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SS-201 Triton
United States Navy submarine
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Tambor 1939/07/05
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard 		1940/03/25 1940/08/15 1943/03/15
sunk
Namesake: A Greek demigod of the sea who was the son of Poseidon and Amphitrite. Triton, who possessed a manås body above the waist and that of a fish below, used his conch-shell trumpet alternately to summon storms and to still the sea.
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WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
41/12/07 41/12/31   ScoutForPac/SubRon6/SubDiv61 patro01: S off Wake   82  114 
41/12/10       patro01: sinking 2 ships by 1 torpedo off Wake (JANAC denied)   82 
41/12/21       patro01: ordered back to P.H.   82 
41/12/31 42/01/25     P.H. - refit   82 
42/01/25 42/03/17     patro02: East China Sea  
42/02/17       patro02: attacking cargo (6000) off Kjushu   82  66 
42/02/17       patro02: sinking PG Shinjo Maru #5 (1498 BRT - JANAC) off Nagasaki (32_14N, 127-14E)   82  83  85
42/02/21       patro02: sinking cargo Shokyo Maru (4486 BRT - JANAC) 60 ns S of Quelpart Is. (32-10N, 126-28E)   82  83  85
42/02/27       patro02: damaging freighter   66 
42/03/17 42/04/13     P.H. - refit   82 
42/04/13 42/06/04     patro03: East China Sea   82 
42/04/23       patro03: sinking (guns) trawler (1006 BRT - JANAC)   82  83 
42/04/29       patro03: East China Sea  
42/05/01       patro03: sinking AK Calcutta M. (5338 BRT - JANAC) 180 nm NNW of Formosa (28-06N, 123-47E)   82  83  85
42/05/06       patro03: sinking Taigen M. (5665 BRT - JANAC) NNE of Keelung, Formosa (28-19N, 123-28E)   82  83  85
42/05/06       patro03: sinking Taiei M. (2208 BRT - JANAC) NNE of Keelung, Formosa (28-42N, 123-50E)   82  83  85
42/05/14       patro03: W of Okinawa  
42/05/15       patro03: sinking (guns) 2 sampans off Okinawa   82 
42/05/16       patro03: hunting Shokaku off Kagoshima  
42/05/17       patro03: sinking I-64 SE of Kagoshima (29-25N, 134-06E)   85 
42/05/21       patro03: attacking SS   66 
42/06/04 42/06/25     P.H. - refit   82 
42/06/25 42/09/07   8.5 patro04: Aleutians   82 
42/07/03     8.5 patro04: arrived patrol area   82 
42/07/04     8.5 patro04: sinking Nenohi off Cape Sabok SE og Agattu, Aleutians (52-15N, 173-51E)   82  66  85
42/07/04     8.5 patro04: MacDonald Strait  
42/08/09     8.5 patro04: attacked by IJN SS   82 
42/08/15     8.5 patro04: attacking ship   82 
42/09/07 42/12/16     PHNY - overhaul   82  66 
42/12/16 43/01/26     patro05: lifeguard off Wake for USAAF B-24   82 
42/12/24       patro05: sinking AO Amakasu Maru Nr.1 (1913 BRT - JANAC) S of Wake Is. (19-16N, 166-36E)   82  83  85
42/12/26?       patro05: sail Wake > New Guinea - Rabaul - Truk area   82 
42/12/28       patro05: sinking AP/AK Omi Maru (3394 BRT - JANAC) (06-24N, 160   82  83 
42/12/30       patro05: start patrol NW of New Ireland   66 
43/01/10       patro01: meet hospital ship   66 
43/01/13       patro05: damaging AO Akebono M. (10182)-7 torpedoes failed to explode (00-26S, 148-40E)   82  85 
43/01/16       patro05: damaging 2 cargos, attacking freighter   82  66 
43/01/26 43/02/16     Brisbane - refit   82 
43/02/16 43/03/15     patro06: Rabaul <> Shortland lanes   82 
43/03/06       patro06: AK sinking Kiriha Maru (3057 BRT - JANAC), 145 nm NW of Manus (00-37N, 145-30E)   82  83 
43/03/06       patro06: damaging Mito M. (7061 BRT)   85 
43/03/07       patro06: attacking 2 cargos   82 
43/03/11       patro06: last message - hunting convoy   82 
43/03/15       patro06: sunk off Admiralty Is  

Ship status, hull number changes...: 1943/04/10 presumed lost
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 5 Battle Stars, 6 patrols, 9/28553, I-64,Nenohi
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