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 USS Puffer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Two ships of the United States Navy have borne the name USS Puffer, named in honor of the puffer, a fish which inflates its body with air.
The first Puffer, (SS-268), was a Gato-class submarine, commissioned in 1943 and struck in 1960.
The second Puffer, (SSN-652), was a Sturgeon-class submarine, commissioned in 1969 and struck in 1996.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Puffer   (128 words)

  
 USS Sea Owl (SS-405) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For her second war patrol, Sea Owl joined Piranha and Puffer (SS-268) in patrolling in Luzon Strait and the South China Sea.
She was off Wake Island early on the morning of 18 April and sent a Japanese submarine of the RO-35 class to the bottom.
This patrol was concentrated in the Yellow and East China Seas and was devoted to both lifeguard duties and offensive patrol.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Sea_Owl_(SS-405)   (1343 words)

  
 Puffer
Puffer (SS–268) was laid down by the Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co., Manitowoc, Wis., 16 February 1942; launched 22 November 1942; sponsored by Mrs.
Puffer was transported down the Mississippi to New Orleans on a special floating drydock, having periscopes installed enroute after receiving torpedoes and ammunition.
Employed in that status, at Seattle, until relieved by Bowfin (SS–287) 10 June 1960, Puffer was placed out of service and sold for scrapping to the Zidell Corp., Portland, Oreg.
www.history.navy.mil /danfs/p13/puffer-i.htm   (604 words)

  
 USS Puffer SS268 Ships History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
PUFFER (SS-268) was launched 22 November 1942 by Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co., Manitowoc, Wisconsin; sponsored by Mrs.
On 24 November PUFFER sailed on her second war patrol, in the Sulu Sea and the approaches to Manila.
PUFFER departed for her third war patrol on 4 February, which was conducted in the South China Sea.
www.usspuffer.org /puffer/ss268_ships_history.html   (802 words)

  
 Ron's Submarine's Covers
On 15 November, the submarine departed her assigned area and arrived at Majuro on the 24th for refit.
On her second war patrol, 20 December 1944 to 5 February 1945, SEA FOX returned to the Nansei Shoto as a unit of TG 17.19, a coordinated attack group comprised of herself, submarines BLUEBACK (SS-326), and PUFFER (SS-268).
PUFFER, to which she reported the contact, later sank the target, COAST DEFENSE VESSEL NO. 42.
users.skynet.be /RonSubCovers/Dieselsub/US-SS402.htm   (697 words)

  
 USS Thresher (SS-200) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Thresher did, however, conduct air-sea guard patrols; and conducted a shore bombardment of Basco Harbor, Batan Island, on 28 March.
The latter part of this patrol was conducted in company with Piranha and Puffer (SS-268).
Clearing her patrol station, Thresher nested alongside Fulton (AS-11) for voyage repairs before pushing on for Oahu on 4 April.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Thresher_(SS-200)   (4815 words)

  
 : Puffer, review at WorldSSP.net   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Make the 3 minute ferry journey to Easdale Island and enjoy a West Coast welcome in The Puffer Bar and Restaurant.The BarThe Puffer Bar, situated in a restored quarrier's cottage, is the ideal place to relax with a dram after a walk around our beautiful Island.
Puffer is a general purpose encryption utility that is used to protect your most sensitive data from unauthorized viewing.
You can use Puffer to securely exchange email with other Puffer users, compress and encrypt your data files into zip-style PUF archives, use steganography to hide data among the pixels of image files, and distribute self-decrypting archives to non-Puffer users.
www.worldssp.net /webinfo.asp?proid=5058   (351 words)

  
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I'd like to update the puffer images with larger, cleaner scans, since many are in poor condition and various other sources.
USS PUFFER (SS-268) USS PUFFER (SS-268) was transported down the Mississippi to New Orleans on a special floating drydock, having periscopes.
www.destarter.com /puffer/pufer.html   (379 words)

  
 uboat.net - Allied Warships - Submarine USS Puffer of the Gato class
Puffer is damaged by the escorts depth charges and is forced to terminate her patrol.
Puffer also torpedoes and damages the Japanese tanker Shinpo Maru (5135 BRT) in position 13.18N, 120.11E.
The Shinpo Maru is beached off Golo Island and torpedoed and sunk by USS Bluefish on 14 August 1944.
uboat.net /allies/warships/ship/3014.html   (703 words)

  
 USS Bullhead (SS-332) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
On the last day of July 1945 Bullhead left Fremantle to commence her third war patrol.
Her orders were to patrol in a wolf pack with Capitaine (SS-336) and Puffer (SS-268) in the Java Sea until 5 September and then head for Subic Bay in the Philippines.
That tranpired to be the last word received from Bullhead.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Bullhead_(SS-332)   (545 words)

