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SS-278 Scorpion
United States Navy submarine
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| Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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| Gato | 1942/03/29 Portsmouth Naval Shipyard | 1942/07/20 | 1942/10/01 | 1944/01/05
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| Namesake: An order of arachnids having an elongated body and a narrow segmented tail bearing a venomous sting at the tip. | |||||
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WW II combat actions:
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| From | Till | Operation | Force | Action | Source |
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| 43/03/1? | joinPac - Panama Canal | 66 | |||
| 43/03/24 | 43/04/05 | P.H. - bathytermograph installed | 66 | ||
| 43/04/05 | 43/05/08 | patro01: mining & patrol off Honsu | 82 | ||
| 43/04/19 | patro01: lay 21 mines off Nakaminato, Honshu | 82 66 | |||
| 43/04/20 | patro01: sinking ex PG Maiji Maru Nr.1 (1934 BRT - JANAC) E of Central Honshu (37-10N, 141-25E) | 82 83 85 | |||
| 43/04/21 | 43/04/23 | patro01: sinking (gun) 4 sampans, damaging freighter (7500 BRT) | 82 | ||
| 43/04/27 | patro01: sinking Yuzan Maru (6480 BRT - JANAC) from convoy (4 AK,1 DD) E of Honshu (38-08N, 143-03E) | 82 83 85 | |||
| 43/04/28 | patro01: ordered back for Midway | 82 | |||
| 43/04/30 | patro01: sinking (gun, torpedo)patrol Ebisu Maru (600 BRT)-gun defect E of Japan (37-24N, 154-40E) | 82 85 | |||
| 43/05/08 | 43/05/29 | P.H. - refit, 3'' gum replaced by 4'' | 82 66 | ||
| 43/05/29 | 43/07/15 | patro02: Yellow Sea | 82 | ||
| 43/06/02 | patro02: Midway - refuel | 82 | |||
| 43/06/21 | 43/06/28 | patro02: off Takara Jima, Takara Gunto - Formosa - Nagasaki lanes | 66 | ||
| 43/06/28 | patro02: shifted to Yellow Sea | 66 | |||
| 43/07/?? | damage(reefs) while training submerged torpedo attack off Midway | 82 | |||
| 43/07/03 | patro02: attacking 5-ship convoy in Yellow Sea: | 82 85 | |||
| 43/07/03 | patro02: sinking AKs Anzan M./3890, Kokurju M./6112 (JANAC) (38-20N, 124-25E) | 82 83 85 | |||
| 43/07/03 | patro02: damaged by escort > sail to Midway | ||||
| 43/07/15 | 43/07/2? | Midway - repairs, refit (AS-12 Sperry) | 82 | ||
| 43/07/26 | 43/10/13 | P.H. - repairs, training | 82 | ||
| 43/10/13 | 43/12/05 | patro03: Marianas | 82 | ||
| 43/10/17 | patro03: Midway - refuel | 82 66 | |||
| 43/10/25 | 43/10/26 | patro03: reconn. Pagan Is., Agrihan Is. | 66 | ||
| 43/11/01 | 43/11/02 | patro03: reconn. Farallon de Pajoras | 66 | ||
| 43/11/03 | patro03: sighted CA Mogami class (by Holmes 43/11/05) | 82 66 | |||
| 43/11/06 | patro03: damaging AO Hojo Maru from convoy 130 nm NW of Truk (07-54N, 150-06E) | 85 | |||
| 43/11/08 | patro03: hunting Q-ship | 82 | |||
| 43/11/13 | patro03: disabling AO Shiretoko M.(14500) from convoy NW of Marianas (18-22N, 142-50E) | 82 85 | |||
| 43/11/14 | patro03: near Rota Is. | 66 | |||
| 43/11/15 | patro03: near Saipan | 66 | |||
| 43/11/22 | patro03: hunting AP with 2 DDs | 66 | |||
| 43/12/05 | 43/12/29 | P.H. - refit | 82 | ||
| 43/12/29 | 44/01 ?? | patro04: East China Sea, Yellow Sea | 82 | ||
| 44/01/03 | patro04: Midway - refuel | 82 | |||
| 44/01/05 | patro04: meet with Herring | 82 | |||
| 44/01/06 | patro04: sunk(mine)/prob Yellow Sea Entrance - MIA | ||||