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SS-185 Snapper
United States Navy submarine
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Salmon 1936/07/23
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
1937/08/24 1937/12/16 1948/05/18
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Namesake: "kajmanka dravá" - Any of numerous carnivorous, basslike fishes, esteemed as food and as game ishes
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WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
41/12/07 41/12/19   AsiaFlt/SubRon20/SubDiv22 Manila Bay   81  114 
41/12/19 42/02/2?   3 patro01   66 
41/12/19 42/01/08   3 patro01: shiping lanes Hong Kong <> Hainan Strait   66 
42       damage(diesel hatches)  
42/01/12     3 patro01: attacking supply ship off Davao Gulf   66 
42/01/24     3 patro01: attacking supply ship off Cape San Agustin   66 
42/02/01     3 patro01: depth charged by DD off Bangka Strait, then attacking DD   66 
42/02/10     3 patro01: Surabaya - refuel   66 
42/02/2? 42/03/06     Fremantle - refit   66 
42/03/06       patro02: off Tarakan, then Davao Gulf   66 
42/03/31       patro02: attacking tender or aux.cruiser off Davao Gulf, depth charged   66 
42/04/0 ?       patro02: Mactan Is. - unload ammunition, load food for Corregidor   66 
42/04/01       patro02: sail to Mactan Is.   66 
42/04/04       patro02: Corregidor -transferred cargo to ASR Pigeon, took 27 evacuees   66 
42/04/09       patro02: deliver food to Corregidor   85 
42/04/10       patro02: evacuates military personnel from Corregidor   85 
42/04/2? 42/04/2?     patro02: towing damaged Searaven to Fremantle   66 
42/04/2? 42/05??     Fremantle - refit   66 
42/04/23       patro02: en route to Fremantle - diverted to help damaged Searaven   66 
42/05/?? 42/07/16     patro03: Flores Sea, Makassar Strait, W part of Celebes Sea   66 
42/07/16 42/08/08     Fremantle - refit   66 
42/08/08 42/10??     patro04: South China Sea   66 
42/11/24       damaged (bombs, depth charges) off N Solomons (07-58S, 156-12E)   85 
42/11??? 43/06???     patro05 + patro06 - unproductive   66 
43/03       patro: off Karolins  
43/07?? 43/09/17     patro07: off Guam   66 
43/08/20       patro07: sighted 2 ships moored at Apra Harbor-decide to wait for them   66 
43/08/27       patro07: sinking AP/AK at Tokai Maru Apra Harbor, Guam (113-31N, 144-37E)   66  85 
43/09/02       patro07: sinking frig. Mucure from convoy 85 nm NNW of Truk (08-40N, 151-31E)   66  81  85
43/09/06       patro07: attacking convoy   66 
43/09/17 43/10/19     P.H. - refit   66 
43/10/19 43/12/14     patro08: off Honshu   66 
43/11/29       patro08: sinking AP rju Maru from 5-ships convoy off Hacijo Jima (33-16N, 139-35E)   66  85 
43/12/14 44/03/14     PHNY - refit, overhaul   66 
44/03/14 44/04/29     patro09: Bonins   66 
44/03/24       patro09: damaging freighter from convoy   66 
44/04/29 44/05     Midway - refit   66 
44/05 44/07/21     patro10: lifeguard off Truk   66 
44/06/09       patro10: damage(bomb)   66 
44/06/13       patro10: Majuro - transferred wounded to AS Bushnell   66 
44/07/21 44/09/05     P.H. - refit   66 
44/09/05 44/10/27     patro11: Bonins   66 
44/10/0? 44/10/18     patro11: lifeguard off Iwojima   66 
44/10/01       patro11: sinking AM Adziro and AP Seian Maru off Ogasawara Gunto (28-11N, 139-30E)   66 
44/10/27 44/11/0?     sail from Midway to P.H.   66 
44/11/02 44/11/1?     sail from P.H. to Mare Island   66 
44/11/1? 45/03/09     MINY - overhaul   66 
45/03/09 45/03/11     sail from Mare Island to San Diego   66 
45/03/11 45/05     San Diego - local training duty   66 
45/05/20       leftPac - Panama Canal   66 

Ship status, hull number changes...: 1948/04/30 struck from Navy List
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 6 Battle Stars, 11 patrols, 2/6565, Mucure(frigate),Adziro(DM)
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