SS-172 Porpoise
United States Navy submarine
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Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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Porpoise | 1933/10/27 Portsmouth Naval Shipyard | 1935/06/20 | 1935/08/15 | 1957/05/14
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Namesake: Any of several small gregarious toothed whales (genus "Phocaena"). | |||||
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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 | 41/12/1? |   | AsiaFlt/SubRon20/SubDiv203 | Olongapo - refit - changing accumulator |   66  114  |
41/12/20 | 41/12/22 |   |   | Manila |   66  |
41/12/22 | 42/01/31 |   |   | patro01: Lingayen Gulf, South China Sea |   66  |
42/01 | 42/02 |   | 3 |   |   81  |
42/01/31 | 42/02/09 |   |   | Surabaya - refit |   66  |
42/02/09 | 42/03/30 |   |   | patro02: Netherland East Indies - sinking cargo |   66  |
42/03/30 | 42/04/26 |   |   | P.H. - refit |   66  |
42/04/26 | 42/06/17 |   |   | patro03: Netherland East Indies |   66  |
42/05/08 |   |   |   | patro03: damaged by depth charges off Ceram, Moluccas (03-50N, 129-57E) |   85  |
42/06/17 | 42/10 |   |   | MINY - ovehrhaul |   66  |
42/11/30 | 43/01/15 |   |   | patro04: Honshu coast |   66  |
43/01/01 |   |   |   | patro04: sinking AK s/s Renzan Maru (4999 BRT) NE of Honshu (39-11N, 142-02E) |   66  85  |
43/01/15 | 43/02/06 |   |   | Midway - refit |   66  |
43/02/06 | 43/04/15 |   |   | patro05: Jaluit |   66  |
43/04/04 |   |   |   | patro05: sinking cargo Koa Maru (2024 BRT) off Eniwetok (13-10N, 162-05E) |   66  85  |
43/04/15 | 43/06/20 |   |   | P.H. - refit |   66  |
43/06/20 | 43/07/28 |   |   | patro06: recon Taroa Atoll |   66  |
43/07/19 |   |   |   | patro06: sinking AP/AK Mikage Maru #20 (2781 BRT) 50 nm S of Wake Is. (18-45N, 166-04E) |   66  |
43/07/28 | 43/08 |   |   | P.H. - refit |   66  |
43/08 |   |   |   | leftPac - Panama Canal - to training duty |   66  |