SS-176, U.S.S. Perch
Launched on 9 May 1936 at the Electric Boat Company yard in Groton, Connecticut, the SS-176 U.S.S. Perch submarine was commissioned on 19 November 1936, under the command of Lieutenant Commander G.C. Crawford. Following shakedown in the North Atlantic, Perch joined SubRon 6 in San Diego in November 1937. Participating in the usual peacetime exercises and cruises …