page_title: USS Seahorse (SS-304)
hierarchical_section_title: USS Seahorse (SS-304)
caption_attribution_description: USS_Seahorse; http://www.navsource.org/archives/08/08304.htm Seahorse (SS-304), underway, starboard view, post 1943 in the Pacific. US Navy photo courtesy of John Hummel.
context_page_description: USS Seahorse (SS-304), a Balao-class submarine, was the first submarine and second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the seahorse, a small fish whose head and the fore part of its body suggest the head and neck of a horse.
  Seahorse was laid down on 1 August 1942 by the Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California. The vessel was launched on 9 January 1943, sponsored by Mrs. Chester C. Smith, and commissioned on 31 March 1943, Commander Donald McGregor in command.
context_section_description: USS Seahorse (SS-304), a Balao-class submarine, was the first submarine and second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the seahorse, a small fish whose head and the fore part of its body suggest the head and neck of a horse.
  Seahorse was laid down on 1 August 1942 by the Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California. The vessel was launched on 9 January 1943, sponsored by Mrs. Chester C. Smith, and commissioned on 31 March 1943, Commander Donald McGregor in command.
caption: USS Seahorse underway post-1943 in the Pacific Ocean
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