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{{short description|Submarine of the United States}}

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|+USS ''Razorback'' (SS-394)
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| Ship image = [[File:USS Razorback;0839412.jpg|300px|alt=Port-side view of USS ''Razorback'' (SS-394) off Hawaii, ca. the 1960s, after GUPPY IIA conversion]]
| Ship caption = ''Razorback'' off [[Hawaii]] ca.&nbsp;the&nbsp;1960s after [[Greater Underwater Propulsion Power Program|GUPPY]]&nbsp;IIA conversion.
}}
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| Ship country = United States
| Ship flag = {{shipboxflag|United States|1960}}
| Ship name = 
| Ship ordered = 
| Ship builder = [[Portsmouth Naval Shipyard]], [[Kittery, Maine|Kittery]],&nbsp;[[Maine]]<ref name="FriedmanSubs1-dates">
 {{cite book
 |last=Friedman
 |first=Norman
 |title=U.S. Submarines Through 1945: An Illustrated Design History
 |publisher=[[United States Naval Institute]]
 |year=1995
 |location=[[Annapolis, Maryland]]
 |pages=285–304
 |isbn=1-55750-263-3
 }}</ref>
| Ship laid down = 9 September 1943<ref name="FriedmanSubs1-dates"/>
| Ship launched = 27 January 1944<ref name="FriedmanSubs1-dates"/>
| Ship sponsor = Mrs. H. F. D. Davis
| Ship acquired = 
| Ship commissioned = 3 April 1944<ref name="FriedmanSubs1-dates"/>
| Ship decommissioned = August 1952<ref name="FriedmanSubs1-dates"/>
}}
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| Ship recommissioned = 1954<ref name="FriedmanSubs1-dates"/>
| Ship decommissioned = 30 November 1970<ref name="FriedmanSubs1-dates"/>
| Ship struck = 30 November 1970<ref name="Register">
 {{cite book
 |last=Bauer
 |first=K. Jack
 |author-link=K. Jack Bauer
 |last2=Roberts
 |first2=Stephen S.
 |title=Register of Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1775–1990: Major Combatants
 |publisher=Greenwood Press
 |year=1991
 |location=[[Westport, Connecticut]]
 |pages=275–280
 |isbn=0-313-26202-0
 }}</ref>
| Ship fate = Sold to [[Turkey]], 30 November 1970<ref name="Register"/>
| Ship honors = 
| Ship notes = 
}}
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| Ship country = Turkey
| Ship flag = {{shipboxflag|Turkey|naval}}
| Ship name = TCG ''Muratreis'' (S-336)
| Ship acquired = 30 November 1970
| Ship commissioned = 17 December 1971
| Ship decommissioned = 8 August 2001
| Ship struck = 
| Ship fate = *Sold 25 March 2004
*[[Museum ship]] 15 May 2005
}}
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| Ship class = {{sclass|Balao|submarine|0}} [[diesel-electric]] [[submarine]]<ref name="Register"/>
| Ship displacement = *{{convert|1526|LT|t}} surfaced<ref name="Register"/>
*{{convert|2391|LT|t}} submerged<ref name="Register"/>
| Ship length = {{convert|311|ft|6|in|abbr=on}}<ref name="Register"/>
| Ship beam = {{convert|27|ft|3|in|abbr=on}}<ref name="Register"/>
| Ship draft = {{convert|16|ft|10|in|abbr=on}} maximum<ref name="Register"/>
| Ship propulsion = {{Fleet-boat-propulsion-late-FM-4-E}}
| Ship speed = *{{convert|20.25|kn}} surfaced<ref name="FriedmanSubs1-specs">''U.S. Submarines Through 1945'', pp. 305–311</ref>
*{{convert|8.75|kn}} submerged<ref name="FriedmanSubs1-specs"/>
| Ship range = {{convert|11000|nmi|abbr=on}} surfaced at {{convert|10|kn}}<ref name="FriedmanSubs1-specs"/>
| Ship endurance = *48 hours at {{convert|2|kn}} submerged<ref name="FriedmanSubs1-specs"/>
*75 days on patrol
| Ship test depth = {{convert|400|ft|m|abbr=on}}<ref name="FriedmanSubs1-specs"/>
| Ship complement = 10 officers, 70–71 enlisted<ref name="FriedmanSubs1-specs"/>
| Ship sensors = 
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| Ship armament = {{Fleet-boat-armament-4-inch}}
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| Header caption = (Guppy IIA)
| Ship class = none
| Ship displacement = *{{convert|1848|LT|t}} surfaced<ref name="FriedmanSubs2-chap2">
 {{cite book
 |last=Friedman
 |first=Norman
 |title=U.S. Submarines Since 1945: An Illustrated Design History
 |publisher=[[United States Naval Institute]]
 |year=1994
 |location=[[Annapolis, Maryland]]
 |pages=11–43
 |isbn=1-55750-260-9
 }}
</ref>
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| Ship length = {{convert|307|ft|abbr=on}}<ref name="FriedmanSubs2-specs">''U.S. Submarines Since 1945'' pp. 242</ref>
| Ship beam = {{convert|27|ft|4|in|abbr=on}}<ref name="FriedmanSubs2-specs"/>
| Ship draft = {{convert|17|ft|abbr=on}}<ref name="FriedmanSubs2-specs"/>
| Ship propulsion = *[[Submarine snorkel|Snorkel]] added<ref name="FriedmanSubs2-chap2"/>
*One diesel engine and generator removed<ref name="FriedmanSubs2-chap2"/>
*Batteries upgraded to ''Sargo'' II<ref name="FriedmanSubs2-chap2"/>
| Ship speed = *Surfaced:
*{{convert|17.0|kn}} maximum
*{{convert|13.5|kn}} cruising
*Submerged:
*{{convert|14.1|kn}} for {{frac|1|2}} hour
*{{convert|8.0|kn}} snorkeling
*{{convert|3.0|kn}} cruising<ref name="FriedmanSubs2-chap2"/>
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| Ship sensors = 
| Ship EW = 
| Ship armament = *10 × {{convert|21|in|mm|0}} [[torpedo tube]]s
*(6 forward, 4 aft)<ref name="FriedmanSubs2-specs"/>
*all guns removed<ref name="FriedmanSubs2-chap2"/>
| Ship notes = 
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{{Infobox NRHP
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| name = USS ''Razorback''(SS-394)
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| location = North bank of the [[Arkansas River]] at the [[Arkansas Inland Maritime Museum]] near [[Interstate 30|I-30]] Bridge, [[North Little Rock, Arkansas]]
| coordinates = {{coord|34|45|7.60|N|92|16|1.12|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = Arkansas
| map_width = 300
| built = 1943
| architect = [[Portsmouth Naval Shipyard]]
| added = 1 September 2005
| area = less than {{convert|1|acre}}
| refnum = 04001502<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>
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'''USS ''Razorback'' (SS-394)''', a {{sclass|Balao|submarine}}, was the only ship of the [[United States Navy]] to be named after the [[fin whale|razorback]], a species of whale (''Balaenoptera physalus'') found in the far southern reaches of the Pacific Ocean. She is arguably the longest-serving combat front-line submarine still existing in the world, having been commissioned by two different countries for 56 years of active duty. She was in [[Tokyo Bay]] during the [[surrender of Japan]]. In 2004, the state of [[Arkansas]] adopted the submarine (although she was not named after the [[Arkansas Razorbacks|University of Arkansas Razorbacks mascot]]) and she is now a [[museum ship]] at the [[Arkansas Inland Maritime Museum]].

