file created: 12/07/02 01:02:03 , last update: 05/03/00
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SS-144 S-39
United States Navy submarine
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
S 1 class 1919/01/14
United Iron Works, San Francisco 		1919/07/02 1923/09/14 1942/08/14
sunk
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WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
41/12/07       patro01: N of Philippines   82 
41/12/07 41/12/21   AsiaFlt/SubRon20/SubDiv201 Sorsogon Bay, Luzon   81  114 
41/12/11       patro01: depth charged   82 
41/12/13       patro01: attacking cargo   82 
41/12/21 42/01     Manila - refit   82 
42/01/ ??       patro02: reconnoitered Tablas Strait and Verde Island   81 
42/01/ ?? 42/01/24     patro02: sail Manila > Surabaya   82 
42/01/2?? 42/03/18     patro03: Java Sea, South China Sea   82 
42/01/24 42/01/2??     Surabaya - refit   82 
42/02/27 42/02/30     patro03: off Chebia Is,South China Sea - wait for RAdm Spooner´s group   82 
42/03/04       patro03: sinking AO Erimo (6500 BRT) S of Billiton Is. (04-19S, 108-25E)   82  83  85
42/03/18 42/04/??     Fremantle   82 
42/04/? 42/05/10   SubDiv201 Brisbane   82 
42/05/10 42/06     patro04: no contact - Solomons   82 
42/08       patro05:   81 
42/08/05       patro05: XO ill > ordered to Townsville   81 
42/08/10       patro05: arrived Townsville - debark sick XO , sail back to sea   81 
42/08/10 42/08/14     patro05:   82 
42/08/14       sunk(shoals) > navigation error off Russel Island  

Ship status, hull number changes...:
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 2 Battle Stars, 5 patrols 1/6500
Notice: source 82: Bethlehem Shipb. Co., Quincy