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	PERCH SSI 76
		From 8 February to 23 February PERCH was sent several reports concerning enemy concentrations near her area, and was directed to patrol or perform reconnaissance in various positions near the islands of the Java Sea.
		Personnel of PERCH were taken to the illegal questioning camp at Ofuna, Japan and then to the Ashio mines, where they were forced to work until the close of the war.
		PERCH was credited with sinking a 5000 ton enemy freighter on her first patrol, conducted west of the Philippines.
	www.subvetpaul.com /LostBoats/Perch.htm (751 words)

	USS Perch (SS-176) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		USS Perch (SS-176) was a Porpoise-class submarine of the United States Navy, the first Navy ship to be named for the perch, a type of fish belonging to the family Percidae.
		In the spring of 1939, Perch operated with the fleet on its cruise to the East Coast.
		In a night attack on a large merchantman off the eastern coast of Sulawesi (Celebes), Perch was hit in the superstructure, forward of the pressure hull of the conning tower, by a high explosive projectile which blew away the bridge deck, punctured the antenna trunk and temporarily put her radio out of commission.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Perch_(SS-176) (811 words)

	USS Perch - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Two ships of the United States Navy have borne the name USS Perch, named in honor of the perch, a type of fresh-water spiny-finned fish belonging to the family Percidae.
		The first Perch, (SS-176), was a Porpoise-class submarine, commissioned in 1936 and struck in 1942.
		The second Perch, (SS-313), was a Balao-class submarine, commissioned in 1944 and struck in 1971.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Perch (131 words)

	Perch
		In October 1939, Perch departed San Diego for Manila where she became a division flagship and made a summer cruise in 1940 to Tsingtao and Shanghai.
		In a night attack on a large merchantman off the eastern coast of Celebes, Perch was hit in the superstructure, forward of the pressure proof hull of the conning tower, by a high explosive projectile which blew away the bridge deck, punctured the antenna trunk and temporarily put her radio out of commission.
		On the evening of 1 March 1942, Perch surfaced thirty miles northwest of Soerabaja, Java, N.E.I., and started in for an attack on the enemy convoy that was landing troops to the west of Soerabaia.
	www.history.navy.mil /danfs/p5/perch-i.htm (710 words)

	USS PERCH
		From February 8 to 23 PERCH was sent several reports concerning enemy concentrations near her area, and was directed to patrol or perform reconnaissance in various positions near the islands of the Java Sea.
		On February 25 she was directed to go through Salajar Strait and patrol along the 100 fathom curve northeast of the Kangean Islands as part of the force then attempting to defend Java.
		Personnel of PERCH were held for a few days on a Dutch Hospital Ship and transferred on March 10 1942 to a prison camp at Makkasser Clebes, Dutch West Indies until found by Brigadier General Barnes on Sept. 13, 1945.
	www.csp.navy.mil /ww2boats/perch.htm (884 words)

	USN Ships--USS Perch (SS-176)
		In October 1939 Perch left the West Coast for the Philippines, where she was stationed during 1940 and 1941 as a unit of the Asiatic Fleet.
		Perch began her second combat cruise in February, assigned to help defend the East Indies from the Japanese offensive.
		Perch attempted to leave the area, but was trapped half-submerged in shallow water.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-usn/usnsh-p/ss176.htm (463 words)

	Profile of a Submarine POW Veteran
		During the attacks that followed, Perch lost power on her port screw, but managed to pull clear of the bottom, surfacing when the depth charging ceased.
		On 3 March 1942 Perch attempted to dive before daylight but it was soon discovered that the damages suffered during the attacks of the previous day had made it impossible to do so.
		Perch was credited with sinking a 5600-ton enemy freighter on her first patrol, conducted west of the Philippines.
	www.orgsites.com /ar/twin-lakes-base/_pgg1.php3 (1900 words)

	SS-176, U.S.S. Perch
		Participating in the usual peacetime exercises and cruises during the following year, Perch was transferred to the Asiatic Fleet in Manila in October 1939.
		At the end of November 1941, Perch, under the command of Lieutenant Commander David Hurt, escorted the 4th Marine Division, loaded aboard two transports, from China to the Philippines, after which she entered the Cavite Navy Yard.
		Clearing the Navy Yard on 10 December (9 December Hawaiian time), Perch was able to observe the destruction of Cavite by Japanese bombers before slipping through the Corregidor minefields and departing on her first war patrol.
	www.fleetsubmarine.com /ss-176.html (549 words)

	USS Perch I
		In October 1939, Perch departed San Diego for Manila where she became a division flagship and made a summer cruise in 1940 to Tsinglao and Shanghai.
		In a night attack on a large merchantman off the eastern coast of Celebes, Perch was hit in the superstructure, forward of the pressure proof hull of the conning tower, by a high explosive projectile which blew away the bridge deck, punctured
		On the evening of l March l942, Perch surfaced thirty miles northwest of Soeraba]a, Java, N.E.I., and started in for an attack on the enemy convoy that was landing troops to the west of Soerabaia.
	www.navyhistory.com /Submarine/perchI.html (695 words)

