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  USS S-44 (SS-155) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Her keel was laid down on 19 February 1921 by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation in Quincy, Massachusetts.
Her number-one periscope was thought to be damaged; but, when the submarine surfaced for repairs, a Japanese seaman's coat was found wrapped around its head.
During the patrol, her hunting was hindered by Japanese aerial and surface antisubmarine patrols and her own operational capabilities, which were further limited by material defects and damage inflicted during depth chargings.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_S-44_(SS-155)   (1548 words)

  
 USS Herring (SS-233)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Her keel was laid down 14 July 1941 by the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
Herring returned to Roseneath, Scotland, on 25 November and departed for her second war patrol 16 December on which targets were scarce.
Herring's next patrol was a frustrating one as 24 March 1944 she stalked a large aircraft carrier but was detected and driven deep before she could attack.
www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/uss_herring__ss_233_   (611 words)

  
 USS Scorpion (SS-278)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Her keel was laid down by Portsmouth Naval Shipyard of Kittery, Maine, on 20 March 1942.
Her assigned area was in the northern East China Sea and Yellow Sea.
Her third patrol was made in the Mariana Islands, and resulted in damage to a tanker.
www.worldhistory.com /wiki/U/USS-Scorpion-(SS-278).htm   (1539 words)

  
 Paul Judson Miller, Jr.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Her assigned area was in the northern East China and Yellow Seas.
On the morning of January 5, 1944 SCORPION reported that one of her crew had sustained a fracture of the upper arm and requested a rendezvous with USS HERRING (SS-233) which was returning from patrol and was near her.
HERRING reported this fact on 6 January, and stated "SCORPION reports case under control." SCORPION was never seen or heard from again after her departure from that rendezvous.
www.wpnet.org /veterans/miller.html   (381 words)

  
 USS HERRING   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Her first four patrols were in the Atlantic, the first three off the coast of Spain, and the fourth near Iceland.
Her third patrol saw her sink Nazi U-163 and her fourth was again unproductive of enemy targets.
Her fifth patrol was the passage from the United Kingdom, where she had been based for her Atlantic patrols, to New London, Conn., thence to Pearl Harbor.
www.csp.navy.mil /ww2boats/herring.htm   (652 words)

  
 USS Herring
Reaching her position off Casablanca 5 November, Herring remained there spotting but not attacking several targets on the morning or 8 November as the invasion was launched, the patient sub had her chance, sinking the 5,700 ton cargo ship Ville de Havre.
On her third patrol Herring attacked and sank a marauding Nazi ~submarine, U-163 21 March 1943 The fourth war patrol, an antisubmarine sweep in Icelandic waters, and fifth patrol, which took her back to the States 26 July 1943, netted Herring no more kills.
Herring's eighth war patrol was to be both her most successful and her last.
www.multied.com /NAVY/Submarine/herring.html   (470 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
DRUM HERRING (SS-233) was launched 15 January 1942 by the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, N.H.; sponsored by Mrs.
HERRING departed New London for the rich hunting grounds of the Pacific 9 August 1943.
After intensive training at Pearl Harbor, she sailed 15 November 1943 on her sixth war patrol to join the ranks of the American submarines systematically decimating Japanese shipping and destroying the Japanee economy.
www.hazegray.org /danfs/submar/ss233.txt   (470 words)

  
 Lost Boats for October
On 30 September, she engaged a small craft in a surface gun action, and reported to her sisters that she was undamaged, without mentioning what her gunfire had done to the enemy ship.
SHARK was lost during her third war patrol, probably in the vicinity of Luzon Strait, while participating in a coordinated attack group with submarines SEADRAGON (SS-194) and BLACKFISH (SS-221).
TANG fishtailed under emergency power to clear the turning circle of the torpedo, but it struck her abreast the after torpedo room approximately 20 seconds after it was fired.
www.diodon349.com /submarines/lost_boats_for_october.htm   (997 words)

  
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On the 21st, prior to 0100, she fired on and destroyed her first sampan in surface action, then moved up the coast to observe the fishing grounds, shipping lanes, and coastline of the Shioya Saki area.
On the 28th, she shifted her hunt to the Yellow Sea and, by the 30th, was off the Shantung Peninsula.
Fearing that she was stirring up a mud trail, her screws were stopped and she settled on the bottom at 29 fathoms.
www.hazegray.org /danfs/submar/ss278.txt   (1042 words)

