bay]], [[Philippines]], on 6 August and was there when Japan capitulated nine days later.

''Lizardfish'' received one [[battle star]] for [[World War II]] service.

===Postwar===
''Lizardfish'' cleared Subic Bay on 31 August and set course for the West Coast, touched Pearl Harbor, and arrived [[San Francisco]] on 22 September. At [[Eureka, California|Eureka, CA]], 24 October for [[Navy Day]] celebrations, ''Lizardfish'' five days later tied up at [[Tiburon, California|Tiburon, CA]], remaining there until 2 January 1946, when she got underway to act as schoolship for the Sonar School at [[San Diego]]. She completed her training services on 5 March and reported for inactivation at San Francisco. After operations off the California coast, she was decommissioned, and entered the [[Pacific Reserve Fleet]], [[Mare Island Navy Yard]], on 24 June 1946.

==''Evangelista Torricelli'' (S 512)==

''Lizardfish'' remained in reserve until 16 March 1959, when she departed for [[Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard]] for [[Greater Underwater Propulsion Power Program#Fleet Snorkel Program|Fleet Snorkel]] conversion and fitting out. She was transferred to the Government of Italy on 9 January 1960 and served the [[Marina Militare|Italian Navy]] under the name '''''Evangelista Torricelli'' (S 512)'''. She was stripped of usable parts and the hull scrapped by the Italian Navy in 1976.

== References ==
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{{refbegin}}
*{{DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/l7/lizardfish.htm|http://hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss373.txt}}
{{refend}}

== External links ==
*{{navsource|08/08373|Lizardfish}}
*[http://www.pigboats.com/ww2/lizardfish.html Kill Record: USS ''Lizardfish'']{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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[[Category:Balao-class submarines]]
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[[Category:1944 ships]]
[[Category:World War II submarines of the United States]]
[[Category:Cold War submarines of the United States]]
[[Category:Balao-class submarines of the Italian Navy]]

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