file created: 12/07/02 01:01:26 , last update: 06/16/00
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SS-274 Rock
United States Navy submarine
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Gato 1942/12/23
Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co., Ma
1943/06/20 1943/10/26 1972/08
scrap
Namesake: A striped bass found in the Chesapeake Bay region and elsewhere along the Atlantic Coast.
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WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
44/01/02       joinPac - Panama Canal   66 
44/01/2? 44/02/08     P.H.   66 
44/02/08 44/03/2?     patro01: Truk   66 
44/02/29       patro01: attacking convoy > forced to submerge - damaged scopes off Nansei Shoto (25-33N, 130-42E)   66  85 
44/03/0? 44/04/04     P.H. - repairs (scopes), refit   66 
44/03/18       patro01: damaged(depth charges) 150 nm N of Brunei Bay, Borneo (07-25N, 115-20E)   85 
44/04/04 44/06/0?     patro02: Honshu - Bungo Suido, Sagami Wan   66 
44/06/0? 44/06/22     Majuro - refit (AS-12 Sperry)   66 
44/06/22 44/08   Wilkin's Wildcats patro03: Luzon Strait   81 
44/07/18     Wilkin's Wildcats patro03: atacking 7-ship convoy   81 
44/07/20     Wilkin's Wildcats patro03: attacking 6-ship convoy   81 
44/07/26     Wilkin's Wildcats patro03: sinking/share I-24 in Luzon Strait  
44/07/27       patro03: departed back for P.H.   66 
44/08 44/09/06     P.H. - refit   66 
44/09/06 44/11/0? King2   patro04: South China Sea   66 
44/10/26       patro04: sinking AO Takasago Maru #7 near Balabac Strait (10-18N, 117-47E)   66  85 
44/10/27       patro04: firing on shoaled Darter to prevent her salvage by Japs   66 
44/11/0? 44/12/14     Fremantle - refit   66 
44/12/14 45/02/16     patro05: rescued CVG-20 pilot   66 
45/02/16 45/03/07     Fremantle - refit   66 
45/03/07 45/05/04     patro06: South China Sea - with Guavina, Cobia, Blenny   81  66 
45/03/10       patro06: rescued 15 merchant seaman from s/s Peter Silvester - carry them to Exmouth Gulf   66  85 
45/03/14       patro06: land supplies on Lombok Is.   85 
45/03/27       patro06: attacking DD   66 
45/04/18       patro06: shell Batan Is. (with Tigrone)   66 
45/05/04       Saipan   66 
45/05/14 45/08/07     HPNY - overhaul   66 

Ship status, hull number changes...: 1952/07/18 > SSR-274, 1959/12 > AGSS-274, 1969/09/13 struck from Navy List
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 4 Battle Stars, 6 patrols; 1/834
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