  
 ARKADY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
By 1 February 1942, she had conducted two defensive patrols, during which her crew became even better acquainted with the defects in the torpedoes she carried and with the limited wartime capabilities of boats of her class.
On 12 January 1944, she lost her antennae in a storm and, on the 13th, she arrived in her patrol area, the Ominato-Paramushiro convoy routes.
Her name was struck from the Navy list on 13 November 1945 and in December 1946, her hulk was sold for scrapping to the Salco Iron and Metal Co., San Francisco.
www.arkady.cz /en/silent.asp?sub=3   (1223 words)

  
 USS BARB (SS-220) AND SUBRON 50
USS Herring (SS-233) although listed as a beacon for the Center Attack Group at Casablanca is not mentioned in further detail, although she is credited with sinking the 5700-ton French cargo ship Ville du Havre off Casablanca on the morning of D-Day.
Gunnel finished her patrol mostly using her batteries and recharging them with auxiliary generators.
Herring replaced Barb off Iceland while Shad did likewise for Blackfish off the North Cape and with the same lack of contacts.
www.subvetpaul.com /SAGA_6_98.htm   (3624 words)

  
 Eternal Patrol - USS Scorpion (SS-278)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
On the morning of January 5 Scorpion reported that one of her crew had sustained a fracture of his upper arm and requested a rendezvous with
Scorpion was never seen or heard from again after her departure from that rendezvous.
When no report was received from Scorpion by February 24, Midway was directed to keep a careful watch for her, and Scorpion was directed to make a transmission.
thesaltysailor.com /ships/lostboat24.htm   (472 words)

  
 SC0RPI0N (SS-278)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
On the morning of 5 January, SCORPION reported that one of her crew had sustained a fracture of the upper arm and requested a rendezvous with HERRING (SS-233) which was returning from patrol and was near her.
The latter reported this fact on 6 January, and stated "SCORPION reports case under control." SCORPION was never seen or heard from again after her departure from the rendezvous.
When no report was received from her by 24 February 1944, Midway was directed to keep a careful watch for her, and SCORPION was directed to make a transmission.
www.subvetpaul.com /LostBoats/Scorpion.htm   (460 words)

  
 The Dolphin - News - 06/03/2004 - USS Herring (SS 233) 84 men lost - June 1, 1944   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Japanese information indicates that Herring was sunk on June 1, 1944, two kilometers south of Point Tagan on Matsuwa Island in the Kuriles.
Her fifth patrol was the passage from the United Kingdom, where she had been based for her Atlantic patrols, to New London, Conn., then to Pearl Harbor.
Herring's seventh patrol was in the area just south of the Japanese home islands; there she damaged a destroyer type vessel.
www.zwire.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=11838732&BRD=1659&PAG=461&dept_id=8103&rfi=6   (702 words)

  
 Submarine Technical Innovations - Page 2
The Tambors (SS 198) class was the first designed specifically to accommodate the TDC.
Herring (SS-233), was an early example of the successful application of the SBT.
This submarine was capable of 18 kts submerged, could dive to nearly 1,000 feet and included a schnorchel (snorkel) mast to allow for diesel operations and battery charging while submerged.
www.news.navy.mil /navydata/cno/n87/history/tech-2.html   (1262 words)

  
 USS Bowfin - The Hunter & Hunted   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Bowfin received another heavy depth charge attack and had a chain or grapnel hook dragged across her hull in an attempt to pull her to the surface.
USS Bowfin was underway for 9,272 miles during her fourth patrol.
Corbus had previously served as C.O. of USS Herring (SS-233) with Subron 50 in the Atlantic, then had one war patrol in the Pacific and finally one patrol as C.O. of USS Haddo (SS-255).
www.bowfin.org /website/bowfin/bowfin_history/patrols/p_4/patrol_4.htm   (407 words)

  
 the Transpacific Voyage of the I-400
As the duty officer of her relief crew during the Pearl Harbor attack he'd helped lug a 50 caliber machine gun to the bridge and shoot down a bomber flying low over the Sub Base to attack Battleship Row; he was thus the first submariner to strike back at the enemy.
Her best tactic would probably have been a bold offensive against ASW vessels, staying at periscope depth and taking her chances with aircraft while rapidly firing and reloading her eight torpedo tubes.
Her 23 foot draft was not so handy, though, as we led the division up the harbor toward the Submarine Base at Guam.
www.pacerfarm.org /i-400/i-400.htm   (11581 words)

