SS-173 Pike
United States Navy submarine
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Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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Porpoise | 1933/12/20 Portsmouth Naval Shipyard | 1935/09/12 | 1935/12/02 | 1957/01/14
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Namesake: A spiny-finned fish named for the shape of its head. Smaller species of this family are commonly called pickerel. | |||||
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WW II combat actions:
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From | Till | Operation | Force | Action | Source |
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41/12/07 |   |   | AsiaFlt/SubRon20/SubDiv203 | Manila - overhaul |   81  114  |
41/12/07 | 41/12/29 |   |   | patro01: China Sea off Hongkong & Hainan Is |   81  |
41/12/29 | 41/12/31 |   |   | Manila - refit |   81  |
41/12/31 | 42/01/24 |   |   | patro02: enroute Darwin via Mindoro Strait, Zamboanga |   81  |
42/01 | 42/02 |   | 3 |   |   81  |
42/01/17 |   |   | 3 | patro02: reconn -Kema |   |
42/01/24 | 42/02/05 |   |   | Port Darwin - refit |   81  |
42/02/05 | 42/03/28 |   |   | patro03: off Timor Is., N of Lomboc Strait, off Tjilatjip,Christmas Is |   81  |
42/02/20 | 42/02/24 |   |   | patro03: found enemy off Alor Is. |   66  |
42/02/24 |   |   |   | send to assist Tarpon grounded in Boling Strait (managed free herself) |   85  |
42/02/28 |   |   |   | patro03: found enemy off Lombok Strait |   66  |
42/03/28 | 42/04/19 |   |   | Fremantle - refit |   81  |
42/04/19 | 42/05/25 |   |   | patro04: Malacca Strait, Palau Is., Wake Is |   81  |
42/05/25 | 42/05/30 |   |   | P.H. - refit |   81  |
42/05/30 | 42/06/09 |   | 7.3 | patro05: 300 miles N of Oahu |   81  |
42/07 | 42/11? |   |   | MINY - overhaul: engine replaced, SJ+SD radars added |   81  |
42/12 | 42/12/16 |   |   | P.H. |   81  |
42/12/16 | 43/01/28 |   |   | patro06: Kii Suido |   81  |
43/01/14 |   |   |   | patro06: damaged (depth charges) preparing to attack 3 ships off Ichie Saki, S Honshu |   81  85  |
43/01/28 | 43/03/31 |   |   | P.H. - refit, repairs |   81  |
43/03/31 | 43/05/07 |   |   | patro07: off Truk |   81  |
43/04/12 | 43/04/14 |   |   | patro07: damaging 2 cargos (7000 & 5000 BRT) from convoy |   81  66  |
43/04/14 |   |   |   | patro07: damaged AK Madras Maru N of Admiralties (01-25N, 148-22E) |   85  |
43/04/23 |   |   |   | patro07: damaged by depth charges off Carolines (04-20N, 152-02E) > terminate patrol |   85  |
43/04/25 |   |   |   | patro07: shell Satawan Is |   81  66  |
43/05/07 | 43/07/22 |   |   | P.H. - refit, training |   81  |
43/07/22 | 43/09/09 |   |   | patro08: off Marcus Is |   81  |
43/08/05 |   |   |   | patro08: sinking AK Shoju Maru (2022 BRT - JANAC) W of Marcus Is. (24-30N, 158-50E) |   81  83  85 |
43/08/06 |   |   |   | patro08: attacking Taijo midway between Iwojima and Wake Is. (21-03N, 153-31E) |   81  85  |
43/08/16 |   |   |   | patro08: AH sighted |   81  |
43/08/22 |   |   |   | patro08: damaging AK Toun Maru from convoy 300 nm SW of Iwojima (21-22N, 137-50E) |   81  85  |
43/08/23 |   |   |   | patro08: damaging ship from convoy |   81  |
43/09/09 | 43/09/28 |   |   | Midway, P.H. - refit |   81  66  |
43/09/28 | 43/10/2? |   |   | sail from P.H. to Panama Canal > New London |   66  |
43/10/2? |   |   |   | leftPac - Panama Canal ordered to service with Submarine School |   66  |