Balao Class Submarine: Laid down, 1 March 1944, at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA.; Launched, 1 January 1945; Commissioned USS Stickleback (SS-415), 29 March 1945; Decommissioned, 26 June 1946, at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA.; Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet; Recommissioned 6 September 1951; Guppy-IIA conversion, 6 November 1952 to 26 June 1953; Rammed by Silverstein (DE-534), 28 May 1958, of Hawaii, while conducting training operations; Final Disposition, sunk from damage sustained in collision: Struck from the Naval Register, 30 June 1958. CDR Lawrence G. Bernard, first commanding officer, is to the far right.
