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USS Pampanito (SS-383/AGSS-383), a Balao-class submarine, is a United States Navy ship, the third named for the pompano fish. She completed six war patrols from 1944 to 1945 and served as a United States Naval Reserve training ship from 1960 to 1971.
This is a list of submarines of World War II, which began with the German invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939 and ended with the surrender of Japan on 2 September 1945. Germany used submarines to devastating effect in the Battle of the Atlantic , where it attempted to cut Britain's supply routes by sinking more merchant ships than Britain ...
USS Tuna (SS-203) was a United States Navy Tambor-class submarine, serving in the Pacific during World War II and earning seven battle stars for her service. After the war, she participated in the Bikini Atoll atomic testing in 1946.
In World War II, the United States Navy used submarines heavily. Overall, 263 US submarines undertook war patrols, [2] claiming 1,392 ships and 5,583,400 tons during the war. [3] [a] Submarines in the United States Navy were responsible for sinking 540,192 tons or 30% of the Japanese navy and 4,779,902 tons of shipping, or 54.6% of all Japanese shipping in the Pacific Theater.
Just prior to the entry of the United States into World War II, S-39 (under the command of James W. Coe, Class of 1930 [4]) patrolled off southern Luzon. After 8 December, she moved into San Bernardino Strait to impede Japanese mining activities. The escorts screening the minelayers, however, kept the submarine at bay with persistent depth ...
Soon after commissioning, S-32, assigned to Submarine Division 17 and home-ported at San Pedro, California, was ordered to New London, Connecticut.She was decommissioned there on 25 September 1922 and, after engineering alterations by the prime contractor, the Electric Boat Company, and the engineering sub-contractor, the New London Ship and Engine Company, she was recommissioned on 21 ...
On 8 December 1941 – which across the International Date Line in Hawaii was 7 December 1941, the day the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor brought the United States into World War II – S-37 was in Manila Bay. [3] With receipt of the news of the Japanese attack, S-37, commanded by James C. Dempsey, prepared for her first war patrol. [3]
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, San Francisco, California: Laid down: 10 December 1918: Launched: 3 June 1919: Sponsored by: Miss Helen Russell: Commissioned: 4 April 1923: Fate: Ran aground 20 January 1942; Scuttled 21 January 1942; General characteristics; Class and type: S-class submarine: Displacement: 854 long tons (868 t) surfaced ...