coast of Washington. In 1988 she sank, due to a leaking main-ballast-tank vent-valve when she was being cut up for scrap. As the tide came in, she was not able to float fast enough to avoid being flooded through all of the holes cut through her pressure hull. The city of Everett eventually finished scrapping the abandoned hulk. Awards Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal for World War II service World War II Victory Medal China Service Medal National Defense Service Medal with one star Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal Vietnam Service Medal with two campaign stars References External links USS Menhaden website Balao-class submarines World War II submarines of the United States Cold War submarines of the United States Korean War submarines of the United States Vietnam War submarines of the United States Ships built in Manitowoc, Wisconsin 1944 ships