  
 USS Bowfin - Torpedo Tubes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
USS Puffer (SS-268) endured one of the worst depth charge attacks of the War, an event which amply demonstrated the importance of the air conditioning system.
In the ensuing counter-attack, at least two persistent patrol vessels kept her down all of one day and well into the evening of the next.
After 37 hours and 45 minutes of submergence, Puffer surfaced into the moonlight, avoided her pursuers, and made her escape.
www.bowfin.org /website/bowfin/bowfin_systems/refrig/refrig.htm   (651 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Puffer was the second submarine of the U.S. Navy to bear the name.
The first Puffer (SS 268) was a World War II fleet type submarine.
The current Puffer's keel was laid on Feb. 18, 1965.
www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/news/navywire/nwsa95/nwsa0915.txt   (1996 words)

  
 DANFS: USS Puffer (SS-268)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Puffer (SS-268) was laid down by the Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co., Manitowoc, Wis., 16 February 1942, launched 22 November 1942, sponsored by Mrs.
Her first war patrol, to intercept Japanese commerce in the Makassar Strait-Celebes Sea area, 7 September to 17 October, resulted in several damaged ships but no sinkings.
Employed in that status, at Seattle, until relieved by Bowfin (SS 287) 10 June 1960, Puffer was placed out of service and sold for scrapping to the Zidell Corp., Portland, Oreg.
www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/USN/ships/dafs/SS/ss268.html   (600 words)

  
 Reserve Training Submarines - SubmarineSailor.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The photo is courtesy of Albert "Al" Rieboldt who was aboard her prior to 1960 when she was replaced by the Cabazon (the Puffer was in Seattle at approximately the time and was replaced by the Bowfin).
USS Shad (SS 235) was berthed there [Salem MA] as a Reserve boat until late 1959 when it was delivered to NSY Boston for sale and scrapping.
USS Shad (SS 235) was berthed there as a Reserve boat until late 1959 when it was delivered to NSY Boston for sale and scrapping.
www.submarinesailor.com /Boats/Reserve/Reserve.asp   (3594 words)

  
 Puffer at WorldSSP.net
Puffer is a general purpose 256-bit AES encryption utility for protecting your most sensitive data.
Use Puffer to securely exchange email with other Puffer users via the 2048-bit Diffie-Hellman key exchange function.
Password Depot is a user-friendly password management tool that gives you full control over all your passwords.
www.worldssp.net /software/Puffer.htm   (542 words)

  
 WW II
FORD Garland Thomas GM1c 30 Jul 44 Rec for dut fm: ComSubDiv 201 Relief Crew 30 Dec 44 Tran to: USS SPERRY (AS-12) for duty 1 Jan 45 Chng rate to CGM(AA) 2 Jan 45 Rec for duty from USS SPERRY (AS-12) 15 Sept 45 Trans to ComSubDiv 102, FFT CONUS for dischg.
GREEN Jesse Odis CTM(PA) 4 Sept 43 Rec for dut fm: Navy Yard, Portsmouth, N.H. Assumed dut as COB (9/43 - 2/44) 20 Feb 44 Tran to: ComSubDiv 61 for dut.
SAYLES Charles Orville CMoMM(PA) 29 Jul 44 Rec for dut fm: USS TAMBOR (SS-198) Chng enl desig to (SS) 14 Oct 44 Tran to: ComSubDiv 42 - Eternal Patrol 8/17/97
www.ussarcherfish.com /crew/wwii.htm   (10788 words)

  
 Times Argus: Vermont News & Information
Captain Reilly's later shore assignments included officer in charge, research and development, torpedo devices, bureau of ordinance; administrative head, executive department, U.S. Naval Academy; chief of staff, commander naval forces Korea; assistant to deputy chief of naval operations (logistics) and chief of staff (operations and readiness) commander service force Pacific.
At sea, Captain Reilly served as executive officer, U.S.S. Puffer (SS-268) U.S.S. Carp (SS-338), U.S.S. Toro (SS-442) and U.S.S. Floyd B. Parks (DD-884); staff, commander sixth fleet and as commanding officer, U.S.S. Bream (SS-243), U.S.S. Harry E. Hubbard (DD-748) and U.S.S. Maury (AGS-15) and as commodore of service squadron five.
After retiring from the Navy, Captain Reilly moved to Arlington, Va. to work for Health Education and Welfare in Washington, D.C. In 1987, he relocated to Carmel, Calif., and later to Lady Lake, Fla. In retirement, he devoted much of his time to golf and raising money for the Sub Vets of World War II.
www.timesargus.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051028/NEWS/510280334/0/FEATURES07   (429 words)

  
 Portsmouth Herald Obituaries from September 5, 2001
He also served as executive officer of the USS Puffer (SS-268).
While serving as the Puffer's "XO," the sub received a Presidential Unit Citation.
Among numerous other decorations he was twice decorated with the Silver Star.After the end of World War II, he served as a member of the U.S. Naval Mission to Turkey, as shop superintendent at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard and engineering officer of the Submarine Supply Center in Philadelphia.
www.seacoastonline.com /2001news/9_5obit.htm   (1963 words)

