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SS-242 Bluegill
United States Navy submarine
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Gato 1942/12/17
Electric Boat Co., Groton, Conn.
1943/0808 1943/11/11 1970/12
scrap
Namesake: Bluegill is a sunfish of the Mississippi basin and Great Lakes.
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WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
44/03       joinPac  
44/03/28       patro: sinking AO off Indochina  
44/04/?       patro01: sinking 2 ships (10667 BRT) off Mandat Is   66 
44/04/01       patro01   66 
44/04/27       patro01: sinking Jubari off Sonsorol Is., Palau - (05-20N, 132-16E)   66  85 
44/05/01       patro01: sinking AK Asosan Maru E of mindanao (07-05N, 130-00E)   85 
44/05/20       patro01: sinking Mijaura Maru betw. Halmahera and Morotai (02-14N, 128-05E)   85 
44/05/22       patro01: damaged by bomb off Halmahera (04-00N, 128-06E)   85 
44/08/07       patro: sinking AP Jamatama M. from convoy off Mindanao coast WNW of Sarangani Bay (06-05N, 124-23E)   85 
44/08/13       patro: sinking PC Nr.12 from convoy off Cape San Augustin, Davao Gulf, Mindanao (06-17N, 126-09E)   66  85 
44/08/13       patro: sinking PC Misago Maru and AP Kojun Maru from convoy off Cape San Augustin, Mindanao (06-17N   85 
44/09 44/11     patro: wolfpack with Angler in Sulu Sea   66 
44/10/18       patro: sinking AK Arabia Maru, Chinzei Maru, Hakushika Maru WSW of Manila (14-06N, 119-40E)   81  85 
44/11/17       patro: damaged (depth charges) in N part of Makassar Strait (00-48N, 118-52E)   85 
45/01       patro: reconnaissance Philippines   81 
45/03/28       disabled AO Honan Maru from convoy HI-88-J off Cape Varella (12-40N, 109-30E)   85 
45/03/29       sinking AO Honan Maru (5542 BRT) off Cape Varella   86  85 
45/04/05       boarding party completed destruction of abandoned Honan Maru near Nha Trang, Indochina   85 
45/05/? 45/06/21     patro06:   66 
45/05/26       patro06: shell Pratas Island, Philippines   66 
45/06/21       P.H.   66 

Ship status, hull number changes...: 1953/05/02 > SSK-242,
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 4 Battle Stars, 6 patrols, NUC (1st patrol); 9/56462, Jubari,stihač 12
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