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SS-183 Seal
United States Navy submarine
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| Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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| Salmon | 1936/05/25 Electric Boat Co., Groton, Conn. | 1937/04/25 | 1937/04/30 | 1956/05/07
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| Namesake: A sea mammal valued for its skin and oil | |||||
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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/SubDiv21 | Manila Bay | 81 66 114 | ||
| 41/12/14 | 42/02/07 | 3 | patro01: NW of Cape Bojeador>Bolintang Channel>Molucca Strait>Surabaya | 81 | |
| 41/12/14 | 41/12/20 | patro01: off Cape Bojeador | 66 | ||
| 41/12/20 | 41/12/3?? | patro01: Vigan area | 66 | ||
| 41/12/23 | 3 | patro01: sinking feighter Hajataka Maru (856 BRT - JANAC) | 81 83 | ||
| 41/12/23 | patro01: sinking AK Sorju Maru off Vigan (17-35N, 120-12E) | 85 | |||
| 42/01/09 | patro01: off Cape Bojeador | 66 | |||
| 42/01/10 | patro01: off Cape Engano | 66 | |||
| 42/01/20 | patro01: E of Celebes | 66 | |||
| 42/01/27 | 42/02/05 | patro01: off Kendari, then sail to Surabaya | 66 | ||
| 42/02/07 | 42/02/11 | 3 | Surabaya - replenish | 81 | |
| 42/02/14 | 42/02/19 | 3 | Tjilatjip - refit (AS Holland) | 81 | |
| 42/02/19 | 42/04/09 | 3 | patro02: Java Sea, Flores Sea, Macassar Straits, S of Timor | 81 | |
| 42/02/20 | patro02: attacking convoy (based on sonar data) N of Lombok | 81 | |||
| 42/02/24 | patro02: attacking 2 convoys, damaging freighter | 66 | |||
| 42/02/25 | patro02: attacking IJN formation | 66 | |||
| 42/02/27? | patro02: xJavaS - damaging cruiser ? | 81 | |||
| 42/03/14 | 42/03/21 | patro02: E of S approaches to Makassar Strait | 66 | ||
| 42/03/21 | 42/04/09 | patro02: sail from Makassar to Fremantle | 66 | ||
| 42/04/09 | 42/05/12 | Fremantle - refit | 81 | ||
| 42/05/12 | 42/07/04 | patro03: of Indochina | 81 | ||
| 42/05/28 | patro03:sinking AK Tacufuku M. (1943 BRT - JANAC) at W entrance to Balabac Strait (07-27N, 116-17E) | 82 83 85 | |||
| 42/06/07 | patro03: attacking convoy in Cam Ranh Bay - depth charged | 81 | |||
| 42/06/19 | 42/06/23 | patro03: sail from Indochina to Makassar Strait | 66 | ||
| 42/07/04 | 42/08/10 | Fremantle - refit | 81 66 | ||
| 42/08/10 | 42/10/02 | patro04: off Indochina coast | 81 | ||
| 42/09/03 | patro04: damaging AP Kanju Maru SE of Cape Padaran, French Indochina (11-00N, 109-00E) | 66 85 | |||
| 42/09/05 | patro04: sinking AP Kanju Maru SE of Cam Ranh Bay (11-00N, 109-32E) | 85 | |||
| 42/09/15 | 42/10/02 | patro04: sail from Indochina to Fremantle | 66 | ||
| 42/10/02 | 42/10/24 | Fremantle - refit | 81 | ||
| 42/10/24 | 42/11/30 | patro05: off Palaus | 81 | ||
| 42/11/16 | patro05: sinking Boston Maru (5477 BRT) from convoy (9 cargo, 2 DD) off Palau (06-18N, 135-20E) | 81 85 | |||
| 42/11/16 | patro05: damaged (collided or rammed) | 66 | |||
| 42/11/17 | 42/11/30 | patro05: sail from Palaus to P.H. | 66 | ||
| 42/11/30 | 42/12/0? | PHNY - temporary repairs | 66 | ||
| 42/12/1? | 43/03/2? | Mare Island Naval Shipyard - overhaul | 81 | ||
| 43/04/02 | 43/04/14 | P.H. | 81 | ||
| 43/04/14 | 43/06/02 | patro06: off Palaus | 81 | ||
| 43/04/18 | patro06: Midway - refuel | 66 | |||
| 43/05/01 | patro06: in patrol area | 66 | |||
| 43/05/02 | patro06: attacking freighter, attacked by planes | 81 66 | |||
| 43/05/04 | patro06: sinking AO San Clemente Maru (7354 BRT - JANAC) 50 nm SE of Palau (06-30N, 130-30E) | 81 83 85 | |||
| 43/05/30? | patro06: atacked by IJNAF plane | 81 | |||
| 43/06/02 | 43/06/24 | Midway - refit, training | 81 66 | ||
| 43/06/24 | 43/07/24 | patro07: NE of Honshu | 81 | ||
| 43/07/02 | 43/0708 | patro07: in patrol area off Todo Saki, NE Honshu | 66 | ||
| 43/07/08 | patro07: damaged by depth charge attacking convoy off N Honshu (39-53N, 142-10E) > terminate patrol | 81 85 | |||
| 43/07/24 | 43/08/15 | P.H. - refit, repairs (AS Holland) | 81 66 | ||
| 43/08/15 | 43/10/04 | patro08: Sea of Okhotsk, Kuriles | 81 66 | ||
| 43/08/27 | patro08: S of Kuriles | 66 | |||
| 43/08/31 | patro08: damage - flooded by opned hatch while submerging | 66 | |||
| 43/08/31 | 43/09/08 | patro08: repairs at sea | 66 | ||
| 43/09/17 | patro08: attacking 2 freighters | 66 | |||
| 43/09/25 | 43/10/04 | patro08: sail back from Kuriles to P.H. | 66 | ||
| 43/10/04 | 43/11/07 | P.H. - refit | 81 | ||
| 43/11/07 | 43/12/19 | patro09: Marshalls - photoreconnaissance for FLINTLOCK, lifeguard duty | 81 66 | ||
| 43/11/17 | 43/12/15 | patro09: reconnoitered 88 islands | 81 | ||
| 43/12/19 | 43/12/2? | Midway - refit | 81 | ||
| 44/01/ ?? | 44/01/17 | Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard - screw replacement | 81 | ||
| 44/01/17 | 44/03/06 | patro10: off Ponape - photoreconnaissance, lifeguard | 81 | ||
| 44/03/06 | 44/03/27 | P.H. | 81 | ||
| 44/03/27 | 44/04/03 | sail P.H. > San Francisco | 81 | ||
| 44/04/05 | 44/07 | MINY - overhaul - engine replacement | 81 66 88 | ||
| 44/08/08 | 44/09/17 | patro11: Kuriles - Muroran, Matsuwa, Paramushiro | 81 66 | ||
| 44/08/21 | patro11: sinking Shonan Maru (5859),damaging Namikaze N of Staten Is. | 66 99 | |||
| 44/08/24 | patro11: sinking AK Tosei Maru (531 BRT) 30nm SSW of Kushiro, Hokkaido (42-30N, 144-05E) | 66 81 85 | |||
| 44/09/05 | patro11: attacking ship with 2 escorts | 66 | |||
| 44/09/08 | patro11: damaging Namikaze 340 nm SW of Paramushiru (47-28N, 148-20E) | 85 | |||
| 44/09/09 | patro11: sinking AK Shonan Maru 150 nm N of Etoforu Strait, Kuriles (47-57N, 148-15E) | 85 | |||
| 44/09/17 | 44/10/10 | P.H. | 81 | ||
| 44/10/10 | 44/11/29 | patro12: off Kuriles | 81 66 | ||
| 44/10/25 | patro12: sinking Hakujo Maru (5742 BRT) N of Urup, Kuriles (50-18N, 150-50E) | 66 81 85 | |||
| 44/11/13 | patro12: damaging AK Gassan Maru NNW of Etoforu, Kuriles (45-35N, 148-14E) | 66 85 | |||
| 44/11/17 | 44/11/29 | patro12: sail from Kuriles to P.H. | 66 | ||
| 44/11/29 | 44/12/17 | P.H. - refit | 81 | ||
| 44/12/17 | 45/06/01 | P.H. area - training duties | 81 | ||
| 45/06/10? | leftPac - Panama canal | 81 | |||