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  USS Trout (SS-202) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Trout coming alongside Detroit at Pearl Harbor in early March 1942, to unload a cargo of gold that she had evacuated from the Philippines.
USS Trout (SS-202) was a United States Navy Tambor-class submarine, serving in the Pacific from 1941 to 1944.
The Trout also delivered ammunition to the besieged American forces on Corregidor and since neither sandbags nor sacks of concrete were available as ballast for the return voyage, she was given 20 tons of gold bars and silver pesos to be evacuated from the Philippines to Pearl Harbor.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Trout_(SS-202)   (2754 words)

  
 USS TROUT   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
TROUT, scheduled to leave her area not later than sunset March 27, 1944, was expected at Midway about April 7th; overdue she was reported presumed lost April 17.
TROUT’s tenth patrol was a passage from Fremantle to Pearl, with a patrol of the Davao area en route.
TROUT was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation for her second, third and fifth patrols.
www.csp.navy.mil /ww2boats/trout.htm   (552 words)

  
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USS Diablo (SS-479) was lost with the loss of all hands in 1970 when it was sunk in Bay of Bengal (as Pakistani submarine Ghazi); possibly due to mine explosion.
USS Catfish (SS-339) was lost on 1-Jul-1981 with the loss of an unknown number of officers and men when sunk (as Argentinian submarine Santa Fe) at St. Georgia Is. during Falkland war.
USS Atule (SS-403) was lost with the loss of an unknown number officers and men when it was sunk (as Peruvian submarine Pachocha) after being rammed by a Japanese merchantman off Callao, Peru.
www.attrition.org /misc/ee/sunken_subs2   (1990 words)

  
 USS Trout (SS-202) - Freepedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
USS Trout (SS-202), a Tambor-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the trout, any of certain small, fresh-water fishes, highly esteemed by anglers for their gameness, their rich and finely flavored flesh and their handsome (usually mottled or speckled) coloration.
Trout heard high-speed screws approaching and went to 200 feet as a pattern of ten depth charges shook her severely.
Trout received 11 battle stars for World War II service and the Presidential Unit Citation for her second, third, and fifth patrols.
en.freepedia.org /USS_Trout_(SS-202).html   (2466 words)

  
 War Patrol of the USS Trout (SS202)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
USS Trout had just completed the first leg of a war patrol that had started in Pearl Harbor days previously, and was anxious to be away from the "Rock" before dawn revealed her position to the attacking Japanese.
Trout had been designated to carry 3,500 rounds of mechanically fused ammunition for the antiaircraft guns on the "Rock." In spite of the fact that she was lying in drydock undergoing evaporator alterations and a propeller replacement, Trout was underway for Corregidor at 0843 two days later.
SS Trout took part in the Midway operations from 3-6 June 1942 and on 17 June Commander Fenno was relieved by Lieutenant Commander L. (Red) Ramage.
corregidor.org /chs_trident/uss_trout.htm   (3439 words)

  
 USS Trout (SS-202)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
Trout stood out of Pearl Harbor on 21 May as a unit of Task Group 7.1, the Midway Island Patrol Group which consisted of 12 submarines.
Trout's sixth war patrol began on 26 October and took her to waters around the New Georgia Islands.
Trout's sound crew reported a torpedo approaching her port beam, and she went to 100 feet.
www.portaljuice.com /uss_trout__ss_202_.html   (2469 words)

  
 USS Trout - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Two submarines of the United States Navy have been named USS Trout for the trout fish.
The first USS Trout (SS-202), a Tambor-class submarine, was lost during World War II.
The second USS Trout (SS-566), a Tang-class submarine, is the only fully-functional diesel-electric submarine owned by the United States Navy.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Trout   (142 words)

  
 USS Trout's Golden Run   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
USS Trout (SS 202), built in 1940 as the fifth USS Tambor class fleet boats, departed Pearl Harbor in January bound for Corregidor to provide the shells to General MacArthur’s beleaguered garrison.
Trout had just completed the first leg of her war patrol and was anxious to be away from the "Rock" before dawn revealed her position to the attacking Japanese.
Trout eventually took part in the Midway operations in June, 1942 and, after receiving eleven battle stars (one for each war patrol), Trout was "reported missing" on February 8th, 1944 under the command of Lt. Cmdr.
www.csp.navy.mil /centennial/troutgld.htm   (2143 words)

  
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TROUT Trout: Any of certain small, fresh-water fishes, highly esteemed by anglers for their gameness, their rich and finely flavored flesh and their handsome (usually mottled or speckled) coloration.
TROUT conducted training operations with Submarine Division 62 until 29 November when she stood out of Pearl Harbor to conduct a simulated war patrol off northern Midway.
TROUT heard high-speed screws approaching and went to 200 feet as a pattern of 10 depth charges shook her severely.
hazegray.org /danfs/submar/ss202.txt   (2425 words)

