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SS-198 Tambor
United States Navy submarine
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| Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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| Tambor | 1939/01/16 Electric Boat Co., Groton, Conn. | 1939/12/20 | 1940/06/03 | 1959
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| Namesake: The red rock fish of the Pacific coast. | |||||
| TTD differences from class:42/12: 1x127, 43/04: + 1x20 | |||||
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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 | ScoutForPac/SubRon6/SubDiv61 | patro01: N off Wake | 66 114 | ||
| 41/12/16 | patro01: off Wake leakings in ballast tanks>return to P.H. | 66 | |||
| 41/12/2?? | 42/03 | MINY - repairs | 66 | ||
| 42/03 | 42/03/15 | P.H. | 66 | ||
| 42/03/15 | 42/05/12 | patro02: recon. Truk, Kavieng, Wake, New Britain, Rabaul | 66 | ||
| 42/03/30 | patro02: damaging AP Tacuho Maru off Brown Atoll (13-00N, 157-30E) | 66 85 | |||
| 42/04/06 | patro02: attacking ship | 66 | |||
| 42/04/16 | patro02: sinking store ship Kitami Maru (JANAC denied) 50 nm SE of Kavieng (03-00S, 152-00E) | 66 83 85 | |||
| 42/05/12 | 42/05/21 | P.H. - refit | 66 | ||
| 42/05/21 | 42/06/16 | 7.1 | patro03: W of Midway | 16 66 | |
| 42/06/06 | patro03: sighted CruDiv7 + 2 DD > Mikuma+Mogami crashed | 66 | |||
| 42/06/08 | patro03: damage - patrol planes ? US ? | 66 | |||
| 42/06/16 | 42/07/24 | PHNY - repairs, refit | 66 | ||
| 42/07/24 | 42/09/19 | patro04: off Carolins - sail to P.H.>Fremantle > | 66 | ||
| 42/08/07 | patro04: sinking netlayer Shofuku M./1891 off Wotje (09-25N, 170-11E) | 66 85 | |||
| 42/08/19 | patro04: ordered from Marshalls to Truk via Carolines | 66 | |||
| 42/08/21 | patro04: sinking Shinsei Maru Nr.6 (4928 BRT) off Ponape (06-45N, 158-10E) | 66 85 | |||
| 42/09/01 | patro04: damaging AO off Truk | 66 | |||
| 42/09/19 | 42/10/12 | Fremantle - refit | 66 | ||
| 42/10/12 | 42/11/21 | patro05: mining Tonkin Gulf | 66 | ||
| 42/11/02 | patro05: lay mines in Hainan Strait, Tonkin Gulf | 85 | |||
| 42/11/03 | patro05: sinking freighter Chikugo Maru in Tonkin Gulf NW of Hainan Is. (21-18N, 108-39E) | 66 85 | |||
| 42/11/06 | patro05: attacking passenger-cargo under French flag | 66 | |||
| 42/11/10 | patro05: sinking(gun) sampan | 66 | |||
| 42/11/21 | 42/12/18 | Fremantle - refit - 3'' gun replaced by 5'' | 66 | ||
| 42/12/18 | 43/01/28 | patro06: Sunda Strait | 66 | ||
| 43/01/01 | patro06: attacking DD | 66 | |||
| 43/01/28 | 43/02/18 | Fremantle - refit | 66 | ||
| 43/02/18 | 43/04/14 | Philippines - special mission - ?? not counted as patrol ?? | 66 | ||
| 43/03/05 | land Navy party on S Mindanao | 66 | |||
| 43/03/22 | damaging AP Bugen Maru in Sulu Sea off Negros Is. (08-58N, 123-08E) | 66 85 | |||
| 43/03/29 | damaging freighter | 66 | |||
| 43/04/14 | 43/05/07 | Fremantle - refit - 20 mm gun added forward of bridge | 66 | ||
| 43/05/07 | 43/06/27 | patro07: Malay Barrier | 66 | ||
