[propbeanie]

Yes. You took delivery of the Balao before it is "Active" on the Roster. A big, bad, bug from the Stock game that refuses to cooperate. Date restrictions mean nothing to the game, and it will "reward" the player whose score is too high with a new command up to 3 months too early. If you have a Save game from prior to taking the Balao, that is your only option, other than starting over. Do NOT take a Balao before 1943-05-21 (May 21) in FotRSU, which is still too early in "real life". Stock game is 1943-02-04, which is a commissioning date, not an actual patrol date, which would be late August 1943 out of Brisbane, and Septermber 1943 out of Pearl...