The GATO class, together with later-designed Balao and Tench submarines, were the main-stay of the American submarine force until nuclear was introduced.

These boats were fast and strongly built. With a large fuel capacity they did not require supply boats and so were ideally suited to undertake long Pacific patrols unaided.

This painting shows a GATO submarine surfacing at a steep angle, some distance off a Pacific island.

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