Bashaw was laid down on 4 December 1942 by Electric Boat Company, Groton, Conn. She was launched on 25 July 1943, … See more

Following shakedown training in Long Island Sound, Bashaw proceeded south to provide services for the Fleet Sound School at Key West, Florida. She ended 1943 in training off Florida.
On 9 Janua… See more

Bashaw was finally decommissioned on 13 September 1969 at San Francisco and struck from the Naval Vessel Register the same day. She was the last Gato-class submarine to be decommissioned. Sources claim both t… See more

The 1978 Donny and Marie Osmond movie Goin' Coconuts includes an underwater picture of Bashaw′s wreck in the background of a scene. In the movie's plot, the wreck is loaded with gold bars. See more

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