  
 USS Bluefish SS 222 History ----------------------
In addition BLUEFISH assisted USS PUFFER I (SS-268) in sinking a 5135-ton tanker.
On 7 June 1953 BLUEFISH arrived at the Naval Base, Portsmouth, N.H. Following pre-inactivation overhaul at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, she was placed out of commission in reserve at New London 20 November 1953.
USS BLUEFISH (SS 222) received ten battle stars for her World War II service.
www.ussbluefish.com /history.htm   (427 words)

  
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THRESHER did, however, conduct air-sea guard patrols, standing ready to rescue ditched airmen, and conducted a shore bombardment of Basco Harbor, Batan Island, on 28 March.
The latter part of this patrol was conducted in company with PIRANHA and submarine PUFFER (SS-268).
Clearing her patrol station soon thereafter, THRESHER nested alongside submarine tender FULTON (AS-11) for voyage repairs before pushing on for Oahu on 4 April.
www.broseker.net /babroseker/ss200.txt   (5221 words)

  
 USS Pampanito - The Sixth War Patrol
The storm tapered off as Pampanito arrived in Saipan on April 5th for fuel.
On the way to Hawaii, Pampanito joined a wolf pack called "Bennet's Blazers," made up of USS Sea Owl (SS-405), USS Piranha (SS-389), USS Puffer (SS-268), and USS Thresher (SS-200).
She hunted with them for a week before continuing to Pearl Harbor.
www.maritime.org /patrol6.htm   (602 words)

  
 [No title]
Grover Brown ENC SS (ret), 375 Steel Bridge Road, Sanford, NC, USSVI Life member 839 and a member of the Tarheel base and the Holland Club, went on went on Eternal Patrol on 29 September 2003.
John qualified in submarines aboard the USS Tench SS 417 in 1944.
He is survived by his wife of 47 years, Marthetta E. Kelley, a son, John Paul Kelley, and two daughters, Adrienne Schiner and Denise Leicester and eight grandchildren.
www.ussvi.org /Final/final-03.htm   (3827 words)

  
 WORLD WAR II 1943
The SS attacks Jewish resistance in the Warsaw Ghetto.
The Naval Air Training Command is established at the Naval Air Station in Pensacola, Florida.
The Japanese destroyer Fuyo is sunk by the submarine USS Puffer (SS-268) in the Philippines.
www.blountweb.com /blountcountymilitary/wars/ww2/timelines/1943_ww2.htm   (9086 words)

  
 Submarine Fleet-Diesel and Nuclear Submarine Homepages
USS Darter SS 227 picturesFrom 1944 to 1998.
USS Finback SS 230A story from a 5 patrol man off the Finback who also commissioned the Sperry and was on a oilier when it was torpedoed.
USS Trigger SS 237 A memorial tribute by a nephew to one of those shipmates lost on the Trigger
www.rontini.com /fleet.html   (4435 words)

  
 Imperial Submarines
The I-400, I-401 and the I-14 are met by a Navy band and local celebrities.
Cdr C. Dwyer's USS PUFFER (SS-268) conducts exercises with the I-401 at sea.
Cdr R. Byrne's USS STEELHEAD (SS-280) conducts radar test exercises with the I-401 and the I-14.
www.combinedfleet.com /I-401.htm   (2391 words)

  
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Other boats he served in were: USS QUEENFISH SS-393, RAZORBACK SS-393 and PUFFER SS-268.
Theodore qualified aboard USS Sea Fox, SS 402 in 1949.
Shipmate Daniel Persico, a retired sailor and one of the few living survivors of a daring submarine rescue mission in 1939 was called to his final patrol by the Supreme Commander on January 26, 2001.
www.ussvi.org /Final/final-01.htm   (3492 words)

  
 History of the name Seaowl   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The submarine put into Guam on 15 January 1945.
For her second war patrol, SEA OWL joined USS PIRANHA (SS-389) and USS PUFFER (SS-268) in patrolling in Luzon Strait and the South China Sea.
SEA OWL got underway for her third and final war patrol on 20 May in concert with PUFFER and USS TIRANTE (SS-420).
members.cox.net /seaowl/seaowlhistory.html   (631 words)

  
 Eternal Patrol - USS Bullhead (SS-332)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
She was to leave her patrol area at dark on 5 September and head for Subic Bay, P.I. USS Capitaine (SS-336) and USS Puffer (SS-268) were also to patrol in the Java Sea area, as were the British submarines HMS Taciturn and HMS Thorough.
Bullhead arrived in area on 6 August, but Capitaine did not arrive until 13 August.
There was no reply and on 15 August, Capitaine reported, "Have been unable to contact Bullhead by any means since arriving in area."
thesaltysailor.com /ships/lostboat12.htm   (529 words)

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