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SS-289 Capelin
United States Navy submarine
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| Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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| Balao | 1942/09/14 Portsmouth Naval Shipyard | 1943/01/20 | 1943/06/04 | 1943/12
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| Namesake: A small fish of the smelt family. | |||||
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WW II combat actions:
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| From | Till | Operation | Force | Action | Source |
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| 43/10 | SubRon16 | joinPac | 82 | ||
| 43/10/ ?? | 43/10/30 | SubRon16 | Brisbane | 82 | |
| 43/10/30 | SubRon16 | patro01: Molucca Sea, Flores Sea, Banda Sea | 82 66 | ||
| 43/10/30 | 43/11/16 | SubRon16 | patro01: Port Darwin - ordered to rescue B-24 crew - called back | 82 | |
| 43/11/11 | SubRon16 | patro01: sinking AK Kunitama Maru (3127 BRT - JANAC) NW of Ambon (03-08S, 127-30E) | 82 83 85 | ||
| 43/11/16 | 43/11/17 | SubRon16 | patro01: Darwin - tower bridge hatch defects - repaired | 82 | |
| 43/11/17 | 43/12 | SubRon16 | patro02: Molucca Sea, Flores Sea, Banda Sea | 82 66 | |
| 43/11/23 | SubRon16 | patro02: last message - sinking AK Kizan Maru off N Halmahera (01-50N, 172-55E) | 82 85 | ||
| 43/12/?? | SubRon16 | patro02: MIA | 82 | ||
| 43/12/02 | SubRon16 | patro02: sighted/prob by Bonefish | 82 | ||