| 43/05/26 | patro07: attacking AO | 66 | |||
| 43/05/29 | patro07: sinking AK Eisho Maru (ex-Panamanian Folozu) 60 nm SE of Hainan Is. (17-30N, 110-55E) | 66 85 | |||
| 43/06/02 | patro07: sinking AP/AK Eika Maru (JANAC denied) in South China Sea (20-29N,107-57E) | 66 85 | |||
| 43/06/06 | patro07: sinking cargo - JANAC unconfirmed | 66 | |||
| 43/06/16 | patro07: attacking AO at Cam Ranh Bay - no torpedoes | 66 | |||
| 43/06/27 | 43/07/20 | Fremantle - refit | 66 | ||
| 43/07/20 | 43/09/07 | patro08: Lombok Strait | 66 | ||
| 43/08/03 | patro08: disabling cargo in Palawan Passage | 66 | |||
| 43/08/21 | patro08: damaging AO from convoy (3 AO, 5 AK) | 66 | |||
| 43/08/22 | patro08: 3 hits on large AK - torpedoes didn'n explode | 66 | |||
| 43/09/07 | 43/09/08 | Midway | 66 | ||
| 43/11/20 | 43/12/0? | San Francisco - overhaul - ?? too short - maybe start 43/09/20 ?? | 66 | ||
| 43/12/15 | 44/01/05 | P.H. - training duty | 66 | ||
| 44/01/05 | 44/03 | patro09: East China Sea | 66 | ||
| 44/01/22 | patro09: singhted Natori class cruiser | 66 | |||
| 44/01/28 | 44/01/29 | patro09: hunting convoy | 66 | ||
| 44/01/29 | patro09: sinking AK Shuntai Maru N of Okinawa (27-51N, 128-24E), escort tried to ramm Tambor | 66 85 | |||
| 44/02/03 | patro09: sinking AOs Ariake Maru, Goyo Maru 200 nm SE of Shanghai (28-53N, 124-19E) | 66 85 | |||
| 44/02/03 | patro09: damaged in 9 hours depth charge attack - remains on patrol | ||||
| 44/02/12 | patro09: sinking AO Ronsan Maru from 3-ship convoy 40 nm SW of Amami Oshima (27-45N, 128-42E) | 66 85 | |||
| 44/03 | 44/04/09 | P.H. - refit, repairs | 66 | ||
| 44/04/09 | 44/06/02 | patro10: Marianas | 66 | ||
| 44/04/18 | patro10: sinking guardboat Shink? Maru #3 300 nm NW of Wake Is. | 66 85 | |||
| 44/05/10 | patro10: torpedoed AKV Keijo Maru from 8-ship convoy 420nm NW of Saipan (19-26N, 140-19E) | 66 85 | |||
| 44/05/10 | patro10: depth charged (50 charges) | ||||
| 44/05/26 | patro10: damaging store ship Chigo Maru W of Marianas | 66 85 | |||
| 44/06/02 | 44/07/16 | Midway - refit | 66 | ||
| 44/07/16 | 44/08/23 | patro11: Kuriles, S Hokkaido | 66 | ||
| 44/07/28 | patro11: attacking freighter | 66 | |||
| 44/08/13 | patro11: sinking AK Toei Maru 285 nm SW of Paramushiro (48-35N, 149-02E) | 66 85 | |||
| 44/08/2? | 44/10/0? | P.H. - refit, repairs | 66 | ||
| 44/08/23 | Midway - refit | 66 | |||
| 44/10/06 | 44/10/07 | Midway | 66 | ||
| 44/10/07 | 44/11/30 | patro12: Tokio Bay | 66 | ||
| 44/10/15 | patro12: attacking 3 ships by radar > depth charged | 66 | |||
| 44/10/19 | patro12: attacking escort | 66 | |||
| 44/11/08 | 44/11/10 | patro12: Saipan - refuel, rearm | 66 | ||
| 44/11/16 | patro12: sinking (guns) guardboat Takashiro Maru SW of Torishima (30-00N, 139-30E) | 66 85 | |||
| 44/11/18 | patro12: transferred 2 POW + 1 WIA sailor to Grayson | 66 | |||
| 44/11/30 | P.H. | 66 | |||
| 44/12/10 | 45/03/09 | San Francisco - overhaul | 66 | ||
| 45/03/09 | 45/09/17 | Puget Sound - training duty with patrol planes under Fleet Air Wing 6 | 66 | ||