==Construction and commissioning==
''Razorback''′s [[keel]] was [[Keel-laying|laid down]] by the [[Portsmouth Navy Yard]] in [[Kittery, Maine]] on 9 September 1943. She was [[Ceremonial ship launching|launched]], sponsored by Hazel DuMont (Grant) Davis,<ref>{{cite web |title=Davis, Stanley Owen, 1917-1958 |url=https://athenaeum.pastperfectonline.com/Vocabulary?searchType=people&keyword=Davis%2C%20Stanley%20Owen%2C%201917-1958&showsearch=True&letter=D |website=Portsmouth Athenaeum |access-date=13 November 2022 |quote=Father: Capt. H.F.D. Davis;  Mother: Hazel duMont Grant.}}</ref> wife of Captain H.F.D. Davis, manager of the Portland Navy Yard from June 1940 to June 1944,<ref>{{cite web |title=History of the Razorback |url=http://navsource.org/archives/08/pdf/0839441.pdf |website=NavSource Online: Submarine Photo Archive |publisher=Division of Naval History, Ships' Histories Section, Navy Department |access-date=12 November 2022 |quote=The USS Razorback was christened by Mrs. H.F.D. Davis, wife of Captain H.F.D. Davis, USN|location=Twenty nine page PDF history and War Patrols of the Razorback (SS-394) archived on NavSource Online.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=H.F.D. Davis |url=https://www.usni.org/people/hfd-davis |website=U.S. Naval Institute |access-date=12 November 2022 |quote=A graduate of the Naval Academy in 1908, Captain Davis was from June 1940 to June 1944, the manager of the Portsmouth Navy Yard where 77 submarines were completed during the war.}}</ref><ref name="razorback">{{cite web |title=USS Razorback (SS-394) WWII Cruise Book |url=http://aimmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/SS-394-Razorback-WWII-Cruise-Book.pdf |website=Arkansas Inline Maritime Museum |access-date=12 November 2022 |quote=Mrs. H.F.D. Davis, wife of Captain H.F.D. Davis, U.S.N. (ret) was sponsor.  Commissioning Officers Were: The late Lt. Comdr.  A.M. Bontier, USN, lost on the U.S.S. Seawolf...}}</ref> on 27 January 1944 along with {{USS|Redfish|SS-395}} and {{USS|Ronquil|SS-396}}. {{USS|Scabbardfish|SS-397|2}} was launched a few hours later, making 27 January 1944 the only time the U.S. Navy has launched four submarines at one shipyard in a single day. ''Razorback'' was [[Ship commissioning|commissioned]] on 3 April 1944, Lt. Comdr.  A.M. Bontier, commanding.<ref name="razorback" />