	USS PERCH (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		In the last week of November 1941, PERCH rendezvoused with two transports off Shanghai to escort the 4th Marines evacuating from China to Manila amid the rising military tension in the region.
		The outbreak of hostilities with Japan found PERCH still in Cavite Navy Yard but the work was accelerated on her and we were back in the water on the morning of the tenth.
		PERCH performed flawlessly other than minor maintenance defects that were remedied as they cropped up.
	www.clear-the-bridge.co.uk /Reports/harder001.htm (3488 words)

	CollectAir/Submarines
		The "313-boat" was named after the first USS PERCH (SS-176), which was lost on 3 March 1942 north of Surabaya during the Navy's futile attempt to slow Japanese expansion at the beginning of the war.
		Decommissioned on 15 January 1947, PERCH underwent a dramatic conversion at Mare Island Naval Shipyard in the spring of 1948 that would extend her usefulness to the Navy for many years and place her in a new and special role.
		PERCH was stripped of all her torpedo tubes and main engines one and two were removed.
	www.commercemarketplace.com /home/CollectAir/submarine.html (6312 words)

	Buildings Honor Submariners (PAGE 3)
		Captain Vandergrift was born in 1917 in Pennsylvania, graduated from the Naval Academy in 1939, and the Submarine School in 1940.
		PERCH had been ordered to attack the forces invading Indonesia in March 1942, along with most available Allied forces.
		She was severely damaged by a lengthy series of depth charge attacks by Japanese destroyers in the shallow water near Soerabaja.
	www.ussvi.org /names/kopf-03.htm (3135 words)

	Submarine Store - submarine facts and submarine history - lost submarines - submarine losses
		Perch (SS-176) 3 Mar 42 59 POWs, 6 later died Scuttled after severe damage from Japanese destroyers Ushio and Sazanami.
		Corvina (SS-226) 16 Nov 43 82 killed Torpedoed and sunk by Japanese submarine I 176 south of Truk.
		Capelin (SS-289) Nov 43 78 killed Sunk by unknown causes, either Japanese aircraft (934 Kokutai) and minelayer Wanatake, a Japanese mine in the northern Celebes, or perhaps a hull defect reported prior to her departure from Darwin.
	www.submarinestore.com /stories/facts-loses.htm (1633 words)

	Java Sea
		Submarine Perch (SS-176) is depth-charged and damaged by two Japanese destroyers, 73 miles west of Bawean Island, Java Sea.
		Submarine Perch (SS-176) is depth-charged and damaged by Japanese destroyer, Java Sea.
		Submarine Perch (SS-176), depth-charged and irreparably damaged by Japanese destroyers is scuttled by her crew in Java Sea.
	www.ww2pacific.com /java.html (2070 words)

	SS-172 Porpoise
		In July 1939, two months before the outbreak of World War II in Europe, Admiral Thomas Hart relieved Admiral Harry Yarnell as Commander, Asiatic Fleet, and faced with the growing threat, called immediately for reinforcements.
		All eight Porpoise class (P-boats) served during World War II -- three boats were lost: Perch (SS-176), Pickerel (SS-177), and Pompano (SS-181).
		The surviving five boats were laid up in reserve in late 1945.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/systems/ship/ss-172.htm (304 words)

	On Eternal Patrol - USS Perch (SS-176)
		USS Perch was forced to scuttle herself after being mortally wounded in a depth charge attack.
		Six crew members of USS Perch (SS-176) died as Prisoners of War.
		See also the memorial page for Perch's Commanding Officer, David A. Hurt, who died soon after the War.
	www.oneternalpatrol.com /uss-perch-176.htm (97 words)

	FleetSubmarine.com Discussion Forums
		U.S.S. Perch (SS-176) was launched 5/9/36, sponsored by Mrs.
		The second Perch (SS-313) was the one commissioned in 1944.
		It was common practice for the Navy to name new submarines after boats lost in combat.
	www.fleetsubmarine.com /phorum/read.php?f=6&i=107&t=106 (51 words)

	The Dolphin - USS Tullibee (SS 284) March 26, 1944 - 79 Men Lost (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		On March 5, 1944, USS Tullibee (SS 284), commanded by Cmdr. C.
		The story of his captivity is much the same as the stories of survivors of USS Grenadier (SS 210), USS Sculpin (SS 191), USS Tang (SS 306), USS Perch (SS 176) and other U.S. submarines.
		He was questioned assiduously by English speaking officers, and beaten when he refused to give any more information than international law required.
	www.zwire.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=14202379&BRD=1659&PAG=461&dept_id=8103&rfi=6 (777 words)

