USS Boarfish ( SS - 327 ) 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 . World War II . Following shakedown training off the coast of New England , the submarine departed New London , Conn . on 29 October 1944 for Panama . After a week of intensive training in Panamanian waters , " Boarfish " transited the Panama Canal on 21 November and set out for Pearl Harbor where she arrived on 2 December . Another three weeks of training in Hawaii followed , and then " Boarfish " stood out of Pearl Harbor on 24 December bound for the western Pacific . She refueled and took on provisions at Saipan before embarking upon her first war patrol on 5 January 1945 . " Boarfish " sailed to the South China Sea to patrol the coast of French Indochina . Early on 21 January , the submarine ' s radar picked up a small convoy of five or six small ships . " Boarfish " closed the convoy three times in three hours , firing 16 torpedo es , all of which apparently passed under the targets . She broke off the attack at daybreak and did not regain contact . On 31 January , the boat made another radar contact on two cargo ships under escort . During " Boarfish " ’ s initial approach , an escort sighted the submarine and chased her away . The boat then fired her torpedoes at periscope depth and scored hits on both ships . When " Boarfish " submerged to avoid the escorts , she left " Enki Maru " ( 6 , 968 tons ) sinking and " Taietsu Maru " ( 6 , 890 tons ) burning fiercely and beached nearby . Even while avoiding depth charge s , " Boarfish " tried to close the beach to finish the job . She abandoned the attempt after 36 hours because fire had so ravaged the cargo ship that she seemed unsalvageable . " Taietsu Maru " was destroyed completely by American planes of the 14th Air Force later that same day , and " Boarfish " received partial credit for the sinking . The submarine ended her first patrol on 15 February when she pulled into Fremantle , Australia , for refit alongside submarine tender . The submarine ' s second patrol began on 11 March 1945 when she departed Fremantle for a second tour of duty in the South China Sea . Although she encountered and attacked two small convoys , their alert escorts foiled both attacks . " Boarfish " successfully carried out two reconnaissance missions along the east coast of French Indochina before ending her patrol in Subic Bay on 21 April . After refit alongside , " Boarfish " left Subic Bay on 16 May for the Java Sea . Her first action came when she sighted a small two - masted junk on 27 May . A boarding party searched the junk for arms , contraband , and Japanese , but found nothing , and the junk was allowed to proceed . Two days later , a small convoy of three ships accompanied by two escorts crossed " Boarfish " ’ s path . She launched four torpedoes at the lead ship before losing firing position . Her crew heard an explosion ; but , when the officer at the conn peered through her periscope , he saw a charging escort instead of a sinking ship . The submarine dived , intending to put of the charted at that location between her and the escort . At , the submarine grounded , knocking off her sound gear and making enough noise to betray her position easily . Eight depth charges followed as " Boarfish " tried to free herself . Despite damage to her port propeller , the submarine backed off the seamount and eased up to to escape . The damage sustained in the grounding was severe enough to force an early return to Fremantle , where she arrived on 8 June . After repair and refit alongside , she departed on 5 July for her fourth war patrol . Operating in a coordinated attack group " Boarfish " , , and covered the Java Sea off Java and the north coast of Bali . They made no surface contacts but encountered a number of enemy planes , one of which depth - bombed " Boarfish " on 8 July . On the 29th , " Boarfish " performed lifeguard duties during an Allied air strike on Singapore , and she remained off the Malay coast patrolling until 6 August , when she set course for Subic Bay . The submarine pulled alongside for refit on 10 August and was there when the Japanese capitulation was announced . 1945 – 1948 . " Boarfish " sailed from Subic Bay on 30 August in company with " Howard W . Gilmore " and 17 submarines . She parted company with them on 5 September and put into Apra Harbor , Guam , where she remained until 17 November training in postwar maneuvers and drills . She got underway on 17 November and set course via Pearl Harbor for San Diego , Calif . where she arrived early in February 1946 . " Boarfish " operated out of San Diego in local training exercises until 9 September , when she got underway for a tour in the western Pacific . After a brief stopover in Pearl Harbor , the submarine got underway on 1 October for a tour that included visits to Midway Island ; Marcus Island ; Okinawa ; Tsingtao , China ; and Guam . She began her return cruise to San Diego on 11 November and , upon her arrival , resumed local operations . " Boarfish " remained in the San Diego area until 15 November 1947 except for one cruise to Pearl Harbor in February 1947 and another to Alaska and Canada between July and November . Commensing 30 July 1947 " Boarfish " was the flagship of the first exploration under the Polar Ice Cap in the Bering Strait , this mission designated as Task Group 17 . 3 under the command of R . Adm . Allan Rockwell McCann for the purpose of testing the under - ice use of Sonar , developed by Waldo K . Lyon who was also aboard . On 15 November , the submarine entered the Mare Island Naval Shipyard for overhaul before transfer to the Turkish Navy . She left Mare Island on 21 February 1948 and steamed via San Diego , Panama , New London , Malta , and Port Argostoli , Greece , to Izmir , Turkey . On 23 May , " Boarfish " was decommissioned and immediately recommissioned in the Turkish Navy as TCG " Sakarya " ( S 332 ) , the second submarine named in honor of the 1921 Battle of Sakarya . " Boarfish " was struck from the Naval Register on 20 May 1948 , and transferred ( sold ) to Turkey under terms of the Security Assistance Program , 23 August 1948 . She was returned to US custody for scrapping , 1 January 1974 . " Boarfish " received one battle star for her service in World War II .