| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Submarine |
| Class | Balao |
| Pennant | 326 |
| Built by | Electric Boat Co. (Groton, Connecticut, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 29 Jul 1943 |
| Launched | 7 May 1944 |
| Commissioned | 28 Aug 1944 |
| End service | 23 May 1948 |
| Loss position | |
| History | Decommissioned stricken and transferred to Turkey on 23 May 1948; |
Commands listed for USS Blueback (326)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. Merrill Kinsell Clementson, USN | 28 Aug 1944 | Jul 45 ? |
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Noteable events involving Blueback include:
2 Oct 1944
USS Blueback (Lt.Cdr. Merrill Kinsell Clementson) departs New London bound for the sound school at Key West.
20 Oct 1944
USS Blueback (Lt.Cdr. M.K. Clementson) departs Key West bound for the Pacific.
24 Oct 1944
USS Blueback (Lt.Cdr. M.K. Clementson) transits the Panama Canal.
22 Nov 1944
USS Blueback (Lt.Cdr. M.K. Clementson) arrives at Pearl Harbour.
16 Dec 1944
USS Blueback (Lt.Cdr. M.K. Clementson) departs Pearl Harbour for her 1st war patrol. She is ordered to patrol in the South China Sea.
15 Feb 1945
USS Blueback (Lt.Cdr. M.K. Clementson) ends her 1st war patrol at Subic Bay, Philippines.
4 Mar 1945
USS Blueback (Lt.Cdr. M.K. Clementson) departs Subic Bay for her 2nd war patrol. She is ordered to patrol in the South China Sea.
12 Mar 1945
USS Blueback (Lt.Cdr. M.K. Clementson) sinks a small Japanese vessel with gunfire in the South China Sea off the coast of French Indo-China in position 13º17'N, 109º58'E. (see map)
22 Mar 1945
USS Blueback (Lt.Cdr. M.K. Clementson) sinks a small Japanese vessel with gunfire in the South China Sea off the coast of French Indo-China in position 13º06'N, 109º39'E. (see map)
30 Mar 1945
USS Blueback (Lt.Cdr. M.K. Clementson) sinks three small Japanese vessels with gunfire in the South China Sea off the coast of French Indo-China in position 13º41'N, 109º14'E. (see map)
17 Apr 1945
USS Blueback (Lt.Cdr. M.K. Clementson) ends her 2nd war patrol at Fremantle, Australia.
12 May 1945
USS Blueback (Lt.Cdr. M.K. Clementson) departs Fremantle for her 3rd war patrol. She is ordered to patrol in the Java Sea.
28 May 1945
USS Blueback (Lt.Cdr. M.K. Clementson) an unidentified Japanese vessel in a surface gunnery action off Japara, Netherlands East Indies in position 06º28'S, 110º37'E. (see map)
3 Jun 1945
While on patrol off the Sunda Stait USS Blueback (Lt.Cdr. M.K. Clementson) sinks a Japanese fishing vessel with gunfire in position 05º41'S, 106º37'E and a Japanese sampam with gunfire in position 05º39'S, 106º47'E. (see map)
27 Jun 1945
USS Blueback (Lt.Cdr. M.K. Clementson) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese submarine chaser Ch 2 (266 tons, offsite link) north of Lombok, Netherlands East Indies in position 07º30'S, 116º15'E. (see map)
20 Jul 1945
USS Blueback (Lt.Cdr. M.K. Clementson) ends her 3rd war patrol at Subic Bay, Philippines.