SS-263 Paddle
United States Navy submarine
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Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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Gato | 1942/05/01 Electric Boat Co., Groton, Conn. | 1942/12/30 | 1943/03/29 | 1957/01/18
sold | |
Namesake: A large ganoid fish of the Mississippi and its larger tributaries | |||||
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WW II combat actions:
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From | Till | Operation | Force | Action | Source |
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43/06/2? |   |   |   | joinPac - Panama Canal |   66  |
43/07/05 | 43/07/20 |   |   | P.H. |   66  |
43/07/20 | 43/09/12 |   |   | patro01: S of Japan |   66  |
43/08/13 |   |   |   | patro01: damaging AP Hidaka Maru |   66  85  |
43/08/19 |   |   |   | patro01: slightly damaged by plane |   66  |
43/08/23 |   |   |   | patro01: sinking AP/AK Ataka Maru off Hamamacu, JApan (34-37N, 137-53E) |   66  85  |
43/09 |   |   |   | sinking ship/5248 off Nauru |   |
43/09/12 | 43/10/17 |   |   | P.H. - refit |   66  |
43/10/17 | 43/11/09 | Galvan |   | patro02: Nauru - weather reporting for TF 50; atacking AO |   66  |
43/11/09 |   |   |   | P.H. |   66  |
43/11/29 |   |   |   | attacking AO Nippon Maru 19 nm off Brown Is. (11-30N, 162-15E) |   85  |
43/12/1? | 44/02/28 |   |   | MINY - overhaul |   66  88  |
44/03 | 44/03/19 |   |   | P.H. |   66  |
44/03/19 | 44/05/12 |   |   | patro03: Dutch East Indies, S Philippines |   66  |
44/04/16 |   |   |   | patro03: sinking AP Mito M. (7061 - JANAC), AK Hino Maru #1 in Ceram Sea (02-25S, 127-24E) |   82  66  85 |
44/05/15 | 44/06/05 |   |   | Fremantle - refit |   66  |
44/06/05 | 44/07/29 |   | 71 | patro04: Davao Gulf reconnaissance, |   86  |
44/06/30 |   |   |   | patro04: damaged(planes) in Celebes Sea |   66  |
44/07/06 |   |   | 71 | patro04: sinking Hokaze off Sangi Is., NNE of Menado, Celebes Sea (03-24N, 125-28E) |   66  85  |
44/07/06 |   |   |   | patro04: damaging large AK from convoy in Celebes Sea |   66  |
44/07/29 | 44/08/22 |   |   | Fremantle - refit |   66  |
44/08/22 | 44/09/25 |   |   | patro05: Sulu Sea |   66  |
44/09/07 |   |   |   | patro05: sinking Shinjo M.(allied POWs onboard) off Mindanao |   |
44/09/07 |   |   |   | patro05: damaging AO Eijo Maru #2 W of Sindangan Bay, Mindanao (08-11N, 122-40E) |   85  |
44/09/25 | 44/10/03 |   |   | Mios Woendi - refit |   66  |
44/10/03 | 44/11/01 |   |   | patro06: Balikpapan - lifeguard - sinking 2 sea trucks and schooner |   66  |
44/11/01 | 44/11/25 |   |   | Fremantle - refit |   66  |
44/11/25 | 45/01/18 |   |   | patro07: South China Sea - wolfpack with Hammerhead, Lapon |   81  |
44/12/08 |   |   |   | patro07: sinking/share (Hammerhead) AO Shoei Maru 150 nm WSW of Miri, Sarawak (03-50N, 111-30E) |   66  85  |
45/01/18 | 45/05/15 |   |   | P.H. - refit, training ???overhaul??? |   66  |
45/05/15 | 45/07/18 |   |   | patro08: Yellow Sea, East China Sea - with Sea Devil, Ronquil |   66  |
45/07/18 | 45/08/13 |   |   | Guam - refit |   66  |
45/08/13 | 45/08/17 |   |   | sail to Japan for lifeguard duty |   66  |
45/08/17 | 45/09/30 |   |   | sail to Midway > P.H. > Panama > Staten Is. |   66  |