	World War II Boats Lost
		USS R 12 (SS 89) June 12, 1943
		USS S 44 (SS 155) October 7, 1943
		USS SHARK II (SS 314) October 24, 1944
	www.csp.navy.mil /ww2boats.htm (653 words)

	The Fleet Boats (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Even though a few boats had thier keels laid in 1939 and '40 they were not launched until 1941 so haven't made this list.
		* = Lost in Combat in WW II Porpoise SS 172
		Panoramic photograph of USS Holland AS-3 moored at Bouy 19, San Diego harbor, California, in 1940, with eleven submarines alongside.
	www.rddesigns.com /subs/fleet.html (145 words)

	Historie / Články
		Submarine Perch (SS-176) is depth-charged and damaged by Japanese destroyers Amatsukaze and Hatsukaze, 73 miles west of Bawean Island, Java Sea, 06°30'S, 113°50'E. Japanese vessels damaged:
		Submarine Perch (SS-176) is depth-charged and damaged by Japanese destroyer Ushio, Java Sea.
		Submarine Perch (SS-176), depth-charged and irreparably damaged by Japanese destroyers Ushio and Sazanami, is scuttled by her crew in Java Sea.
	warships.web4u.cz /givetbl.php?language=&hist=USN_1942_3E (4202 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		He will discuss findings regarding the 1939 USS Squalus (SS 192) rescue of 33 trapped crew.
		This week in naval history: March 2, 1942 The submarine USS Perch (SS 176) was depth-charged and badly damaged by Japanese destroyers while on patrol off Surabaja, Netherlands East Indies.
		The next day, the sub was caught limping on the surface by a Japanese cruiser/destroyer group, unable to submerge.
	www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/news/navnews/nns01/nns01009.txt (3003 words)

	uboat.net - Allied Warships - Submarine USS Perch (i) of the Perch class
		uboat.net - Allied Warships - Submarine USS Perch (i) of the Perch class
		Perch was damaged by depth charges during this attack and she went to Darwin, Australia to repair the damage.
		Ideal if you spot mistakes or want to improve this ships page.
	uboat.net /allies/warships/ship/2940.html (201 words)

	Ron's Submarine Covers
		Special cover 60th anniversary of loss 03 March 1942
		The first PERCH (SS-176) was laid down 25 February 1935 by the Electric Boat Co., Groton, Conn.; launched 9 May 1936; sponsored by Mrs.
		On the evening of l March l942, PERCH surfaced thirty miles northwest of Soerabaja, Java, N.E.I., and started in for an attack on the enemy convoy that was landing troops to the west of Soerabaja.
	users.skynet.be /RonSubCovers/Dieselsub/US-SS176.htm (704 words)

	The Dolphin - Honoring Connecticut's veterans
		"This is the first class of what we hope to be years and years of the hall of fame." Among the honorees was Lt. Ernest Plantz, a World War II-era submariner who, after surviving the sinking of USS Perch (SS 176), spent a couple of years as a prisoner of war.
		After surviving the sinking of his submarine, USS Perch (SS 176), he was caputured by the Japanese and became a prisoner of war.
		He was awarded the Purple Heart and Bronze Star.
	zwire.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=15584416&BRD=1659&...&rfi=6 (1233 words)

	index.html
		Payment must be made prior to December 2, 2006.
		There will be dancing following the dinner and awards ceremony.
		The reason for Perch Bases success is due in part to the members that came to us from Prescott.
	perch-base.org (398 words)

	US SUBMARINE POWS OF WWII
		Dewes, Philip J. USS PERCH SS 176 Died In Prison Camp
		Flanagan, Henry J. Survivor of USS TANG SS 309
		Savadkin, L. Survivor of USS TANG SS 306
	www.subvetpaul.com /POWs.htm (1422 words)

	Batfish Wall of Honor
		USS Trout SS-202 44' Sunk by surface craft.
		USS Perch SS-176 42' Sunk by surface craft.
		USS Grampus SS-207 43' Sunk by surface craft.
	www.batfish.org /page4.html (392 words)

	USS Von Steuben SSBN632
		Sunk by Japanese destroyer Yamakaze; Makassar Strait, 120
		Perch (SS-176) 3 Mar 42 59 POWs, 6 later died
		Torpedoed and sunk by Japanese submarine I 176 south of Truk.
	www.concentric.net /~Petsch/Subman.htm (1184 words)

	WWII Pacific U.S. Submarine war calendar chronology 1941 1945
		USS Perch (SS-176) lost: enemy action off of Surabaya
		USS Shark (SS-174) lost: reported overdue, presumed lost Makassar Strait
		USS Corvina (SS-226) lost: Exact cause unknown - possibly sunk by enemy submarine I-176 near the Marshall Islands
	www.valoratsea.com /calendar.htm (1319 words)

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