page_title: USS Lizardfish (SS-373)
hierarchical_section_title: USS Lizardfish (SS-373)
caption_attribution_description: Torricelli_(S-512); http://www.navsource.org/archives/08/08373.htm Starboard side view of the ex-Lizardfish (SS-373) as the Italian Evangelista Torricelli (S-512) underway, circa 1960. USN photo courtesy of http://ussubvetsofwwii.org .
context_page_description: USS Lizardfish (SS-373), a 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.
  Lizardfish (SS-373) was laid down 14 March 1944 by Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co., Manitowoc, WI; launched 16 July 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Lansdale G. Sasscer; wife of Congressman Sasscer of Maryland; and commissioned 30 December 1944, Cmdr. Ovid M. Butler in command.
context_section_description: USS Lizardfish (SS-373), a 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.
  Lizardfish (SS-373) was laid down 14 March 1944 by Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co., Manitowoc, WI; launched 16 July 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Lansdale G. Sasscer; wife of Congressman Sasscer of Maryland; and commissioned 30 December 1944, Cmdr. Ovid M. Butler in command.
caption: Ex-Lizardfish, Italian Evangelista Torricelli, c. 1960.
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