==Service history==
===U.S. Navy===
==== World War II ====

During [[shakedown cruise|shakedown]] exercises off [[New London, Connecticut|New London]], [[Connecticut]] in late April 1944, ''Razorback'' ran aground on Race Point Ledge<ref>{{cite web |title=Salvage Operations on USS Razorback, Off Fisher Is, 5/24/1944 |url=https://catalog.archives.gov/id/76998 |website=US Navy - Moving Images Relating to Military Activities |publisher=US National Archives |access-date=12 November 2022 |quote=1. Submarine, men on deck, tug alongside. 2. Submarine grounded, tug alongside, beach BG.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Fisher Island Sound NOAA Chart 13214 |url=https://www.charts.noaa.gov/BookletChart/13214_BookletChart.pdf |website=NOAA Office of Coast Survey |publisher=National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |access-date=12 November 2022 |date=22 October 2022 |quote=Race Point Ledge, partly bare at low water, extends about 0.2 mile  southwestward from Race Point, the southwest extremity of Fishers  Island, and is marked at its end by a buoy (''probably NOT there in 1944''). Inside the buoy are boulders  with 2 to 9 feet over them. The passage between the buoy and Race  Rock Light has very irregular bottom; the least depth is about 18 feet. It  is suitable only for small vessels with a comparatively smooth sea.  Race Rock, on the northeast side of The Race, is nearly 200 yards in  diameter, with a depth of 8 feet...Another ridge, extending in  a north-south direction with a least depth of 38 feet is about 320 yards  east of Race Rock.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Fisher's Island, Race Point, Race Point Ledge, Race Rock lighthouse |url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/Fishers+Island,+NY+06390/@41.247509,-72.0387303,2708m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x89e60669ac3f6215:0x553c5c3ae6694350!8m2!3d41.2554038!4d-72.033534!5m1!1e4 |website=Google Maps |publisher=Google |access-date=12 November 2022}}</ref> between [[Fishers Island, New York|Fisher Island's]] Race Point and [[Race Rock Light|Race Rock]] in [[Block Island Sound]]. A board of inquiry removed the captain and replaced him with [[Commander (United States)|Commander]] [[Roy S. Benson]]. The executive officer, Lt. Commander Haynes was also replaced, by Lt Commander C. Donald Brown.<ref name="razorback" />

After shakedown off [[New England]], ''Razorback'' proceeded to [[Pearl Harbor]], [[Hawaii]]. Her first war patrol, commencing 25 August, was conducted east of [[Luzon]] as a member of an offensive group in support of the mid-September [[Palau]] landings. After sighting only enemy antisubmarine planes, she headed northeastward, arriving at [[Midway Island]] on 19 October.