  
 STILL REMEMBER THIS USS TROUT   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
After most of her torpedoes and ballast were removed, Trout took on over 3500 3" AA shells and delivered them to Corregidor.
After unloading the ammunition and taking in ten additional torpedoes and 27000 gallons of fuel oil, it was discovered that Trout needed additional ballast to replace that left at Pearl.
Instead of sand, Trout took on twenty tons of gold and silver, which had been removed from Manila for safekeeping.
ussubvetsofworldwarii.org /RemThisTrout.html   (165 words)

  
 USN Ships--USS Trout (SS-202)
USS Trout, a 1475-ton Tambor class submarine built by the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine, was placed in commission in November 1940.
Trout's second war patrol took her to the Philippines with a cargo of ammunition.
USS Trout was not heard from again, and was apparently sunk at that time by Japanese destroyers.
www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-usn/usnsh-t/ss202.htm   (854 words)

  
 The Dolphin - News - 02/24/2005 - USS Trout (SS 202) February 29, 1944 - 81 Men Lost
The veteran patroller USS Trout (SS 202) commanded by Lt. Cmdr.
Trout, scheduled to leave her area not later than sunset March 27, 1944, was expected at Midway about April 7; overdue she was reported presumed lost April 17.
Trout's first patrol resulted in no enemy damage, but her second was most unusual: She delivered ammunition from Pearl Harbor to Corregidor in Jan. 1942.
www.zwire.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=14016305&BRD=1659&PAG=461&dept_id=8103&rfi=6   (590 words)

  
 Uss Trout   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
The USS Trout is currently under the control of NAVAIR, Marine and Targets Detachment, and docked in Key West, Florida...
USS Trout Project George Lockwood suggested that I pass this along to Threadfin members.
USS Trout ProjectGeorge Lockwood suggested that I pass this along to Threadfin members.
www.kgcmarketing.com /trout-fishing-resources/uss-trout.html   (603 words)

  
 USS Trout SS 202   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
USS Trout SS 202 in "like new" condition before having her conning tower fairwater cut down.
USS Trout unloading the Philippine gold and silver
USS Trout SS 202 returning to Pearl harbor with Japanese survivors of
www.rddesigns.com /subs/202.html   (58 words)

  
 Salvage and repair of USS West Virginia, December 1941 - April 1943
USS West Virginia rejoined the active fleet in July 1944 and took an active part in the Pacific War's final year.
USS West Virginia and USS Tennessee during the Pearl Harbor Attack.
USS West Virginia is in Drydock Number One, in the lower left, and USS California is alongside the wharf at the extreme right.
www.history.navy.mil /photos/events/wwii-pac/pearlhbr/ph-wv9.htm   (1383 words)

  
 USS Trout SS
Trout’s donation status will represent the last opportunity in the foreseeable future for any foundation to acquire a submarine memorial from the United States Navy.
They are committed to seeing the the Trout is not just left to rot; is not scrapped and is preserved with dignity, either as an operational test boat or as a museum boat.
The USS Trout was sold at scrap value to the Program Executive Office for Undersea Warfare (PEO USW) in 1994 and moored at Newport, Rhode Island.
www.submarinesailor.com /Boats/SS566Trout/helptrout.htm   (961 words)

  
 Battle of Midway
Spruance launched an attack from his carriers USS Enterprise and Hornet against the Japanese carriers.
Aircraft launched from the remaining Japanese carrier Hiryu struck the USS Yorktown, which was severely damaged, but it survived both this and a second attack, only to be sunk while adrift by a Japanese submarine on June 7.
The same submarine sank the destroyer USS Hammann which had been assigned to remain with the Yorktown.
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/b/ba/battle_of_midway.html   (1550 words)

  
 uboat.net - Allied Warships - Submarine USS Trout of the Tambor class
During the night USS Trout spotted the Japanese destroyers Sazanami and Ushio (both offsite links) shelling Midway.
Trout surfaces to sink the ship with gunfire but 7 of her crew were wounded by gunfire from the Japanese ship.
Trout is later sunk, most likely by the Japanese destroyer Asashimo (offsite link) in position 22.40N, 131.45E.
uboat.net /allies/warships/ship/2916.html   (966 words)

  
 Submarine Hero - Lawson P. "Red" Ramage   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
A tall, genial redhead, Ramage was born in Monroe Bridge, Massachusetts on 19 January 1909 and graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1931.
Parche departed Pearl Harbor on her first war patrol in March 1944, teamed with USS Bang (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.
USS Parche (SS-384), a member of the mid-war USS Balao (SS-285) class, was built at the Portsmouth (New Hampshire) Navy Yard and launched on 24 July 1943.
www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/cno/n87/usw/issue_6/submarine_hero.html   (1440 words)

  
 History of the Tang Class Boats
USS Tang (SS563) USS Trigger (SS564) USS Wahoo (SS565)
The second was to be USS Trigger and was contracted to Groton in the Electric Boat yard.
By the way, USS Darter (SS-576) is in a class of its own and, although a direct descendant of the Tang-class, is different.
www.geocities.com /Athens/Delphi/9563/t-class.html   (3190 words)

