Mero (SS-378)

USS Mero as completed.

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Submarine
Class	Balao
Pennant	378
Built by	Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co. (Manitowoc, Wisconsin, U.S.A.)
Ordered	6 Jun 1942
Laid down	22 Jul 1944
Launched	17 Jan 1945
Commissioned	17 Aug 1945
End service	15 Jun 1946
History	Decommissioned 15 June 1946. Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet. Transferred 20 April 1960 to Turkey being renamed Hizir Reis (S-344). Sticken by the Turkish navy in 1977 and used for spare parts.

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	Commander	From	To
1	T/Cdr. John Henderson Turner, USN	17 Aug 1945

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U. S. Submarines in World War II
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