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SS-243 Bream
United States Navy submarine
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| Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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| Gato | 1943/02/05 Electric Boat Co., Groton, Conn. | 1943/10/17 | 1944/01/24 | 1969/11/07
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| Namesake: "pražma mořská" European food and game fish of the carp family. The Bream is typically found in lakes and slow rivers. It is silver in color with a blue or brown back. It is deep bodied with flat sides and a small head. The fish usually reaches a length of 12 to 20 inches and weighs up to 13 pounds | |||||
| TTD differences from class:44/01: 1x102,2x20 | |||||
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WW II combat actions:
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| From | Till | Operation | Force | Action | Source |
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| 44/04/10 | joinPac | 81 | |||
| 44/04/10 | 44/05/08 | sail Panama Canal > Brisbane | 81 | ||
| 44/05/10 | 44/05/14 | sail Brisbane > Milne Bay, New Guinea | 81 | ||
| 44/05/14 | 44/05/2? | Milne Bay - refit (AS-22 Euryale) | 81 | ||
| 44/05/2? | 44/05/29 | sail Milne Bay > Seeadler Harbor, Manus | 81 | ||
| 44/05/29 | 44/06/01 | Seeadler Harbor, Manus | 81 | ||
| 44/06/01 | patro01: off Halmahera | 66 81 | |||
| 44/06/08 | patro01: attacking convoy in Morotai Strait - depth charged | 81 | |||
| 44/06/13 | patro01: tracking convoy - detected, depth charged | 81 | |||
| 44/06/16 | patro01: sinking AK Juki Maru /5704 BRT, damaging AK Hinode Maru off Halmahera Is. (02-23N, 128-43E) | 81 85 | |||
| 44/06/20 | patro01: damage (conning tower - pump room flooded > sail for repairs | 81 | |||
| 44/06/29 | 44/07/21 | Seeadler Harbor - repairs, refit, training | 81 | ||
| 44/07/21 | 44/09/06 | patro02: southern Philippines | 81 | ||
| 44/07/29 | patro02: Gulf of Davao - fire in maneuvring room | 81 | |||
| 44/08/07 | 44/08/26 | patro02: Davao Gulf area | 81 | ||
| 44/08/26 | patro02: retired toward Fremantle - damaged by plane | 81 | |||
| 44/09/06 | 44/10/02 | Brisbane - refit (AS-22 Euryale) | 81 | ||
| 44/10/02 | 44/10/05? | sail Fremantle > Port Darwin | 81 | ||
| 44/10/05? | 44/10/09 | Port Darwin | 81 | ||
| 44/10/09 | 44/11/22 | patro03: off Philippines - wolfpack with Guitarro | 81 | ||
| 44/10/23 | patro03: disabling Aoba off Manila Bay (14-06N, 119-37E) - depth charged | 81 85 | |||
| 44/10/24 | patro03: rescue survivors from ship sunk few days earlier by Bluegill | 81 | |||
| 44/10/30 | patro03: damaging ship from convoy - depth charged wiht Guitarro,Raton | 81 | |||
| 44/11/04 | patro03: sinking/share(Guitarro, Ray) AP Kagu Maru off Dasol Bay (15-55N, 119-44E) | 81 85 | |||
| 44/11/06 | patro03: patro03: disabling/share(Bream,Raton,Ray) Kumano off Cape Bolinao (16-11N, 119-44E | 81 | |||
| 44/11/22 | 44/12/19 | Fremantle - refit | 81 | ||
| 44/12/19 | 45/02/10 | patro04: Java Sea | 81 | ||
| 44/12/22 | patro04: Exmouth Bay - refuel | 81 | |||
| 44/12/31 | patro04: Java Sea - attacking wheelboat with gun - attacked by plane | 81 | |||
| 45/01/09 | patro04: start patrol off Balabac Strait | 81 | |||
| 45/01/24 | patro04: sighted hospital ship | 81 | |||
| 45/02/04 | patro04: transitted Balabac Strait heading to Onslow, Australia | 81 | |||
| 45/02/06 | patro04: Onslow, Australia - refuel | 81 | |||
| 45/02/10 | 45/03/07 | Fremantle - refit | 81 | ||
| 45/03/07 | 45/03/22 | patro05: Balikpapan<>Surabaya shipping lanes | 81 | ||
| 45/03/10 | patro05: Exmouth Bay - refuel | 81 | |||
| 45/03/13 | patro05: sinking 2 sea trucks by guns | 81 | |||
| 45/03/14 | patro05: attacking convoy - sinking PC Keihin Maru 80 nm E of Bawean Is., Java Sea (05-41S, 114-03E) | 81 85 | |||
| 45/03/15 | patro05: damage (depth charge by IJN DE) off N Borneo (05-36N, 114-33E) > retired to Fremantle | 81 85 | |||
| 45/03/22 | 45/04/20 | Fremantle - repairs, refit | 81 | ||
| 45/04/20 | 45/06/05 | patro06: Java Sea | 66 | ||
| 45/04/25 | patro06: transited Lombok Strait | 81 | |||
| 45/04/29 | patro06: sinking German AM depot ship Quito off Tanjong Puting, Borneo (04-11S, 111-17E) | 81 85 | |||
| 45/05/08 | patro06: lay mines off Puolo Obi, Indochina | 85 | |||
| 45/05/14 | 45/05/16 | patro06: Subic Bay - refuel, repairs | 81 | ||
| 45/05/16 | 45/05/31 | patro06: lifeguard duty S of Formosa - rescue 5 aviators | 81 | ||
| 45/05/31 | 45/06/05 | patro06: sail for Saipan | 81 | ||
| 45/06/06 | 45/06/15 | sail Saipan > P.H. | 66 | ||
| 45/06/15 | 45/06/24 | sail P.H. > San Francisco | 66 | ||
| 45/06/24 | 45/08 | Bethlehem Steel Co. - overhaul | 81 | ||