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	USS S-37 (SS-142)
		The keel of USS S-37 (SS-142) was laid down on 12 December 1918 by the Union Iron Works Division of the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation...a subcontractor of the Electric Boat Company of New York City, New York...at San Francisco, California.
		USS S-37 (SS-142) earned five battle stars for her services during the Second World War.
		USS S-37 went to 110 feet and ran silent on a northerly course as the submarine chaser dropped depth charges where the submarine had been.
	ussubvetsofworldwarii.org /S-37.html (2582 words)

	WORLD WAR II 1945
		The battleship USS Colorado (BB-45) is damaged by an explosion, the destroyer USS Ammen (DD-527) by a horizontal bomber and the submarine chaser SC-737 by grounding, all in the Okinawa area.
		The Japanese submarine RO-112 is sunk by the submarine USS Batfish (SS-310) in the Philippines.
		The destroyer USS Kimberley (DD-521), light minelayer USS Robert H. Smith (DM-23) and high-speed transport USS Gilmer (APD-11) are damaged by suicide plane; the destroyer escort USS Sederstrom (DE-31) by collision; and the high-speed transport USS Knudsen (APD-11) by horizontal bomber, all in the Okinawa area.
	www.blountweb.com /blountcountymilitary/wars/ww2/timelines/1945_ww2.htm (11002 words)

	Subj:
		Transiting to Pearl Harbor in the Territory of Hawaii, USS Canopus tended Submarine Division 17 of the Battle Force...with whom she sailed for permanent duty with the United States Asiatic Fleet in September of 1924.
		On 10 April 1942, USS Canopus (AS-9) was proudly backed off into deep water under her own power, and the brave veteran whom the Japanese could not sink ended a lifetime of service to the United States Navy when she was laid to rest by her own men off Mariveles Bay, Bataan.
		Arriving in the Philippine Islands on 4 November 1924, USS Canopus began her regular schedule of services in Manila Bay...and each summer based with the fleet at Tsingtao in China, with occasional training cruises to various Chinese and Japanese ports, and to the British and French colonies.
	www.subvetpaul.com /Tdr_Canopus.html (801 words)

	UNITED STATES ASIATIC FLEET
		USS BOISE was not a unit of the Asiatic Fleet; rather she was a unit of the U.S. Pacific Fleet’s CruDiv 9.
		USS FISHERIES II Chief Boatswain James Charles Oster
		USS JOHN D. Lt. Commander Henry Effingham Eccles
	www.asiaticfleet.com /orbat.htm (1024 words)

	The S-Boats Page 3
		USS S-37 SS 142 diving off Tsingtao, China.
		USS S-39, S-36, S-37, S-40 and S-38 moored along side during the mid 1930's.
		are attached to the USS Tautog SS 199 while she was open for public visits during Sept/Oct 1945.
	www.rddesigns.com /subs/s-boats3.html (713 words)

	Immigrant Ship Information
		The "Polynesian" was built by R.Steele & Co, Greenock in 1872 for the Montreal Ocean SS Co. She was a 3,983 gross ton ship, length 400ft x beam 42.5ft, straight stem, one funnel, three masts (rigged for sail), iron construction, single screw and a speed of 13 knots.
		SS Patricia, built by A. Vulcan, of Stettin, for the Hamburg American Line, and launched on 20 February 1899.
		The SS Polaris sailing out of Hanko, Finland, was the main routing for Finnish emigrants on their way to North America.
	www.fortunecity.com /littleitaly/amalfi/13/shipp.htm (16828 words)

	Coast Guard Cutter Taney
		USS Taney, CG (WPG-37); "Taney, 327-foot Coast Guard combat cutter, is shown here wearing battle gray while on convoy escort duty in the Atlantic."; no photo number; date/photographer unknown.
		USS Taney, CG (WPG-37); "Shepard's Rest: A ship of the fighting U.S. Coast Guard, having shepherded another convoy across the North Atlantic, rests in a foreign port pending time for the return trip."; no date/photo number; photographer unknown.
		Three ships from the convoy were lost, including the SS Paul Hamilton, which all 580 persons on board were killed, and the destroyer USS Landsdale (DD-246).
	www.uscg.mil /hq/g-cp/history/WEBCUTTERS/Taney_WPG37_Photos.html (1116 words)

	USN Ships--USS S-37 (SS-142)
		Decommissioned in early February 1945, USS S-37 was sunk as a target off the California coast on the 20th of that month.
		At the time of the accident S-37 was moored alongside USS Beaver (AS-5) in Los Angeles Harbor, California.
		Boats of SubDiv 17, Asiatic Fleet, moored alongside USS Canopus (AS-9) at Tsingtao, China, circa 1930.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-usn/usnsh-s/ss142.htm (789 words)

