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BANG (SS-385) was laid down on 30 April1943 at Kittery, Maine, by the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard; launched on 30 August; sponsored by Mrs.
BANG made a periscope attack and fired ten torpedoes at three overlapping targets, all of which the submarine claims to have sunk, although the postwar records do not confirm this claim.
BANG departed the area on 23 November and arrived at Pearl Harbor on 5 December for refit.
USSBang, a 1526-ton Balao class submarine built at the Portsmouth Navy Yard, was commissioned in December 1943.
Bang's second patrol was made in support of the June 1944 Saipan invasion and continued on to the Formosa area, where she attacked many Japanese ships but gained no confirmed sinkings.
USSBang was transferred to Spain at the beginning of October 1972, a loan that was converted to a sale in November 1974.
On 8 April 1945, she reported her position to submarine USS Tigrone (SS 419) and when she did not acknowledge messages sent from Tigrone the next day, it was presumed that she had headed toward Luzon Strait.
When she failed to make a transmission, USSBang (SS 385) was sent to make the search and rendezvous with Snook.
Although Bang arrived and rescued the downed aviators, she saw nothing of the missing submarine and on 16 May 1945USS Snook, credited with sinking 17 enemy vessels in her two and one-half years of active service, was presumed lost after 8 April 1945, the victim of unknown causes.
She was in the yards at EB after colliding with a mountain so I was able to stay in New London until we went on patrol in January 1969.
First boat was USS Sea Fox (SS-402) from 1956 to 1958, then on to USS K-3 (Bonita) where we served as an underway target for a live nuclear depth charge test in South Pacific.
Graduated from Sub School in Feb 1963 and I was assigned first to the USS Thresher, but in that time I was not a U.S.Citizen so I could not get a secret clearance and because of that I was assigned to the USS Spinax.
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BANG and BURRFISH already had been assigned lifeguard stations, and were not available for the attack group as originally planned.
When she failed to make a transmission, BANG was sent to conduct a search and rendezvous with SNOOK.
When SNOOK had not appeared or made contact by May 16th, she was reported as presumed lost on her ninth patrol.
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Parche departed Pearl Harbor on her first war patrol in March 1944, teamed with USSBang (SS-385) and USS Tinosa (SS-283) to form a "wolf pack" preying on Japanese shipping in the Luzon Strait, between Taiwan and the northern Philippines.
After several unsuccessful pursuits, Parche drew her first blood on 4 May in a joint attack on a Japanese convoy in which two sinkings were credited to Ramage and his men, for a total of 11,700 tons.
For six weeks after leaving Midway on 17 June, the group had little success in locating the enemy, and their only kill was a small patrol craft sunk by Ramage with his deck gun.
Ian Lancaster Fleming (May 28, 1908 – August 12, 1964) was an English author, best remembered for writing the James Bond series of novels as well as a children's story, Chitty Chitty BangBang.
It is believed the woman character, Vesper Lynd, was inspired by real-life SOE agent, Christine Granville; likewise, various inspirations for James Bond, the protagonist, have been suggested.
Besides writing the twelve novels and nine short stories featuring James Bond, secret agent 007, Ian Fleming also is known for writing the children's novel, Chitty Chitty BangBang.
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USSVI Marblehead Base(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The submarine was the first of three Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarines to be homeported in Guam as part of Submarine Squadron 15 and the first to deploy to the western Pacific from Guam.
USS Houston (SSN 713) is expected to arrive in 2004.
The USS TROUT memorial ceremony was held on Oct. 5 in Bourne, MA.
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USS Howard W. Gilmore AS16 Memorial Association reunion is scheduled to be in New Orleans, October 13-17, 2005.
USS Nautilus will hold their 30th consecutive reunion dinner at Reno, Nevada during the period 2-5 September 2003.
Interested crew members and families are encouraged to contact the USS Philadelphia Sailors Association CO, Jim Milowski at skiman70@juno.com or XO "Submarine Johnnie" Prince at rig4dive@binaryresults.com or NAV and "Plank Owner" Chairman Joe Pack at joep_666@msn.com to register your contact information in order to receive your reunion packet and registration form.
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USS COD (SS USS DRUM (SS 228) - on public display
USS O-9 (SS 70) - still on patrol
USS S-51 (SS 162) - still on patrol
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NSL Update 06/23/03(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
He subsequently served on the staff of the Fleet Submarine Training Facility, Pacific and on the staff of the Commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet.
In 1976, Captain High became the Executive Officer onboard USS ENTEMEDOR (SS-340).
USSVI Marblehead Base(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Shipmate Hooper Cutler related a story of the USS Flyer and a survivor of the sinking, Jim Russo, who was a Marblehead native.
During Captain Rush's 20-year career, he served aboard five submarines, including Billfish, and began the program leading to the successful transarctic journey of the Navy's first nuclear-powered submarine, USS Nautilus.
While the focal point of the window is an image of Spikefish, the display honors all WWII submariners, especially the more than 3,500 who remain on eternal patrol.
U.S. 6th Fleet -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Specifically, Task Force 69 is composed of (A military submarine designed and armed to attack enemy shipping) attack submarines that provide capability to destroy enemy surface ships and submarines, as well as protect other Sixth Fleet ships from attack.
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The United States has maintained a naval presence in the Mediterranean since the early (additional info and facts about 19th century) 19th century, when U.S. Naval forces first engaged the (A pirate along the Barbary coast) Barbary Pirates to prevent them from interfering with commercial shipping.
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311 feet 9 inches Beam: 27 feet 2 inches Draft: 15 feet 3 inches Speed: 29 knots Complement: 66 officers and men Armament: one three-inch gun, ten 21-inch torpedo tubes USS Growler (SS-215) a Gato-class submarine, was the third ship of the United States Navy named for the growler, a large-mouth fl bass.
Her keel was laid down by the Electric Boat Company of Groton, Connecticut.
USN Ships--USS Bang (SS-385) -- On Board and Miscellaneous Views
This page features views taken on board USSBang (SS-385)) and other images related to her.
"Every man has a job to perform as USSBang recovers at torpedo following an exercise with the U.S. Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean." (quoted from the original caption)
Patrol5 Orders(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
CDR Harry Parfitt USSBang SS-385 Philippines (sectors P-4,5)*
LT Carlos Brain USS Gabilan SS-252 Philippines (sectors P-1,2)*
Please note: Permission is granted to engage any legal enemy targets you may encounter while enroute to your assigned patrol sector provided that your most direct course to said assigned sector brings you within visual range of those enemy forces.
