Archerfish biography gallant lady ussa

Captain Engquist was commanding officer of
USS ARCHERFISH (AGSS-311) in 1964-65.

Gallant Lady is the first USS ARCHERFISH’s twenty-five year cradle to grave biography from 1943 on. The World War II segment previously has been well documented, most notably in Shinano! in which skipper Captain Joseph Enright recounts ARCHERFISH’s classic sea battle which ended in the sinking of the Japanese super carrier.

Had ARCHERFISH exploits ended there, her place in naval history was secured. But a second significant segment-Operations Sea Scan-spanned her final years of service.

Archerfish biography gallant lady ussa

This demilitarized cold war segment contrasts so strikingly with her wartime heroics that only a unique combination of events and personalities could have made it a story for the telling.

A middle period covering ARCHERFISH’s post WWII years through the 1950s while homeported in Key West is also recounted.

Twice out of commission, she was one of many fleet boats passed by for modernization. Servi