file created: 12/07/02 01:01:58 , last update: 05/30/02
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SS-138 S-33
United States Navy submarine
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
S 1 class 1918/06/14
Union Iron Works, San Francisco Cal. 		1918/12/05 1922/04/18 1946
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WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
41/12/07     AtlFlt/SubRon5/SubDiv52 New London   81  114 
42/02? 42/05     patro01 + patro02: defensive patrols on western approaches to Panama   66 
42/06       Dutch Harbor  
42/06 42/07/0?     sail from Panama to San Diego > Dutch Harbor   66 
42/07/07 42/08/1?     patro03: Adak, Near Islands, Agattu   66 
42/08/1? 42/08/24     Dutch Harbor   66 
42/08/2? 42/09/02     patro04: Adak landing   66 
42/08/24 42/09/26     patro04:   66 
42/09/02 42/09/2?     patro04: off Kiska   66 
42/09/26 42/10/15     Dutch Harbor   66 
42/10/15 42/11/11     patro05: Kiska area   66 
42/11/23 42/12/09     patro06: Attu - no contact   66 
42/12/09 42/12/11     Dutch Harbor   66 
42/12/1? 43/02     San Diego - West Coast Sound School   66 
43/02 43/04     San Diego - overhaul - radar, keel sonar, fathometer added   66 
43/04/18 43/04/25     Dutch Harbor   66 
43/04/25 43/05/22     patro07: Shimushu and Paramushiro area   66 
43/05/22 43/06/04     Dutch Harbor   66 
43/06/04 43/07/02     patro08: Shimushu and Paramushiro area   66 
43/06/18       patro08: sinking 2 sampans   66 
43/07/02 43/07/14     Dutch Harbor   66 
43/07/14 43/08/09     patro09: Buldir & Kiska Is. - photoreconnaissance   66 
43/08/2? 45/08/13     San Diego - West Coast Sound School   66 
43/I       school ship  
44/01       San Diego - ASW training with newly commissioned DDs   81 
44/05/31       San Diego   88 

Ship status, hull number changes...: 1945/11/01 struck from Navy List
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 1 Battle Star, 9 patrols
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