  
 Scorpion
With a “4 gun in place of her 3” gun, Scorpion set out on her second war patrol on 29 May. On 2 June, she refueled at Midway and, on the 21st, she arrived off Takara Jima in the Tokara Gunto.
On the 5th, sheattempted to rendezvous with Herring (SS-233) to transfer an injured man. Heavy seas prevented the transfer, and Scorpion continued west.
The original hull for Scorpion (SSN-589) was laid down on 1 November 1957 by the Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corp., Groton, Conn. In December, however, the hull was split, extended, and renamed George Washington (SSBN-598) (q.v.), effective on 6 November 1958.
www.history.navy.mil /danfs/s7/scorpion-v.htm   (1129 words)

  
 WORLD WAR II 1944
March 26 - The submarine USS Tullibee (SS-284) is sunk, probably by a circular run of her own torpedoes, north of the Palau Islands in the Carolines.
The Japanese frigate Ishigaki is sunk by the submarine USS Herring (SS-233) in the north Pacific.
Anne Franke and her family are arrested by the Gestapo in Amsterdam.
www.blountweb.com /blountcountymilitary/wars/ww2/timelines/1944_ww2.htm   (14644 words)

  
 June Events
1-Jun-1942; Keel is laid for the USS Steelhead (SS 280)
1-Jun-1944; Keel is laid for the USS Diodon (SS 349)
15-Jun-1904; USS A-4 Moccasin (SS 5) is Decommissioned
www.geocities.com /gmtbase/events/june.html   (1593 words)

  
 Herring
Herring (SS-233) was launched 15 January 1942 by the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, N.H.; sponsored by Mrs.
On her third patrol Herring attacked and sank a marauding' Nazi submarine, U-163 21 March 1943.
In all she had sunk six marus totalling 19,959 tons, an Axis cargo ship, and a German U-boat.
www.history.navy.mil /danfs/h6/herring.htm   (503 words)

  
 The FReeper Foxhole Studies The History of Submarine Technology - December 12th, 2003
Guavina (SS 362) used an experimental searchlight sonar to distinguish the sound signature of Seacat (SS 399) and the fleet tug Salinian (ATF 161) at ranges of 9-10 nm.
Arriving at her new base, San Pedro, she operated along the west coast for the next 4 years, entering the Caribbean during the winter months for training exercises.
Her powerful guns leveled the defenses at Shuri Castle, which had stalled the entire offensive.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-vetscor/1038940/posts   (8034 words)

  
 Franklin K. Edginton   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
A volunteer for submarine duty, he was assigned to the USS Herring.
Reaching her position off Casablanca 5 November, USS HERRING (SS-233) remained there spotting but not attacking several targets.
On the morning of 8 November as the invasion was launched, the patient sub had her chance, sinking a 5,700 ton cargo ship.
www.dvrbs.com /CamdenWW2-FranklinKEdginton.htm   (526 words)

  
 U.S. Submarine Force Losses
USS Herring (SS-233) was lost on 1 June 1944 with the loss of 80 officers and men when it was sunk within shore battery range of Point Tagan, Matsuwa Island, In Kurlies.
USS O-5 (SS-66) was lost on 28 October 1923 with the loss of 2 officers and men when it was sunk after collision with SS ABABGAREZ (United Fruit) off Panama Canal.
USS Albacore (SS-218) was lost on 7 November 1944 with the loss of 86 officers and men when it was sunk near 41 49N 141 11E in channel between Hokkaido and Honshu.
www.diodon349.com /Stories/Stories_SS/U.S._Submarine_Force_Losses.htm   (2072 words)

