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SS-179 Plunger
United States Navy submarine
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| Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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| Perch | 1935/07/17 Portsmouth Naval Shipyard | 1936/07/08 | 1936/11/19 | 1957/04/22
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| Namesake: A diver, a daring gambler | |||||
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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 | ScoutForPac/SubRon4/SubDiv43 | N of Oahu - en route from San Francisco to P.H. | 114 | ||
| 41/12/10 | patro01: sail from P.H. to Japan waters - leaks > sail back | 66 | |||
| 41/12/13 | radar | ||||
| 41/12/14 | patro01: Kii Suido | 66 | |||
| 42/01/18 | patro01: sinking cargo Eizon Maru off Kii Suido (33-30N, 135-00E) | 66 85 | |||
| 42/05 | 42/06 | 7.2 | patro: 200 miles N of Oahu | ||
| 42/06/05 | 42/07/15 | patro02: off Shanghai | 66 | ||
| 42/06/12 | patro02: damaged by accidetal explosion of identification flare | 85 | |||
| 42/06/30 | patro02: sinking Ukai Maru Nr.5 (4700 BRT) off Shanghai (30-04N, 122-54E) | 66 85 | |||
| 42/07/02 | patro02: sinking Unjo Maru Nr. 3 from convoy in mouth of Yangtze River (30-44N, 123-09E) | 66 85 | |||
| 42/07/15 | 42/10/12 | Midway, P.H. - refit | 66 | ||
| 42/10/12 | 42/11/1? | patro03: from P.H. to Guadalcanal > Brisbane | 66 | ||
| 42/11/02 | patro03: damage(uncharted reef) - sound gear, bottom | 66 | |||
| 42/11/1? | 42/12 | Brisbane - repairs | 66 | ||
| 42/12/0? | 43/01/12 | patro04: Brisbane > Guadalcanal, Munda > P.H. | 66 | ||
| 42/12/16 | 42/12/17 | patro04: attacking DDs off Munda | 66 | ||
| 43/01/08 | patro04: attacked by plane en route to P.H. | 66 | |||
| 43/01/12 | P.H. - refit | 66 | |||
| 43/02/27 | patro05?: disabling AO Iro 130 nm W of Jaluit (06-09N, 167-18E) | 85 | |||
| 43/03/12 | patro: sinking water carrier Taihosan Maru off Ponape (07-15N, 159-10E) | 66 85 | |||
| 43/05/08 | patro: found convoy 60 nm NW of Truk | 85 | |||
| 43/05/09 | patro: sinking transport off Karolins | ||||
| 43/05/10 | patro: sinking AP Kinai Maru, AK/AP Tacutake Maru 200 nm E of Saipan (14-29N, 149-00E) | 66 85 | |||
| 43/05/11 | patro: sinking abandoned AP Kinai Maru E of Saipan (14-29N, 149-00E) | 85 | |||
| 43/06 | 43/07/26 | patro: Midway - sail to Japan Sea | |||
| 43/07/07 | patro: entered Japan Sea | ||||
| 43/07/07 | sinking Eizan M./2482 | ||||
| 43/07/12 | patro: sinking AK Niitaka Maru W of Hokkaido (43-02N, 140-00E) | 85 | |||
| 43/07/17 | patro: La Perouse Strait - sail back to Midway | ||||
| 43/07/26 | 43/08/06 | Midway - refit | 66 | ||
| 43/08/06 | 43/09/05 | patro: Sea of Okhotsk | 66 | ||
| 43/08/18 | patro: damaging AK Okuni Maru in Ishikari Bay, Hokkaido (43-10N, 177-26E) | 85 | |||
| 43/08/20 | patro: sinking Seitai Maru (3404 BRT) SW of Hokkaido (42-15N, 139-58E) | 66 85 | |||
| 43/08/22 | patro: sinking Rjokai Maru (4655 BRT) SW of Hokkaido (42-40N, 139-48E) | 66 85 | |||
| 43/09/05 | 43/09/2? | P.H. - refit | 66 | ||
| 43/09/2? | 43/12 | patro: reconn -off Maloelap - lifeguard off Mili | 66 | ||
| 44/01 | 44/03/08 | patro: off Japan | 66 | ||
| 44/02/02 | patro: sinking AKs Tojo Maru Nr.5, Tojo Maru Nr.8 from convoy off Kushimoto, Honshu (33-29N,135-59E) | 66 85 | |||
| 44/02/23 | patro: sinking AP Kimishima Maru from convoy 200 nm NW of Cicijima (30-11N, 140-49E) | 66 85 | |||
| 44/03/08 | 44/05/08 | P.H. - refit | 66 | ||
| 44/05/08 | 44/06 | patro: Bonin Islands | 66 | ||
| 44/06 | 44/07 | patro: Truk area | 86 66 | ||
| 44/09/19 | 45/01 | PHNY - overhaul | 66 | ||
| 45/02/0? | leftPac - Panama Canal to training duties at New London | 66 | |||