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SS-158 S-47
United States Navy submarine
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
S-42 class 1921/02/26
Bethlehem Steel Co., Shipbuilding Div., Quincy, 		1924/01/05 1925/09/16 1946/05
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WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
41/12/07     AsiaFlt/SubRon1/SubDiv11 Argentia, Newfoundland   81  114 
42/01       joinPac - Panama Canal   66 
42/01 42/03/05     Panama - defensive patrols on Western approaches   66 
42/03/05 42/04/15   SubDiv53 sail from Panama to Brisbane   66 
42/04/15 42/04/21   42/SubDiv53 Brisbane  
42/04/21 42/05/20   42/SubDiv53 patro: St. George Strait  
42/04/29     42/SubDiv53 patro01: passed off Bougainville   66 
42/04/30     42/SubDiv53 patro01: off New Britain   66 
42/05/02     42/SubDiv53 patro01: attempt to attack cruiser in Blanche Harbor, Rabaul   66 
42/05/05 42/05/12   42/SubDiv53 patro01: New Hanover area   66 
42/05/12 42/05/15   42/SubDiv53 patro01: Buka area   66 
42/05/20 42/06/06     Brisbane - refit   66 
42/06/06 42/06/22?   42/SubDiv53 patro02: New Britain   66 
42/06/22? 42/07/28     Brisbane - refit  
42/07/28 42/09/22   42/SubDiv53 patro03: St. George's Channal   66 
42/08/05 42/08/24   42/SubDiv53 patro03: Brisbane - repairs after fuel tanks leaks   66 
42/09/22 42/10/20?     Brisbane - refit   66 
42/10/20? 42/11/17   42/SubDiv53 patro04: Solomons   66 
42/10/30 42/11/04   42/SubDiv53 patro04: Buin- Rabaul lines   66 
42/11/17 43/01/0?   SubDiv53 sail from Suva, Fiji to Panama   66 
43/01/0?       leftPac - Panama Canal   66 
43/04/2?       joinPac - Panama Canal   66 
43/05/0? 43/07??     Bethlehem Steel Co., San Francisco - yard work   66 
43/09/2? 43/10/0?     sail from San Francisco to Dutch Harbor   66 
43/10 43/11??     patro05: Paramushiro area   66 
43/12 44/01/03     patro06: Paramushiro area   66 
44/01/03 44/02     Dutch Harbor   66 
44/02 44/03/17     sail from Aleutians to Dutch Harbor   66 
44/03/17 44/05   72 Milne Bay - training duty   66 
44/06 44/06/17     Seeadler Harbor, Manus   66 
44/06/17 44/07/05     patro07: along New Guinea coast   66 
44/07/05 44/08/2?     Seeadler Harbor, Manus - refit   66 
44/08/2? 44/11     Manus - ASW training operations   66 
44/08/26       submarine exercises off Manus with Dennis, Eversole   81 
44/11 45/02     Mios Woendi - ASW training operations   66 
45/02 45/03/08     Brisbane   66 
45/03/08 45/04/1?     sail from Brisbane to San Diego   66 
45/04/1? 45/09     San Diego   66 

Ship status, hull number changes...: 1945/11/13 struck from Navy List
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 3 Battle Stars, 7 patrols
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