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SS-189 Saury
United States Navy submarine
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Sargo 1937/06/28
Electric Boat Co., Groton, Conn. 		1938/08/20 1939/04/03 1947/05
scrap
Namesake: "sajra" - A long-beaked relative of the flying fish found in the temperate zones of the Atlantic.
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WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
41/12/07     AsiaFlt/SubRon20/SubDiv21 Manila Bay   81  66  114
41/12/08 42/01/30   3/SubRon20/SubDiv21 patro01   66 
41/12/1? 41/12/21   3/SubRon20/SubDiv21 patro01: Vigan   66 
41/12/21     3/SubRon20/SubDiv21 patro01: Lingayen Gulf   66 
41/12/22     3/SubRon20/SubDiv21 patro01: attempt to attack IJN in Lingayen Gulf   66 
41/12/23     3/SubRon20/SubDiv21 patro01: depth charged by DD   66 
41/12/25     3/SubRon20/SubDiv21 patro01: depth charged by DD   66 
42/01/01     3/SubRon20/SubDiv21 patro01: found convoy - out of range   66 
42/01/08     3/SubRon20/SubDiv21 patro01: ordered to Tarakan   66 
42/01/11 42/01/12   3/SubRon20/SubDiv21 patro01: Basilan Strait   66 
42/01/16 42/01/19   3/SubRon20/SubDiv21 patro01: off Tarakan   66 
42/01/19 42/01/20   3/SubRon20/SubDiv21 patro01: Balikpapan - refuel   66 
42/01/21 42/01/23   3/SubRon20/SubDiv21 patro01: Balikpapan approaches   66 
42/01/23 42/01/24   3/SubRon20/SubDiv21 patro01: Koetai River delta   66 
42/01/27     3/SubRon20/SubDiv21 patro01: ordered to Java   66 
42/01/30 42/02/09     Surabaya - refit   66 
42/02/09       patro02   66 
42/02/10? 42/02/13     patro02: N of Lesser Soendas   66 
42/02/13 42/02/16     patro02: between Kabaena and Salajar off Celebes coast   66 
42/02/16 42/02/24     patro02: Lombok Strait   66 
42/02/20       patro02: depth charged   66 
42/02/24 42/02/26     patro02: SE of Sepandjang Is. - attacking convoy   66 
42/02/26 42/03/08     patro02: from Meinderts Reef to Kangean Is.   66 
42/03/08 42/03/17     patro02: sail to Fremantle   66 
42/03/17 42/04/28     Fremantle - refit   66 
42/04/28 42/06/28     patro03   66 
42/05/01       patro03: trim tank failure > forced back to Fremantle   66 
42/05/03? 42/05/07     patro03: Fremantle - trim tank repairs   66 
42/05/14 42/05/16     patro03: off Timor   66 
42/05/16       patro03: Flores Sea   66 
42/05/18       patro03: attacking passenger-cargo off Wowoni   66 
42/05/23 42/05/24     patro03: off Kema   66 
42/05/26 42/06/08     patro03: E part of Celebes Sea   66 
42/05/28       patro03: attacking AV   66 
42/06/08 42/06/12     patro03: moved from Celebes Sea to Kendari (via Molucca Passage)   66 
42/06/12 42/06/14     patro03: off Kendari   66 
42/06/15       patro03: search in Boeton Passage, then move into Flores Sea   66 
42/06/28 42/07/02     Fremantle - refit   66 
42/07/02 42/07/18     Albany, West Australia - Mk 14 torpedo trials   66 
42/07/23 42/07/25     escort AS Holland from Albany to Fremantle   66 
42/07/25 42/07/30?     Fremantle - prepare for patrol   66 
42/07/30? 42/09/23     patro04:   66 
42/08/06       patro04: Lombok Strait   66 
42/08/16       patro04: Iloilo - Manila sea lane   66 
42/08/17       patro04: investigate Ambulong Strait and Mangarin Bay   66 
