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SS-242 Bluegill
United States Navy submarine
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| Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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| Gato | 1942/12/17 Electric Boat Co., Groton, Conn. | 1943/0808 | 1943/11/11 | 1970/12
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| Namesake: Bluegill is a sunfish of the Mississippi basin and Great Lakes. | |||||
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WW II combat actions:
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| From | Till | Operation | Force | Action | Source |
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| 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 | |||