USS BALAO
SS 285

DATE	VESSEL TYPE		NAME	TONNAGE	LOCATION
Feb. 23, 1944	Passenger-Cargo		Nikki Maru	5,857	7S,  135.42E
Feb. 28, 1944	Cargo		Shoko Maru	2,723	6N,  132.53E
Feb. 28, 1944	Passenger-Cargo		Akiura Maru	6,803	00.06N,  132.53E
Jan. 8, 1945	Cargo		Daigo Maru	5,244	34.28N,  122.39E
Mar. 19, 1945	Transport		Hakozaki Maru	10,413	33.09N,  122.08E
Mar. 26, 1945	Cargo		Shinto Maru #1	880	35.14N,  123.44E
		6 ships		31,920

Balao was sunk as a target off Charleston S.C. Sept. 4 1963. Her Conning tower and periscope shears are on display at the Navy Memorial Museum in Washington DC
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