On 15 November ''Razorback'' sailed from [[Midway Island]] on her second war patrol in company with {{USS|Trepang|SS-412|2}} and {{USS|Segundo|SS-398|2}}. Operating with these submarines in the [[Luzon Straits]], ''Razorback'' damaged 6933 ton freighter ''Kenjo Maru'' on 6 December and sank the old 820 ton [[destroyer]] [[Wakatake-class destroyer|Kuretake]] and damaged another freighter on 30 December. She arrived at [[Guam]] for refit on 5 January 1945.

On 1 February ''Razorback'' set out for the [[East China Sea]] for her third war patrol, this time accompanied by ''Segundo'' and {{USS|Sea Cat|SS-399|2}}. After sinking four wooden ships in three separate surface gun actions, she deposited three Japanese [[prisoner of war|prisoners]] at [[Guam]] before terminating her patrol at [[Pearl Harbor]] on 26 March 1945.

On 7 May ''Razorback'' headed west again. Assigned to lifeguard duty in the [[Nanpō Islands]] and [[Tokyo Bay]] areas, she rescued [[Lieutenant Colonel]] Charles E. Taylor, a [[P-51]] fighter pilot from the [[21st Fighter Group]] on 25 May. On 5 June she rescued four [[B-29 Superfortress]] crewmen shot down during an [[airstrike|air raid]] over [[Kobe]], Japan.  ''Razorback'' retired to [[Midway Island]] to end that patrol and refit on 27 June.

On 22 July ''Razorback'' departed [[Midway Island]] for patrol in the [[Okhotsk Sea]], where she sank six wooden cargo sea trucks (i.e., small Imperial Japanese Navy ship types used for frontline logistics) and damaged two in a surface gun action. The remainder of the patrol was spent performing lifeguard services off [[Paramushiro]] for [[Alaska]]-based planes.  On 31 August ''Razorback'' entered [[Tokyo Bay]] with 11 other submarines to take part in the [[surrender of Japan|formal Japanese surrender]]. She departed 3 September, arrived at [[Pearl Harbor]], Hawaii on 11 September and [[San Diego]], California on 20 September.

==== 1945–1954 ====

After the war she remained active with the Pacific Fleet serving off Japan and China in early 1948 and again in late 1949. She won the [[Battle Effectiveness Award|Navy&nbsp;"E"]] for overall excellence in 1949. In August 1952 she decommissioned incident to conversion to a [[GUPPY]] IIA-type submarine. She recommissioned in January 1954 and reported to Submarine Squadron 10 at [[Naval Submarine Base New London|New London, Connecticut]], for shakedown and training.

==== 1954–1970 ====

Following shakedown ''Razorback'' was transferred to the [[United States West Coast]] and on 24 May 1954 became a unit of [[Submarine Squadron 3]], based at [[Naval Station San Diego]] in [[San Diego]], [[California]]. The remainder of 1954 and 1955 were spent providing antisubmarine training services for local surface and air units. In 1956 her range of operations was extended north to Canada and on 24 June 1957 she got underway for an extended Far East patrol that included extensive surveillance of the Russian port of [[Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky|Petropavlovsk]]. She won a second Battle&nbsp;"E" in 1959.

[[File:Nuclear depth charge explodes near USS Agerholm (DD-826) on 11 May 1962.jpg|thumb|left|Shot Dominic Swordfish nuclear weapons test. ''Razorback'' was submerged {{convert|2|nmi}} from the explosion.]] On 11 May 1962, ''Razorback'' participated in the [[Operation Dominic I and II|"SWORDFISH"]] [[nuclear weapons test]], a test of the [[ASROC]] (Anti-Submarine Rocket). An ASROC with a 10-[[TNT equivalent|kiloton]], W44 nuclear [[depth charge]] warhead was fired by the destroyer {{USS|Agerholm|DD-826|2}} at a target raft from a range of {{convert|2|nmi|km}}.  ''Razorback'' was submerged at periscope depth approximately {{convert|2|mi|km}}{{clarify |reason=Nautical or statute miles? |date=October 2012}} from the target raft. The explosion produced an underwater shock wave that shook ''Razorback''.<ref name=AIMM1/> A video of this test is available from the [[United States Department of Energy|Department of Energy]].

