Sargo Class Submarine: Laid down, 20 June 1938, at the Electric Boat Co., Groton, CT.; Launched, 25 May 1939; Commissioned, USS Sealion (SS-195), 27 November 1939; Damaged by Japanese aerial bombardment, 10 December 1941, with the loss of 4 lives, at Cavite Navy Yard, PI; All salvageable material removed and Sealion was destroyed by explosives, 25 December 1941;
The U.S. Submarine Veterans of World War II assigned USS Sealion (SS-195) to the State of Georgia.
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