USS Icefish ( SS - 367 ) USS " Icefish " ( SS - 367 ) , a " Balao " - class submarine , was a ship of the United States Navy named for the icefish , any member of the family " Salangidae " , small smelt like fishes of China and Japan . Also known as whitebait . " Icefish " ( SS - 367 ) was launched 20 February 1944 by Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co . , Manitowoc , Wisc . ; sponsored by Mrs . Stanley P . Mosely , wife of Captain Mosely ; and commissioned 10 June 1944 , Commander Richard W . Peterson in command . First patrol , September – November 1944 . After trials and diving tests in Lake Michigan , voyages down the Mississippi , and shakedown out of New Orleans , " Icefish " joined the Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor 22 August . Assigned to Vice Admiral Charles A . Lockwood ' s Task Force 17 ( Supporting Submarines Pacific Fleet ) , she joined " Banister ' s Beagle ' s " ( consisting of Comdr . Alan B . Banister in and ) and departed 9 September on her first war patrol which took her into Luzon Straits and the South China Sea . October 1944 was a peak month in the war of U . S . submarines on Japanese shipping : 322 , 265 tons were sunk , and almost one - third of that total consisted of tankers . In October " Icefish " and " Drum " together sank 26 , 901 tons of enemy shipping in " Convoy College " , code name for the area extending across the East China Sea from Luzon Strait to Formosa and the coast of China . " Icefish " sank a 4 , 000 - ton cargo vessel on 23 October and on 26 October she was credited with sinking a transport of 10 , 000 tons . She terminated her first war patrol at Majuro , Marshall Islands , 13 November . Second and third patrols , December 1944 – April 1945 . " Icefish " departed Majuro 8 December on her second war patrol in company with and . This patrol lasted 43 days with no results and she was forced to return to Pearl Harbor 20 January 1945 due to materiel difficulties . The third war patrol began 20 February when she departed Pearl Harbor with " Sawfish " and . This patrol was also conducted in the East China Sea , northeast and east of Formosa . As the war was coming to an end and Japan ese shipping had dwindled away largely due to the " Silent Service " , " Icefish " ' s third war patrol terminated after 60 days at Apra Harbor , Guam . Fourth and fifth patrols , May – August 1945 . Her fourth war patrol was conducted in the Hainan , Hong Kong , Formosa , Siam Gulf , and Java Sea areas . This patrol lasted 46 days with no contacts . Japan ' s sea arteries had withered away under the relentless attack of the U . S . Navy , and with it her dreams of empire and victory . Instead " Icefish " carried out another very useful function of our submarines . On 7 June with a PBY Catalina for air cover , she rescued six Army aviators off the coast of Formosa . " Icefish " arrived Fremantle 4 July for refit and sailed 29 July for her fifth war patrol . En route to station 7 August a small diesel lugger of 15 tons was intercepted . The crew consisted of two Japanese , two Eurasians , and five Chinese . One Japanese jumped overboard rather than be captured ; the rest were taken on board " Icefish " . The lugger was sunk by gunfire . " Icefish " arrived Tanapag Harbor , Saipan , 22 August 1945 , thus ending her fifth and last war patrol . She departed Saipan 1 September arriving San Francisco 18 September . " Icefish " decommissioned at Mare Island 21 June 1946 and jointed the Reserve Fleet . " Icefish " received four battle star s for World War II service . HNLMS " Walrus " ( S802 ) . Recommissioned at Mare Island 5 June 1952 , " Icefish " transited the Canal Zone and arrived Groton , Conn . , 14 July . She decommissioned there 29 July 1952 and received a GUPPY IB conversion . Recommissioned 10 December 1952 at Groton , she remained in that area conducting various tests until 21 February 1953 when she was decommissioned and transferred to the Netherlands . She was commissioned in the Royal Netherlands Navy as HNLMS " Walrus " ( S802 ) , the first of that name . Formally returned to US Navy custody , she was struck from the US Naval Register , 15 July 1971 , and sold for scrapping , 15 August 1971 .