Regularly deployed to the [[U.S. 7th Fleet|Seventh Fleet]] into the sixties ''Razorback'' sailed into the [[South China Sea]] on her 1965 deployment where she earned her first [[Vietnam Service Medal]]. She returned to San Diego on 1 February 1966, but was in the western Pacific from 29 December 1966 to 3 July 1967 and from 6 August 1968 to February 1969. During 1969 she continued to operate on the west coast out of San Diego, winning her third Battle&nbsp;"E" on 2 July 1969. ''Razorback''{{'}}s last deployment, again to the western Pacific, was from 30 January to 7 August 1970. During a stopover in Guam, scenes for the film ''[[Noon Sunday]]'' were shot aboard the boat.<ref>p. 65 ''Whatever Happened to Noon Sunday'' ''Uno'' Magazine June/July 2010</ref> Not long after her return to the West Coast, she was decommissioned at [[Hunter's Point Naval Shipyard]]. Concurrent with her decommissioning on 30 November, ''Razorback'' was transferred to the [[Turkish Navy]].

==== Honors and awards ====
In her 26 years of service in the U.S. Navy ''Razorback'' earned five [[battle star]]s for [[World War II]] service, four campaign stars for [[Vietnam War]] service and two awards of the [[Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal]].

=== TCG ''Muratreis'' (S-336) ===

The submarine was recommissioned '''TCG ''Muratreis'' (S-336)''' on 17 December 1971, named after the great [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] admiral [[Murat Reis the Elder|Murat Reis]] and served [[Turkey]] for 31&nbsp;years, decommissioning on 8 August 2001.<ref name=AIMM1>
{{cite web
|url=http://aimmuseum.org/uss-razorback/
|title=USS ''Razorback'' (SS-394)
|publisher=[[Arkansas Inland Maritime Museum]] (AIMM)
|access-date=2020-09-17
}}</ref>

== After decommissioning ==
[[File:USS Razorback (SS-394).jpg|thumb|left|USS ''Razorback'' in the Arkansas River.]]
[[File:RazorbackInRiver 02.jpg|thumb|left|Interior view of bow torpedo room on board USS ''Razorback''.]]
The city of [[North Little Rock, Arkansas|North Little Rock]], [[Arkansas]] purchased ex-''Muratreis'' from [[Turkey]] on 25 March 2004 for US$37,500. Private donations provided the funds for the purchase and all [[towing]] costs.

The submarine departed Turkey under tow on 5 May 2004, crossed the [[Mediterranean Sea]] to [[Gibraltar]], and then was towed across the Atlantic Ocean, arriving at [[Key West]], [[Florida]], on the evening of 13 June 2004. On 14 June 2004, she again was taken under tow, and she arrived in [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]], on 19 June 2004. From there she was towed up the [[Mississippi River]] and the [[Arkansas River]] to her permanent berth in North Little Rock.

After a stopover for the dedication of the [[Montgomery Point Lock and Dam]] on 16 July, her transit was delayed by the [[United States Army Corps of Engineers]] over safety concerns. At the time of transit, she was drafting {{convert|11.5|ft|m}} at her bow and at nearly {{convert|15|ft|m}} at her stern, while some portions of the Arkansas River were less than {{convert|9|ft|m}} deep. A pair of barges were used as pontoons to lift the submarine a few feet to clear the river bottom while remaining low enough to pass under the bridges along her route, just as the submarine {{USS|Batfish|SS-310}} had 32 years earlier.

On 29 August 2004, ''Razorback'' reached her berth in North Little Rock, at the [[Arkansas Inland Maritime Museum]]. She officially opened to the public on 15 May 2005.

''Razorback'' was also the meeting place the [[Quapaw Area Council]] [[Sea Scouting (Boy Scouts of America)|Sea Scout]] ship number 394. Sea Scout Ship 394, as part of the [[Venturing (Boy Scouts of America)|Venturing]] program, had a particular emphasis on water-based activities. The Sea Scout Ship dissolved after only a few years of being chartered.

