file created: 12/07/02 01:02:19 , last update: 06/04/00
[BACK TO SHIPS INDEX]

SS-182 Salmon
United States Navy submarine
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Salmon 1936/04/15
Electric Boat Co., Groton, Conn. 		1937/06/12 1938/03/15 1946/04/04
scrap
Namesake: A soft-finned, gamy fish which inhabits the coasts of America and Europe in northern latitudes and ascends rivers for the purpose of spawning. Salmon are highly valued for their rich, succulent meat.
TTD differences from class:
Camouflage:


WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
41/12/07     AsiaFlt/SubRon20/SubDiv21 Manila Bay   81  114 
41/12/22 42/02/13   3 patro01: attacking 2 IJN DDs in Lingayen Gulf   81 
42/01       patro01: Davao Gulf, Mindanao, Moluccas   66 
42/02 42/02/13     patro01: Flores Sea - from N of Timor to Lombok Strait   66 
42/02/13 42/02/20?     Tjilatjip - refit (AS Holland)   66 
42/02/20 42/03/23     patro02: Java Sea - between Sepandlang and Bawean   66 
42/02/23?       patro02: Lomboc Strait - found landing force sailing to Christmas Is   66 
42/03/03       patro02: disabling Suzukaze   66 
42/03/05       patro02: torpedoing AP Taito Maru N of Lombok (05-35S, 112-35E)   85 
42/03/23 42/05/03     Fremantle - refit   66 
42/05/03 42/06/24     patro03: along S coast of Java   66 
42/05/26       patro03: sinking AR Asahi (11421 BRT) 180 nm SSE of Cam Ranh Bay (10-00N, 110-00E)   85 
42/05/28       patro03: sinking Ganges Maru (4382 BRT) 250 nm SSE of Cam Ranh Bay (09-00N, 111-00E)   85 
42/06/24 42/07/21     Fremantle - refit   66 
42/07/21 42/09/08     patro04: South China Sea, Sulu Sea   66 
42/09/08 42/10/10     Fremantle - refit   66 
42/10/10 42/12/07     patro05: Corregidor, Subic Bay   66 
42/11/10       patro05: sinking sampan off Subic Bay   66 
42/11/17       patro05: sinking AR Oregon M. (5873 BRT) 65 nm NW of Manila (14-16N, 119-44E)   66  85 
42/11/17       patro05: damaging 2 ships off Manila Bay   66 
42/12/07 42/12/08     P.H.  
42/12/08 42/12/13     sail from P.H. to Mare Island   66 
42/12/13 43/03/30     MINY - overhaul - new radar, 2x20 mm added   66 
43/03/30 43/04/08     sail from Mare Island to P.H.   66 
43/04/08 43/04/29     P.H.   66 
43/04/29 43/06/03     patro06: Honshu, Hachijo Shima, Kentori Saki, Oshima   66 
43/05/10       patro06: hunting IJN force in Tokio Bay  
43/06/03       patro06: damaging 2 freighters   66 
43/06/19 43/07/17     Midway - refit   66 
43/07/17 43/08/25     patro07: Kuriles - Paramushiro - Aleutians supply lanes   66 
43/08/08       patro07: attacking Shinko Maru E of Sakhalin (46-50N, 144-40E)   85 
43/08/09       patro07: sinking coastal patrol   66 
43/08/10       patro07: sinking AP/AK Wakanoura Maru (2411 BRT) N of Hokkaido (46-55N, 143-30E)   66  85 
43/08/25 43/09/27     P.H. - refit   66 
43/09/27 43/11/17     patro08: Kuriles - damaging 2 freighters   66 
43/11/17 43/12/15     P.H. - refit   66 
43/12/15 44/02/25     patro09   66 
44/01/22       patro09: damaging freighter   66 
44/02/25 44/04/01     P.H. - refit  
44/04/01 44/05/21     patro10: Ulithi, Yap, Woleai - photoreconnaissance   66 
44/04/15 44/04/20     patro10: Ulithi - reconnaissance   66 
44/04/22 44/04/26     patro10: Yap - reconnaissance   66 
44/04/28 44/05/09     patro10: Woleai - reconnaissance   66 
44/05/21 44/09/24     P.H. - refit, training   66 
44/09/24     wolfpack patro11: Rjukju Islands   66 
44/10/30     wolfpack patro11: damaging AO Takane Maru damaged by Trigger SW of Toizaki, Kjushu (30-13N, 132-49E)   66  85 
44/10/30       patro11: damaging corvette #22 SW of Toizaki, Kjushu (30-13N, 132-49E)   85 
44/10/30       patro11: depth charged by escort, then fight surfaced   66 
44/10/31     wolfpack patro11: escorted (Trigger, Silversides, Sterlet) to Saipan  
44/11/03 44/11/10     Tanapag Harbor, Saipan - repairs alongside AS-11 Fulton   66 
44/11/10 44/11/23     sail from Saipan to P.H. escorted by Dionne, Holland   66 
44/11/23 44/12/0?     sail from P.H. to San Francisco   66 
44/12/0? 45/01/26     San Francisco   66 
45/01/26 45/02/17     sail with Redfish from San Francisco to Portsmouth   66 
45/02/0?       leftPac - Ms 32/3 SS-B   66 

Ship status, hull number changes...: 1945/10/11 struck from Navy List
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 9 Battle Stars, PUC (patrol 11), 11 patrols, 4/24107
Notice: