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SS-184 Skipjack
United States Navy submarine
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Salmon 1936/07/22
Electric Boat Co., Groton, Conn. 		1937/10/23 1938/06/30 1948/08/11
target
Namesake: Any of several kinds of fishes that jump above, or play at, the surface of the water
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WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
41/12/07 41/12/09   AsiaFlt/SubRon20/SubDiv21 Cavite Naval Shipyard - repairs   81  66  114
41/12/09 42/01/14     patro01: E of Samar   66 
41/12/25       patro01: attacking CV and DD   66 
42/01 42/02   3     81 
42/01/03       patro01: attacking SS   66 
42/01/04       patro01: Balikpapan - refuel   66 
42/01/14 42/01/2??     Port Darwin - refit   66 
42/01/2?? 43/03/10     patro02: Celebes Sea - attacking CV   66 
42/03/10 42/04/14     Fremantle - refit   66 
42/04/14 42/05/2?     patro03: Celebes, Sulu and South China Sea   66 
42/05/06       patro03: sinking AP Kanan Maru 26 miles NE of Cam Ranh Bay (12-33N, 109-30E)   66  85 
42/05/08       patro03: damaging Taiju M. from 3-ship convoy 125 nm E of Cam Ranh Bay   66  85 
42/05/08       patro03: sinking AK Bujun M., from the same convoy 125 nm E of Cam RAnh Bay (12-18N, 111-13E)   85 
42/05/17       patro03: sinking AP Tazan Maru near mouth of the Gulf of Siam (06-22N, 108-36E)   66  85 
42/05/2? 42/07/18     Fremantle - refit, depth performace tests with Mk 14 torpedo   66 
42/07/08 42/09/04     patro04: NW of Timor - reconnaissance, damaging AO   66 
42/08/23       patro04: damaging AO Hajatomo SW of Ambon (03-52N, 127-54E)   85 
42/09/04 42/09/2?     Fremantle - refit   66 
42/09/2? 42/11/26     patro05: Timor, Amboina, Halmahera   66 
42/10/14       patro05: sinking cargo Shunko Maru (6781 BRt) 450 nm WSW of Truk (05-35N, 144-25E)   66  85 
42/10/15       patro05: attacking aux. Kiguku Maru (04-36N, 146-59E) - missed   85 
42/11/26 42/12/     P.H. - refit   66 
43/01 43/12     patro06 + patro07 + patro08   66 
43/10/11       damaging AP Matsutani Maru 5 nm off Kwajalein (06-25N, 171-40E)   85 
43/12 44/03/07     patro09: Carolines, Marianas   66 
44/01/26       patro09: sinking Suzukaze 140 nm NW of Ponape (09-00N, 157-27E)   66  85 
44/01/26       patro09: sinking AV Okicu Maru 150 nm NW of Ponape (09-22N, 157-26E)   66  85 
44/03/07 44/04/17     P.H. - refit, new torpedoes performance tests   66 
44/04/27 44/10??     MINY - overhaul   66  88 
44/10?? 44/12/11     patro10: Kuriles - damaging auxilary, attacking DD   66 
44/11/14       patro10: damaging motor sailship Tatsu Maru #6 off Shimushiru, Kuriles (46-40N, 151-40E)   85 
44/12/1?       Ulithi   66 
44/12/11       Midway   66 
45/02/01       ASW exercises with Bagley and Patterson out of Ulithi   109 
45/02/04       ASW exercises out off Ulithi with Wedderburn and Yarnall   125 
45/03? 45/06/01     P.H. - refit, training   66 
45/06/01 45/06/1?     sail from P.H. to Panama   66 
45/06/1?       leftPac - Panama Canal - en route to training duty at New London   66 

Ship status, hull number changes...: 1948/09/13 struck from Navy List
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 7 Battle Stars, 10 patrols, 5/26296, Suzukaze
Notice: sunk as taget by atomic test at Bikini 1945/07, raised and towed to MINY, sunk definitely off California by aerial rockets