''Razorback'' is the subject of a full-length documentary film, "Greyhound of the Sea: USS Razorback," slated for release in 2016. The film is a joint effort between the [[Arkansas Inland Maritime Museum]] and the [[University of Arkansas at Little Rock]] School of Mass Communication.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Mattson|first1=Jonathan|title=Greyhound of the Sea: USS Razorback|url=http://jkmattson.wix.com/razorback|website=Greyhound of the Sea: USS Razorback|access-date=8 May 2015}}</ref>
''Razorback'' shares her shoreline with memorials to the submarines {{USS|Scorpion|SSN-589}} and {{USS|Snook|SS-279}}.

Visitors to the [[Arkansas Inland Maritime Museum]] can tour the submarine most Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays.<ref>
{{cite web
|url=http://aimmuseum.org/hours-admission
|title=USS ''Razorback'' (SS-394)
|publisher=[[Arkansas Inland Maritime Museum]] (AIMM)
|access-date=2015-10-22
}}</ref>

==In Pop Culture==
The ''USS Razorback'' is featured in the fictional book ''SSN Seadragon The Crucible of Leviathan'' by J.P. Ronald. 
<ref>{{cite web|last1=Ronald|first1=J.P. (2017)|title=SSN Seadragon Crucible of Leviathan|url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36176163-ssn-seadragon}}{{ISBN|978-1-54561-075-6}}</ref>
''Razorback'' already converted to [[GUPPY]] IIA reconnoiters the beaches off [[Inchon]], and lands a covert [[CIA]]/[[Underwater Demolition Team]] operative to collect vital intelligence in the weeks leading up to the famous [[Inchon landings]] of 1950.

==Awards==
{| style="margin:1em auto; text-align:center;"
| colspan="4"|{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|ribbon=China_Service_Medal_ribbon.svg|width=103}}
|-
|{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|ribbon=American_Campaign_Medal_ribbon.svg|width=103}}
|{{ribbon devices|number=5|type=service-star|ribbon=Asiatic-Pacific_Campaign_ribbon.svg|width=103}}
|{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|ribbon=World_War_II_Victory_Medal_ribbon.svg|width=103}}
|-
|{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|ribbon=Army_of_Occupation_ribbon.svg|width=103}}
|{{ribbon devices|number=1|type=service-star|ribbon=National Defense Service Medal ribbon.svg|width=103}}
|{{ribbon devices|number=6|type=service-star|ribbon=Armed Forces Expedtionary Medal ribbon.svg|width=103}}
|-
|{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|ribbon=Vietnam Service Medal ribbon.svg|width=103}}
|{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|ribbon=Vietnam_gallantry_cross_unit_award-3d.svg|width=103}}
|{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|ribbon=Vietnam Campaign Medal ribbon with 60- clasp.svg|width=103}} 
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto; text-align:center;"
|-
| colspan="4"|[[China Service Medal]]
|-
|[[American Campaign Medal]] 
|[[Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal]] with five [[battle star]]s
|[[World War II Victory Medal]] 
|-
|[[Navy Occupation Service Medal]] 
|[[National Defense Service Medal]] with one star
|[[Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal]] with six stars
|-
|[[Vietnam Service Medal]] 
|[[Gallantry Cross (Vietnam)]]
|[[Vietnam Campaign Medal]] 
|}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:USS Tilefish, USS Razorback and USS Charr moored in Vancouver, BC.jpg|USS ''Razorback'' and two other US Navy ships moored in Vancouver
File:RazorbackInRiver 01.jpg|USS ''Razorback'' in the Arkansas River
File:US Navy 040707-N-0000P-001 USS Razorback (SS 394) returns to the United States after 34 years of service in the Turkish Navy.jpg|USS ''Razorback'' returns to the US after 34 years of service in the Turkish Navy
File:USS Razorback (SS-394) in the Pacific Ocean c1964.jpg|USS ''Razorback'' (SS-394) in the Pacific Ocean circa 1964
</gallery>

== Notes ==
* {{DANFS|https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/r/razorback.html |http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss394.htm}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
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*[http://aimmuseum.org/ Arkansas Inland Maritime Museum] (AIMM)
*{{navsource|08/08394|Razorback}}
*{{HNSA|uss-razorback-ss-394}}

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