page_title: USS Boarfish
hierarchical_section_title: USS Boarfish
caption_attribution_description: The Turkish submarine TCG Sakarya (S-332) off Istanbul, Turkey, in 1973. Sakarya was commissioned in the U.S. Navy as USS Boarfish (SS-327) from 1944 to 1948. She served in the Turkish Navy from 1948 to 1974.
context_page_description: USS Boarfish, a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the boarfish, a fish having a projecting hog-like snout.
  Boarfish was laid down on 12 August 1943; launched on 21 May 1944 by Electric Boat Co., Groton, Conn., sponsored by Miss Barbara Walsh, daughter of Senator Arthur Walsh of New Jersey; and commissioned on 23 September 1944, Commander Royce L. Gross in command.
context_section_description: USS Boarfish (SS-327), a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the boarfish, a fish having a projecting hog-like snout.
  Boarfish (SS-327) was laid down on 12 August 1943; launched on 21 May 1944 by Electric Boat Co., Groton, Conn., sponsored by Miss Barbara Walsh, daughter of Senator Arthur Walsh of New Jersey; and commissioned on 23 September 1944, Commander Royce L. Gross in command.
caption: TCG Sakarya (S-332) off Istanbul in 1973.
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