USS Balao (SS-285)

[Redmane]

I'm looking for ideas anyone may have regarding a very minor issue. In a previous career and this current one I'm playing I started with a Gar class boat in December '41. After my 3rd patrol I received a refit to a '42 conning tower, and after the next patrol was offered command of a Balao. In fact the boat was the USS Balao. As other players are probably aware this class always seems to be offered too early, in my current career this was in late September of '42. But that's not what I'm really asking about here. I understand the game has some issues with ignoring availabiltiy dates, etc. To counter this problem I refused the boat and kept the Gudgeon for another few patrols. In March of '43 I transfered to Fremantle, ran one patrol, and was offered a new command again after that. I'd gone to Fremantle in an attempt to get offered a Gato, but that didn't work. Once again the boat was the USS Balao. I really like the Balao Class, they are fine boats, but here's the deal:

The Balao class I always get offered, even when I was playing the stock game, is ALWAYS the USS Balao. Furthermore, I'm playing TMO and as anyone who has played it has noticed, Ducimus added to the roster the SS numbers of all the boats in the game. However, the Balao NEVER displays this number on the sub managment screens, as all of the other boats seem to do. Now for the question:

Does anyone have any ideas on how to force the game to offer a different boat for the Balao Class in a career game, or at least how to get the game to display the SS number? I went so far as to edit the Roster file, changing first the Dates of Commission, then actually removed the USS Balao from the unit 1 position in the list and replaced it with the USS Cisco, but still the boat I got was... USS Balao.