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SS-267 Pompon
United States Navy submarine
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Gato 1941/11/26
Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co., Ma
1942/08/15 1943/03/17 1960/11/25
scrap
Namesake: A typical American fish of the Anisot family.
TTD differences from class:45: 1x127/25 cal, 1x40, 1x20; Ms 32/3SSB
Camouflage:


WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
43/06       joinPac  
43/07 43/07/10     Brisbane   66 
43/07/1?       patro01: attacked by IJN SS   66 
43/07/10 43/08/22     patro01: Truk   66 
43/07/25       patro01: sinking AK Thames M.(5871 BRT), damaging AK Kinsen M. 300 nm NNE of Manus (02-46N, 148-35E)   66  85 
43/08/22 43/09/12     Brisbane - refit   66 
43/09/12 43/11/05     patro02: South China Sea - N of Singapore   66 
43/11/05 43/11/29     Fremantle - refit   66 
43/11/29 44/01/28     patro03: French Indochina coast - mining SW of Cochin, China   66 
43/12/13       patro03: lays mines off Poulo Condore, SW Indochina   85 
44/01/28 44/02/22     Fremantle - refit   66 
44/02/22 44/04/10     patro04: Halmahera > Ascension > Midway > P.H.   66 
44/04/10 44/05/06     P.H. - refit   66 
44/05/06 44/06/25     patro05: Kjushu, Shikoku, Honshu   66 
44/05/30       patro05: sinking AK Shiga Maru (742 BRT) off Muroto Zaki, Japan (33-15N, 134-11E)   66  85 
44/06       patro05: Tokio Bay approaches   66 
44/06/25 44/07/19     Midway - refit   66 
44/07/19 44/09/03     patro06: E of Honshu, Sea of Okhotsk   66 
44/08/0?       patro06: sinking (guns) trawler (300 BRT)   66 
44/08/12       patro06: sinking AP Mikage Maru Nr.20 (2718 BRT), damaging AO (8000)   66 
44/08/12       patro06: damaging AK Majachi Maru E of central Sakhalin coast (50-35N, 144-03E)   85 
44/09/03       P.H.   66 
44/09/1? 44/12/13     MINY - overhaul   66 
44/12/13 44/12/2?     sail from Mare Island to Majuro   66 
44/12/2? 45/01/06     Majuro   66 
45/01/06 45/02/11   Underwood's Urchins patro07: Yellow Sea - wolfpack with Spadefish   66 
45/01/28     Underwood's Urchins patro07: attacking convoy with Spadefish   66 
45/01/29     Underwood's Urchins patro07: damage - flooded via failed conning tower hatch   66 
45/02/11          
45/02/11 45/03/30     Midway - repairs, refit   66 
45/03/30 45/05/24     patro08: China, Formosa   66 
45/05/24 45/06/18     Guam - refit   66 
45/06/18 45/07/22     patro09: Truk - lifeguard   66 
45/07/22 45/08/22     Guam - refit   66 
45/08/22 45/09/19     sail from Guam to New Orleans   66 

Ship status, hull number changes...: 1951/12/11 > SSR-267, 1960/04/01 struck from Navy List
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 4 Battle Stars, 9 patrols 3/8772
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