SS-175 Tarpon
United States Navy submarine
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Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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Shark | 1933/12/22 Electric Boat Co., Groton, Conn. | 1935/09/04 | 1936/03/12 | 1957/08/26
sunk | |
Namesake: A large, herring-like fish found abundantly in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea | |||||
TTD differences from class:od 42 8x533 | |||||
Camouflage: |
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 Bay |   81  114  |
41/12/10 | 42/01/11 |   |   | patro01: SE of Luzon - no attack |   81  |
42/01 | 42/02 |   | 3 |   |   81  |
42/01/11 | 42/01/25 |   |   | Port Darwin - refit |   81  |
42/01/25 | 42/03/05 |   |   | patro02: Moluccas |   81  |
42/01/30 |   |   |   | patro02: sighted well escorted convoy |   81  |
42/02/01 |   |   |   | patro02: sinking freighter (JANAC denied) |   81  |
42/02/11 |   |   |   | patro02: damaged(depth charges) |   81  |
42/02/23 | 42/02/24 |   |   | patro02: grounded in Boling Strait |   81  |
42/03/05 | 42/03/28 |   |   | Fremantle - refit |   81  |
42/03/28 | 42/05/17 |   |   | patro03: no contacts (only AH) |   81  |
42/05/17 | 42/05/30 |   |   | P.H. - refit |   81  |
42/05/30 | 42/06/09 |   | 7.3 | patro04: 300 miles N of Oahu |   81  |
42/07 | 42/09/30 |   |   | San Francisco - overhaul |   81  |
42/10/ | 42/10/22 |   |   | P.H. |   81  |
42/10/22 | 42/12/10 |   |   | patro05: N of Bougainville |   81  |
42/12/10 | 42/12/1? |   |   | Midway |   81  |
42/12/12? | 43/01/10 |   |   | P.H. - refit |   81  |
43/01/10 | 43/02/25 |   |   | patro06: S of Honshu |   81  |
43/02/01 |   |   |   | patro06: sinking AK Fushimi M. (10935 BRT - JANAC) 20 nm S of Omai Zaki, Tokio Bay (34-08N, 138-11E) |   81  83  85 |
43/02/05 |   |   |   | patro06: begin patrol on Truk shipping lanes |   81  |
43/02/09 |   |   |   | patro06: sinking AP Tacuta Maru (16975 BRT - JANAC) 42 nm E of Mikura Jima (33-45N, 140-25E) |   81  83  85 |
43/02/25 | 43/03/29 |   |   | Midway - refit |   81  |
43/03/29 | 43/05/15 |   |   | patro07: no contacts |   81  |
43/04 |   |   |   | patro07: shell radio station on Taroa Is |   81  |
43/05/15 | 43/07/30 |   |   | P.H. or Midway - refit |   81  |
43/07/30 | 43/09/08 |   |   | patro08: Japan |   81  |
43/08/16 |   |   |   | patro08: sighted carrier task force - too speed |   81  |
43/08/21 |   |   |   | patro08: damaging 2 large cargos |   81  |
43/08/28 |   |   |   | patro08: damaging AK Shinsei Maru off Mikura Shima (33-39N, 138-28E) |   81  85  |
43/09/04 |   |   |   | patro08: sinking patrol Yulin Maru 900 nm W of Tokio (35-56N, 157-59E) |   81  85  |
43/09/08 | 43/10/01 |   |   | Midway - refit |   81  |
43/10/01 | 43/11/03 |   |   | patro09: off Honshu |   81  |
43/10/17 |   |   |   | patro09: sinking German CX Michel off Cicijima (33-42N, 140-08E) |   81  85  |
43/10/20 |   |   |   | patro09: attacking CV |   81  |
43/10/23 |   |   |   | patro09: attacking freighter |   81  |
43/11/03 | 43/12/04 |   |   | P.H. - refit |   81  |
43/12/04 | 44/01/12 |   |   | patro10: Marshalls - reconn. |   81  |
44/06/07 | 44/06/15 |   |   | P.H. |   88  |
44/06/19 | 44/08/08 |   |   | patro11?: lifeguard off Truk |   81  |
44/07/14 |   |   |   | patro11?: attacking freighter |   81  |
44/07/25 |   |   |   | patro11?: attacking (torpedoes, gun) ship from convoy |   81  |
44/08/31 | 44/10/14 |   |   | patro12?: lifeguard duty - Truk area |   81  |
44/10/14 | 44/12/24 |   |   | P.H: |   81  |
44/12/24 |   |   |   | sail P.H. > New London, Connecticut |   81  |
44/12/30? |   |   |   | leftPac |   |