| Year | Date | Historical Events |
| 1942 | Sep 24 | Renamed Batfish from Acoupa. |
| | Dec 27 | Keel laid down by the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, ME. |
| 1943 | May 6 | Launched. |
| | Aug 21 | Commissioned. |
| | Aug 21 | Recommissioned. |
| | Dec 11 | War operations began which she completed 6 war partols and credited with having sunk 9 Japanese ships while operating east of Japan, in the Philippine Sea, Luzon Strait and South China Sea. |
| 1944 | Aug 26 | Sank the destroyer Samidare. |
| 1945 | Feb 10 | Sank the submarine RO-55. |
| | Feb 11 | Sank the submarine RO-112 |
| | Feb 13 | Sank the submarine RO-113. |
| | Aug 26 | Batfish ended her war partols and returned to the United States. |
| 1952 | Apr 21 | Batfish was assigned to Submarine Division 122 based at Key West, FL. to carry out training duty. |
| 1969 | Nov 1 | Decommissioned. |
| | Nov 1 | Decommissioned. |
| 1972 | Feb 28 | Struck from the Naval Register. |