	American Merchant Marine in World War 2
		The SS Admiral Halstead was in Port Darwin, Australia on February 19, 1942 with 14,000 barrels of high octane gasoline when the Japanese launched heavy air raids on the port.
		The story of SS Oklahoma and SS Esso Baton Rouge and the Oklahoma's unnamed dead, identified and honored in 1999.
		The SS William C. Gorgas, sailing in convoy HX228 from New York to Liverpool, was one of 120 ships torpedoed and sunk in March 1943.
	www.usmm.org /ww2.html (4021 words)

	July Events
		1-Jul-1942; Keel is laid for the USS Seahorse (SS 304)
		1-Jul-1941; Keel is laid for the USS Blackfish (SS 221)
		26-Jul-2009; USS A-2 Adder (SS 3) is decommissioned
	www.geocities.com /gmtbase/events/july.html (1418 words)

	New Page 2
		Maps of Nagasaki, Osaka, Tokyo, Kobe, Kyoto and Nagoya laid in, caused tanning inside back board which is speech given by Fleet Admiral Nimitz, USN aboard the USS Missouri at the surrender of Japan.
		Detailed account of the climactic Civil War battle between the Union ship USS Kearsarge and the Confederate vessel Alabama near Cherbourg.
		F / F. The rise of German Jochen Peiper through the ranks of Adolph Hitler's SS, his battles and career as commander of a Panzer unit, trial for war crimes at Dachau and ultimate death long after the war was over.
	www.mccormickbooks.com /military.html (7634 words)

	U.S.S. Mariner
		I watched him probably 30 times last year in Winston-Salem, and he's the worst defensive SS I've ever seen.
		As for the other positions (like SS) I'll get to that in a second.
		The U.S.S. Mariner was a ship behind the Kingdome left-centerfield fence that would fire its cannon after Mariner home runs and wins back in the 1980s.
	ussmariner.blogspot.com /archives/2004_06_27_ussmariner_archive.html (7950 words)

	San Diego Wreck Diving
		This subchaser collided with the USS Laffey (a submarine) during dense fog.
		The California State Land Commission states this wreck is at 32 37 00, -117 12 30, which is several miles to the south east.
		Known as USS Carp until the name was officialy changed on November 17, 1911.
	home.nethere.net /willisjs/wrecks.htm (5059 words)

	Long Lancers
		Sunk: torpedoed by USS S-37 (SS-142); back broken; eight dead and two wounded.
		Ship sank on 9 February, 22 miles south of Makassar, Celebes (05-10 S, 119-24 E).
		Departed Palau with Southern Philippine attack forces, initially escorting RYUJO in attack on Davao.
	www.combinedfleet.com /natsus_t.htm (83 words)

	22Oct.txt
		Their target, the destroyer USS Nicholas is not hit 1942 - Submarine USS Grayback sinks a transport at 04-45 S, 152-53 E 1942 - U-412 sunk NE of the Faeroes, in position 63.55N, 00.24E, by depth charges from a British Wellington aircraft (Sqn 179/B).
		Adrias was not repaired afterwards and scrapped in November 1945 1943 - U-68 sank SS Litiopa 1943 - In Labrador, the German submarine U-537 arrives at Martin Bay, tasked with setting up an automatic weather station.
		Accompanying destroyer HMS Hurworth, while attempting to assist Adrias, was sunk by another mine with 143 crewmembers killed.
	www.seawaves.com /newsletters/TDIH/october/22Oct.txt (618 words)

	The GLORIOUS 54
		Ron Smith TMM2/C SS WWII Crewmember USS Seal SS-183
		They learned how to wage submarine war and furnished the seeds of newer boats and crews that won the war.
	www.sid-hill.com /54-subs.htm (129 words)

	DANFS Online: Submarines
		Numbering: Most submarines are numbered in a single series, designated "SS", with variations including SSN, SSBN, AGSS, etc. Some specialized types were numbered in separate SSK (hunter-killer), SST (training), SC (cruiser), SF (fleet) and SM (minelaying) series.
		Some of these specialist types were later renumbered in the standard SS series.
		The remaining ships will be added in due time.
	hazegray.org /danfs/submar (139 words)

	JACK MURD
		4 Marus sunk LF + SM + SF + SS Legion of Merit Medal
	home.comcast.net /~jackmurd/5murd.htm (60 words)

	USS GUNNEL SS-253 / Eighth War Patrol
		The EIGHTH war patrol of the USS GUNNEL was conducted close off the southern coast of JAPAN in the BUNGO SUIDO, the area in the North Pacific Ocean lying at the entrance between the islands of SHIKOKU and KYUSHU into the Inland Sea.
		Note by O’Neil “HARDER (SS 257) was lost with all hands on 24 August, 1944 a few miles off the coast of Southern Luzon, sunk by depth charges dropped during an attack by two destroyers.
		0205(K): Heavy bursts of AA fire and increased fires over target bearing 350 T. Commenced transmitting message #4 directing U.S.S. WHALE to cover Eastern entrance BUNGO while we take Western entrance for a change and also asking about our missing serials as no answer yet from our last message.
	www.jmlavelle.com /gunnel/patrol8.htm (16813 words)

