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SS-240 Angler
United States Navy submarine
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| Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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| Gato | 1942/11/09 Electric Boat Co., Groton, Conn. | 1943/07/04 | 1943/10/01 | 1974/01/02
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| Namesake: "ďas mořský" - A marine fish found on both sides of the Atlantic. It lies partly buried in the ocean floor enticing smaller fish within its reach by moving an appendage located on the head and mouth. | |||||
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WW II combat actions:
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| From | Till | Operation | Force | Action | Source |
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| 44/01 | joinPac | ||||
| 44/01/10 | 44/02/04 | patro01: from P.H. to Fremantle via Marianas | 66 | ||
| 44/01/29 | patro01: off Marianas sinking YN Shuko M./890 BRT (23-07N, 142-27E) | 66 83 | |||
| 44/02/04 | 44/02/15 | Midway - refit, repairs | 66 | ||
| 44/02/15 | 44/04/09 | patro02: Mindanao & Sulu Seas | 66 | ||
| 44/03/20 | patro02: evacuate 58 civilians from Panay Is | 66 85 | |||
| 44/04/09 | 44/05/03 | Fremantle | 66 | ||
| 44/05/03 | 44/05/29 | patro03: Sunda & Lombok Straits - 8 SS - assist in Surabaya strikes | 66 81 | ||
| 44/05/20 | patro03: sinking AK Otori Maru (2105 BRT) (05-57N, 105-12E) | 66 83 85 | |||
| 44/05/21 | patro03: crew ill (nausea) > ordered back to Fremantle | 66 | |||
| 44/05/29 | 44/06/21 | Fremantle | 66 | ||
| 44/06/21 | 44/08/23 | Whitaker's Wolves | patro04: middle area of South China Sea | 66 81 | |
| 44/06/24 | Whitaker's Wolves | patro04: damaged(uncharted obstruction) in Exmouth Gulf - refuel | 66 81 | ||
| 44/06/25 | 44/06/29 | Whitaker's Wolves | patro04: Fremantle - repairs - starboard propeller replaced | 66 81 | |
| 44/07 | Whitaker's Wolves | patro04: formed wolfpack with Flasher & Crevalle | 66 81 | ||
| 44/07/20 | Whitaker's Wolves | patro04: sail Luzon > South China Sea | |||
| 44/07/26 | Whitaker's Wolves | patro04: attacking convoy- damaging Kijokawa M. 140 nm WNW of Vigan, Luzon (18-15N, 118-00E) | 66 81 85 | ||
| 44/08/23 | 44/09/18 | Fremantle | 66 | ||
| 44/09/18 | 44/11/09 | patro05: Palawan Strait, Sulu Sea - wolfpack with Bluegill | 66 | ||
| 44/10/14 | patro05: sinking AP Nanrei Maru (2400 BRT) S of Tablas Strait (11-53N, 121-39E) | 66 83 85 | |||
| 44/10/22 | patro05: take 3 POW from cast-aways | 66 | |||
| 44/10/23 | patro05: Palawan Strait - found IJN Central Force | 66 | |||
| 44/11/01 | patro05: randezvous with Hardhead - overtake Cdr Bakutis (CVF-20) | 66 | |||
| 44/11/09 | 44/12/04 | Fremantle | 66 | ||
| 44/12/04 | 45/02/06 | patro06: | 66 | ||
| 44/12/15 | 44/12/20 | patro06: towing disabled Bergall to Exmouth Gulf | 66 | ||
| 45/02/06 | 45/02/? | Saipan | 66 | ||
| 45/03 | 45/05/18 | Bethlehem Steel Co. - overhaul | 66 | ||
| 45/06/27 | Saipan | 66 | |||
| 45/06/27 | 45/08/09 | patro07: E of Honshu wolfpack (Sea Poacher, Moray, Carp, Cero, Lapon) | 66 | ||
| 45/07/26 | patro07: shell Kinkasan Is | 66 | |||
| 45/07/31 | patro07: shell Tomakomai, Hokkaido | 66 | |||
| 45/08/01 | patro07: shell boat sheds and boats (with Sea Poacher & Thornback) | 66 | |||
| 45/08/09 | 45/08/26 | Midway - refit | 66 | ||
| 45/08/26 | 45/09/14 | sail Midway > Panama Canal | 66 | ||
| 63 | > AGSS | ||||