file created: 12/07/02 01:02:44 , last update: 06/05/00
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SS-277 Scamp
United States Navy submarine
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Gato 1942/03/06
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
1942/07/20 1942/09/18 1944/11/11
sunk
Namesake: A fish, a member of the serranidae family
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WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
43/01/2?       joinPac  
43/02/13 43/03/01     P.H.   66 
43/03/01 43/04/07     patro01: off Honshu   82 
43/03/01 43/03/05     patro01: sail P.H. > Midway - ComSubPac VAdm Lockwood onboard   82 
43/03/05       patro01: Midway - refuel, disembark ComSubPac   82 
43/03/16       patro01: damaging cargo (4000 BRT)   82 
43/03/20       patro01: damaging AK Seinan Maru (1450 BRT) off Tomari (41-06N, 141-26E)   82  85 
43/03/21       patro01: damaging AP Manju Maru (6541 BRT) E of Honshu (41-45N, 142-14E)   82  85 
43/03/26       patro01: Midway - refuel   66 
43/04/07 43/04/19     P.H. - refit   82 
43/04/19 43/06/04     patro02: Bismarck archipelago   82 
43/04/27 43/04/28     patro02: reconn. Ocean Island and Nauru Island   66 
43/05/29       patro02: sinking Kamikawa Maru off New Hannover (01-36S, 150-24E)   82  83  85
43/06/04 43/06/22     Brisbane - refit   82 
43/06/22 43/08/08     patro03: Solomons   82 
43/07/27       patro03: disabling AO Kazahaja (18300 BRT) off New Hannover (02-38S, 149-20E)   82  85 
43/07/27       patro03: sinking I-168 (JANAC) off New Hannover (02-50S, 149-01E)   82  83  85
43/08/08 43/09     Brisbane - refit   82 
43/09 43/10/01     patro04: Solomons   82 
43/09/18       patro04: damaging AK Kansai Maru from convoy 170 nm NNW of Manus (00-41N, 146-28E), damaged (depth)   82  85 
43/09/19       patro04: sinking cargo Kansai Maru (8614 BRT - JANAC)   82  83 
43/09/21       patro04: reports sinking cargo from convoy (6000 BRT - JANAC denied)   82  83 
43/09/24 43/10/01     patro04: sail back to Brisbane  
43/10/01 43/10/22     Brisbane - refit   82 
43/10/22 43/11/26     patro05: Truk <> Kavieng lines   82 
43/10/28 43/10/30     patro05: Treasury Islands landing   66 
43/11/04       patro05: damaging cargo   82 
43/11/10       patro05: sinking AP Tokyo Maru (6481 BRT - JANAC) 250 nm SSW of Truk (03-30N, 150-10E)   82  83  85
43/11/12       patro05: damaging Agano between Rabaul and Truk (01-03N, 149-15E)   66  99  85
43/11/18       patro05: damaged (bombs from seaplane)   82 
43/11/26 43/12/16     Brisbane - refit   82 
43/12/16 44/02/06     patro06: Palau - Truk area   82 
44/01/06       patro06: attacking small AO   66 
44/01/14       patro06: sinking AO Nippon M./9974 (JANAC) from convoy 400 nm ESE of Palau (05-02N, 140-50E)   82  83  85
44/02/06 44/03/03     Milne Bay - refit   82 
44/03/03 44/04/16     patro07: convoy routes Mindanao - Palau - New Guinea   82 
44/03/29 44/03/31     patro07: Langemac Bay - TDC repairs   66 
44/04/04       patro07: damaging trawler (gun failure)   82 
44/04/07       patro07: disable(hydroplane) 130 nm S of Davao (05-02N, 126-07E) > terminate patrol   66  85 
44/04/07 44/04/16     patro07: S of Mindanao - sail to Manus  
44/04/10 44/04/16     patro07: escorted by Dace   66 
44/04/16 44/04/22     Manus - emergency repairs   82 
44/04/22 44/04/2?     Milne Bay - repairs   66 
44/05 44/10/16     PHNY - repairs   82 
44/10/16 44/11/16     patro08: Bonin Islands   82 
44/10/20       patro08: Midway - refuel  
44/11/09       patro08: last message-changing sector N of Bonins to evade B-29 strike   82 
44/11/11       patro08: sunk/prob (corvette #4) off Tokio Bay (33-38N, 141-00E)   85 

Ship status, hull number changes...: sunk 33-38N, 141-00E; 1944/12/21 presumed lost, 1945/04/28 struck
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 7 Battle Stars, 8 patrols; 4/31928, I-168
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