	SS
		USS Stephen W. Groves FFG 29 c only
		USS San Antonio LPD 17 4 29 05
	www.atlanticfleetsales.com /catalog-negatives.html (449 words)

	WWI Submarines
		Submarine USS S-4 (SS-109) at Submarine Base - San Pedro, California
		Consequently, the S-class submarine in 1916, could do 15-knots on the surface.
	www.submarinehistory.com /WWIa.html (1093 words)

	February 1943
		FOUR OF THE BOATS USE MANUAL TDC, SS-199 (USS TAUTOG), SS-154 (S-43), SS-142 (S-37) AND SS-158 (S-47) ALL OTHER BOATS USE AUTO-TDC.
		CDR RAY MCNEICE - PTC-II - SUBRON 10 CO - SS-237 TRIGGER
		BECAUSE OF OUR HIGH NUMBER OF BOATS, THE PRESENCE OF ENEMY SUBS IN THE AREA AND LIMITED PATROL AREA WE CYCLED THE BOATS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE ZONES.
	altcompenv.com /SRMay2.htm (230 words)

	NewsMax.com: Inside Cover with Carl Limbacher and NewsMax.com Staff
		With a Bronze Star and two Purple Hearts, Murtha retired from the Marine Corps reserves as a colonel in 1990 after 37 years as a Marine, only a few years longer than he's been in Congress.
		A Quinnipiac Poll announced Monday revealed only 37 percent of women would prefer dinner with Bloomberg over their family members on Thanksgiving.
		Culberson said news of al-Qaida's penetration of the U.S.'s southern border has him worried that the next terrorist plot could involve setting off simultaneous truck bombs in major urban centers.
	www.newsmax.com /insidecover.shtml (15817 words)

	HyperWar: USS S-37 (SS-142)
		"Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships" -- USS S-37
		Built at Bethlehem, San Francisco and commissioned 1923
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/USN/ships/SS/SS-142_S-37.html (52 words)

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	www.birdhouse.org /etc/kibosig.txt (1656 words)

	What's New in MagWeb -- 106+ Military History and Product Magazines
		Year to Date 2002 total: 202 issues, 67 news items, 37 book reviews, 20 parts of WWII Operation Cartwheel, a downloadable MP3 file, 1 WWII Memoir, 2 One-Drous book chapters, and 76 other articles.
		Year to Date 2002 total: 177 issues, 57 news items, 37 book reviews, 20 parts of WWII Operation Cartwheel, a downloadable MP3 file, 1 WWII Memoir, 2 One-Drous book chapters, and 60 other articles.
		KTB 142 (Sep-Oct 1999) brings submarine history to the fore with articles on: Oblt.
	www.magweb.com /sample/wn022nd.htm (7277 words)

	The S-Boats Page 3
		USS S-37 SS 142 diving off Tsingtao, China.
		USS S-36 SS 141 off Tsingtao, China, 1936.
		USS S-36 at gunnery practice off Tsingtao, China, 1936.
	www.rddesigns.com /subs/s-boats3.html (7277 words)

	California Naval History: The City of Los Angeles . . . An Inland City with the First Submarine Base on the Pacific Coast
		Of the aforementioned S-class submarines, the S-30 (SS-135) was awarded two battle stars for her World War II service; the S-32 (SS-136) earned five battle stars during World War II; the S-33 (SS-137) earned one battle star; S-37 (SS-142) earned five battle stars; and S-38 (SS-143) earned three battle stars during World War II.
		While the number of Aviators rescued by each submarine varies from boat to boat, there were 31 Aviators whose luck boat was the USS TIGRONE (SS-419), another 22 Aviators were rescued by the USS TANG (SS-306), and for 21 Aviators it was the USS RAY (SS-271).
		By the time the U.S. Navy entered World War II in December, 1941, with several older submarines now re-commissioned, we entered it with 111 submarines –Still these were mostly of the older "R" and "S" classes, short range vessels developed during and after World War I. World War II Submarines Previously Based in San Pedro.
	www.militarymuseum.org /LA%20Sub%20Base.htm (7277 words)

	uss scorpion and uss threasher - Above Top Secret Conspiracy Community
		USS S-37 (SS-142) American 10 October 1923 Explosion
		USS Grayback (SS-574) American 14 January 1982 Diving Accident
		USS Stickleback (SS-415) American 30 May 1958 Collision
	www.abovetopsecret.com /forum/thread146851/pglastpost (1710 words)

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