  
 USS Euryale - Tom Paine's Journal
She was told to heave to, and a group of us shoved off to board her in a whaleboat.
Sasebo was our home port, but the Euryale (known fondly to her crew as Urinal Maru) also sailed around Kyushu, and up through the Kii Suido and Inland Sea to Kure, to pick up a number of surviving I-Boats at that major naval base.
The torpedoes missed, but her contact report brought in the 22nd Naval Air Flotilla from Thailand bases; the two capital ships were sunk by air attacks before dark, dooming Malaya.
www.katiebuglove.com /euryalepainetom.html   (4276 words)

  
 Losses_LessonsLearned
Attack submarines operated in a variety of roles  but always as the silent hunter of every description of craft  merchant ship, surface combatant, attack submarine and missile submarine alike.
America would continue to develop new technologies, stronger materials, and better equipment, all with the goal of making her submarines safer.
The safety record of the U.S. submarine fleet would continue to be the standard against which all other navy's would be measured against.
www.submarinehistory.com /Losses_LessonsLearned.html   (1220 words)

  
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SUBMARINES (SS) USS Albacore (SS-218) sunk after striking a mine north of Hokkaido, Japan, 7 November 1944.
USS Herring (SS-233) sunk by Japanese shore batteries off Matsuwa Island, Kurile Islands, 1 June 1944.
USS Wahoo (SS-238) sunk by Japanese aircraft and Japanese submarine chasers 15 and 43 in Soya Strait, Japan, 11 October 1943.
theusssavage.homestead.com /files/Submarines_2__SS_.txt   (834 words)

  
 uboat.net - Allied Warships - Submarine USS Herring of the Gato class
While on her 1st war patrol USS Herring (Lt.Cdr.
After Herring had made 5 war patrols out of Britain, she returned to the United States on 26 July 1943.
Unfortunately Herring is sunk by a Japanese shore battery after this attack.
uboat.net /allies/warships/ship/2979.html   (358 words)

  
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10-Jul-1944; Keel is laid for the USS Runner (SS 476) 10-Jul-1998; USS Baltimore (SSN 704) is decommissioned 10-Jul-1945; USS Barb (SS 220) 'sinks' a train.
13-Jul-1943; USS Raton (SS 270) is commissioned 13-Jul-1991; USS Kentucky (SSBN 737) is commissioned 13-Jul-1996; USS Wyoming (SSBN 742) is commissioned 13-Jul-1946; USS Hake (SS 256) is decommissioned 14-Jul-1923; USS S-13 (SS 118) is commissioned 14-Jul-1920; General Order 541 of July 14, 1920 introduces ship letter designators(SS meaning submarine) and hull numbers.
All submarines commissioned and decommissioned prior to this had no assigned hull number or SS designator during their lifetime.
www.geocities.com /gmtbase/events/july.doc   (311 words)

  
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Street was awarded the Medal of Honor and Tirante was awarded the PUC 9-May-1911; USS B-1 Viper (SS 10) is decommissioned for the second time.
10-May-1923; USS K-4 (SS 35) is Decommissioned 10-May-1945; USS R-2 (SS 79) is Decommissioned 10-May-1946; USS Hammerhead (SS 364) is Decommissioned 11-May-1909; USS Skate (SSN-578), the first submarine to be powered by the Submarine Fleet Reactor, is commissioned.
23-May-1941; USS Grampus (SS 207) is Commissioned 23-May-1943; USS Dorado (SS 248) is Launched 23-May-1970; USS Drum (SSN 677) is Launched 23-May-1939; USS Squalus (SS-192) with the loss of 26 shipmates 23-May-1939; USS Squalus (SS-192) Floods through main induction (jammed open) during sea trials.
www.geocities.com /gmtbase/events/May.doc   (920 words)

  
 D8-SCpage2
Only through the heroic efforts of her crew and specifically the OOD, who was lost overboard and an off watch PO1 was she saved.
Excavations to date have revealed that the technology the Hunley embodied was ahead of her time, but now the excavation and on-going research is revealing more personal details of the crewman.
For her service the USS Pigeon was awarded the first Presidential Unit Citation of WW-II.
donmac.org /WRD/SCB2.htm   (12007 words)

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