  
 USS Ramage (DDG 61)
USS RAMAGE is equipped to operate in a high-density, multi-threat environment as an integral member of a carrier battle group or surface action group.
Following the terrorist attacks in New York City and Washington, DC., on September 11, 2001, the commanding officer and the crew of USS RAMAGE requested the flag of the NYPD to be flown as battle ensign on their ship to commemorate the heroic work of the policemen in New York City.
His first command was the USS TROUT which engaged in successful war patrols in the area of Midway, Truk, the Solomons and the South China Sea.
www.navysite.de /dd/ddg61.htm   (453 words)

  
 USS Pampanito - The Fourth War Patrol   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
He had been the skipper of USS Trout (SS-202) on patrol off Midway Island on December 7, 1941 when he received a radio transmission reporting the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
Trout, then under the command of Lt. Commander A. Clark, was lost with all hands on her eleventh patrol.
The group was joined by USS Archerfish (SS-311) for remainder of the trip to Saipan where they took on fuel and supplies and were rejoined with Pipefish.
www.maritime.org /patrol4.htm   (1801 words)

  
 Submarine Photo Index
Trout departed on her eleventh and last war patrol, 8 February 1944; Declared presumed lost 17 April 1944; Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown).
Trout (SS-202) approaches Detroit (CL-8) at Pearl Harbor in early March 1942, to unload a cargo of gold that she had evacuated from the Philippines.
Trout (SS-202) coming alongside Detroit (CL-8) at Pearl Harbor in early March 1942, to unload a cargo of gold that she had evacuated from the Philippines.
www.navsource.org /archives/08/08202.htm   (1337 words)

  
 SUBPAGE
USS TROUT (SS 566) was commissioned at the U.S. Naval Submarine Base, New London, Connecticut on 27 June 1952.
TROUT is the second submarine in the U.S. Navy to, bear the name Her predecessor, USS TROUT SS 202, distinguished herself in ten war patrols-during World War II in which she sank 25 enemy ships for a total of 75,000 tons.
TROUT was commanded by LCDR E. WILLEVER of Stewartsville, New Jersey in 1966.
www.usstroutss566.com   (1105 words)

  
 John H. McGoran
In January, 1941, after boot camp, I was assigned to the heavy cruiser USS Augusta (CA-31).
I was reassigned December 14, 1941 to the light cruiser USS Detroit (CL-8) on which I stayed until WWII ended at Tokyo Bay, Japan September 2, 1945.
The USS Detroit was present for the ceremony.
hometown.aol.com /jhmcgoran   (441 words)

  
 Batfish Wall of Honor
USS Barbel SS-316 45' Sunk by aerial bombs.
USS Sealion SS-195 41' Sunk by aerial bombs.
USS Thresher SSN 593 63' Sunk cause unknown.
www.batfish.org /page4.html   (392 words)

  
 Submarine Photo Index
A periscope and antenna are visible in a partially raised position, as well as the windscreen for the conning station on the forward part of the sail.
Trout (SS-566) lies moored at the reserve basin of the former Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, 7/15/74.
At Philadelphia, the Trout (SS-566), 2004, with a Spruance Class Destroyer, the Moosbrugger (DD-980), in the background.
www.navsource.org /archives/08/08566.htm   (413 words)

  
 USSVI - Article copy: Submarine museum founder dies
In 1964 Bastura was invited for a full-day cruise aboard the submarine USS Cavalla, and he was made an honorary crew member.
Plaques that once hung in submarines such as the USS Puffin and the USS Trout covered the walls of one room.
Bastura had 18 four-drawer cabinets filled with extensive files on every naval submarine from the USS Holland built in 1900 to the USS Texas, which is scheduled to be built in 2005.
www.ussvi.org /mem/bastura9.htm   (721 words)

  
 BATTLE OF MIDWAY--Rescue of Japanese Survivors of Hiryu and Mikuma
On 9 June 1942, the submarine USS Trout (SS-202), patrolling well to the west of Midway, ran through an area fouled by oil and debris, picking up two men.
It was seen again on the 19th, and the seaplane tender USS Ballard (AVD-10) was directed to the area.
USS PT-25 and PT-30 are among the 77-foot ELCO-type PT boats visible in the right and left background.
www.history.navy.mil /photos/events/wwii-pac/midway/mid-10l.htm   (978 words)

  
 USS_Grayling_(SSN-646)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
'''USS ''Grayling'' (SSN-646)''', a ''Sturgeon''-class submarine, was the fifth ship of the United States Navy to be named for the grayling, a fresh-water game fish closely related to the trout.
Her keel was laid down at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, on 12 May 1964.
See USS ''Grayling'' for other ships of the same name.
q-basic.xodox.de /USS_Grayling_%28SSN-646%29   (247 words)

  
 Trout Fishing Tips
The true trout fisherman takes great pride in trading trout fishing tips with his fellow anglers.
Trout fishing, like many of America's great past times, is one of those activities where you really can't ever know enough.
The best trout fishermen learn something new every time out on the lake, and unless you are content with the size of the trout you have been catching, then you could probably use some trout fishing tips just like the rest of us.
www.trout-fishing-i.com /resources/uss-trout.html   (280 words)

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