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SS-286 Billfish
United States Navy submarine
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| Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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| Balao | 1942/07/23 Portsmouth Naval Shipyard | 1942/11/12 | 1943/04/20 | 1971/03/17
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| Namesake: Billfish is any fish, such as gar or spearfish, with bill-shaped jaws. | |||||
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WW II combat actions:
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| From | Till | Operation | Force | Action | Source |
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| 43/07 | SubRon16 | joinPac | |||
| 43/08/12 | 43/09/? | patro01: South China Sea | 66 85 | ||
| 43/09/25 | patro01: attacking (with Bonefish. Bowfin), convoy 352 nm NNW of Brunei Bay | 85 | |||
| 43/11 | Fremantle Base | ||||
| 43/11 | patro: South China Sea | ||||
| 43/11/11 | patro: attacked by depth charges off Makassar Strait | 100 | |||
| 43/11/28 | patro: found convoy in South China Sea | ||||
| 44/05/21 | patro: damaging AK Bokuj? Maru WSW of Marianas (13-42N, 140-41E), attacked by escort | 85 | |||
| 44/07 | 44/09 | patro: off Formosa - wolfpack with Greenling and Sailfish | 66 | ||
| 45/05/26 | patro: sinking AK Kotobuki Maru #7 (991 BRT) off Nagasaki (33-18N, 129-20E) | 83 85 | |||
| 45/06/04 | patro: sinking AK Taiu Maru (2220 BRT) off Chinnampo, Korea (38-32N, 124-45E) | 83 85 | |||
| 45/06? | patro: betw China & Japan - lifeguard | ||||
| 45/07/27 | P.H. | 66 | |||
| 45/07? | 45/08/27 | patro08: lifeguard off Japan | 66 | ||
| 45/08/05 | patro: sinking AK Kori Maru (1091 BRT) off Kwantung Peninsula (38-51N, 121-39E) | 83 85 | |||
| 45/09 | Japan waters | ||||