42/08/18 42/08/20     patro04: W of Corregidor   66 
42/08/24       patro04: damaging AP Otowasan Maru W of Luzon (14-15N, 120-19E)   66  85 
42/09/11       patro04: sinking AVP Kanto Maru (8606 BRT ) off Makassar City area (03-15S, 118-27E)   66  85 
42/09/17       patro04: sail from Lombok Strait to Exmouth Gulf   66 
42/09/23 42/10/18     Fremantle - refit   66 
42/10/2? 42/10/31     Brisbane   66 
42/10/31 42/12/21     patro05: W and N of New Britain - 27 contacts, 4 attacks - no hit   66 
42/12/21       P.H.   66 
42/12/29 43/04/0?     MINY - overhaul   66 
43/04/16 43/05/07     P.H.   66 
43/05/07 43/06/13     patro06: N of Rjukjus, off Kjushu   66 
43/05/11       patro06: Midway - refuel   66 
43/05/19 43/05/21     patro06: typhoon   66 
43/05/25       patro06: off Amami Oshima   66 
43/05/26       patro06: sinking AP Kagi Maru (2300 BRT) > depth charged 10 nm N of Amami-Oshima (28-49N, 129-40E)   66  85 
43/05/28       patro06: sinking AO Akacuki Maru (10216 BRT) 90 nm NW of Okinawa (27-32N, 126-08E)   66  85 
43/05/30       patro06: sinking Takamisan M. (1992 BRT) from convoy 150 nm ESE of Shanghai (30-07N, 124-32E)   66  85 
43/05/30       patro06: sinking Hakozaki M. (5385 BRT) from convoy 150 nm ESE of Shanghai (30-07N, 124-32E)   66  85 
43/05/30       patro06: sail to Midway > P.H.  
43/06/08       patro06: Midway   66 
43/06/13 43/07/13     P.H. - refit, repairs   66 
43/07/13 43/08/12     patro07:   66 
43/07/21       patro07: Main Engine Nr. 4 failure   66 
43/07/30 43/07/31     patro07: hunting 2 large warships half way between Iwojima and Okinawa   66 
43/07/31       patro07: disable(IJN DD - rammed) in Philippine Sea (27-03N, 135-27E) - scopes, radars out   66  85 
43/08/01 43/08/08     patro07: sail to Midway   66 
43/08/12 43/10/04     P.H. - repairs, refit - scopes, radars, enlarged conning, Nr. 4 engine   66 
43/10/04 43/11/26     patro08   66 
43/12/21 44/02/14     patro09: East China Sea   66 
44/02/13       patro09: swamped by oversized swell - fires in electrical equipment   66 
44/02/14       Midway   66 
44/02/21       P.H.   66 
44/03/04 44/05/09     MINY - overhaul, re-engining   66  88 
44/06/16 44/06/29     P.H.  
44/06/29       patro10:   66 
44/07/03       patro10: Midway - refuel   66 
44/07/05       patro10: cracked cylinder >sail back to Midway   66 
44/07/06       patro10: Midway - departed again   66 
44/07/11       patro10: another cylinder cracked - stay on patrol   66 
44/07/18 44/08/10     patro10: San Bernardino Strait   66 
44/08/10 44/08/23     patro10: sail from Philippines to Majuro   66 
44/08/23 44/09/20     Majuro - refit   66 
44/09/20 44/11/29     patro11: Nansei Shoto rescued VF-8 pilot   66 
44/11/05 44/11/10     patro11: Saipan   66 
44/11/15       patro11: damaging guardboat Kojo Maru NW of Bonins (29-59N, 139-44E)   66  85 
44/11/18       patro11: damaging AK Ashi Maru #11 175 nm SE of Mitsune, Kojima Is. (30-50N, 141-56E)   85 
44/11/29 45/08/19     P.H. - training duty   66 
45/08/19 45/08/2?     sail from P.H. to San Francisco   66 

Ship status, hull number changes...: 1946/07/19 struck from Navy List
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 7 Battle Stars, 11 patrols, 5/28542
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