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SS-304 Seahorse
United States Navy submarine
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| Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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| Balao | 1942/08/01 Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, Cal. | 1943/01/09 | 1943/03/31 | 1968/12/14
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| Namesake: moř. koník - A small fish whose head and upper body suggest the head and neck of a horse. | |||||
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WW II combat actions:
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| From | Till | Operation | Force | Action | Source |
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| 43/08 | 43/08/03 | P.H. | 66 | ||
| 43/08/03 | 43/09/27 | patro01: Palaus | 66 | ||
| 43/08/29 | patro01: attacked by escort preparing to attack convoy | 66 | |||
| 43/09/06 | patro01: damaging cargo off Palau (07-31N, 134-21E) > damaged(depth) - tube No. 4 disabled | 66 85 | |||
| 43/09/13? | patro01: attacking large AO | 66 | |||
| 43/09/27 | 43/10/20 | Midway - refit | 66 | ||
| 43/10/20 | 43/12/12 | patro02: Yellow Sea | 66 | ||
| 43/10/29 | 43/10/31 | patro02: sinking (guns) 3 trawlers, attacking 17-ship convoy | 66 | ||
| 43/11/02 | patro02: sinking AP Chihaja Maru (7089 BRT) from convoy S of Honshu (29-31N, 134-50E) | 66 85 | |||
| 43/11/02 | patro02: sinking AKs Ume Maru (5859 BRT) (28-40N, 135-35E), Jawata Maru (28-30N, 135-35E) | 66 85 | |||
| 43/11/22 | patro02: sinking AK Daishu Maru in Tsushima Strait (33-41N, 128-35E) | 66 85 | |||
| 43/11/27 | patro02: sinking AO San Ramon Maru (7309 BRT) convoy of Tsushima Strait (33-36N, 128-57E) | 66 85 | |||
| 43/11/30 | 43/12/01 | patro02: attacking convoy > depth charged | 66 | ||
| 43/12/12 | 44/01/06 | P.H. - refit | 66 | ||
| 44/01/06 | 44/02/16 | patro03: Palaus | 66 | ||
| 44/01/16 | patro03: sinking AK Nikko M.(784) SE of Marianas (12-49N, 150-19E) | 66 85 | |||
| 44/01/21 | patro03: sinking AK Jasukuni Maru (3025), AP Ikoma Maru (3156) 280 nm ESE of Palau (03-19N, 137-02E) | 66 85 | |||
| 44/01/28 | 44/02/01 | patro03: hunting convoy - sinking AK Toko Maru | 66 | ||
| 44/01/30 | patro03: sinking AK Toko Maru SE of Palau (06-10N, 138-14E) | 85 | |||
| 44/02/01 | patro03: sinking AP Toei Maru 175 nm S of Woleai (04-24N, 143-15E) | 66 85 | |||
| 44/02/16 | 44/03/16 | P.H. - refit | |||
| 44/03/16 | 44/05/11 | patro04: Carolines, Marianas - wolfpack with Harder | 66 | ||
| 44/04/05 | patro04: hunting convoy "Macu3" off Saipan | ||||
| 44/04/08 | patro04: sinking Aratama M., Kitsugawa M. (convoy "Macu4") 7 nm of Guam | 81 85 | |||
| 44/04/09 | patro04: sinking AK Misaku Maru from convoy "Macu 4" 40nm W of Saipan (15-32N, 145-00E) | 66 85 | |||
| 44/04/12 | 44/05/03 | patro04: Saipan - lifeguard duty | 66 | ||
| 44/04/20 | patro04: sinking/prob RO-45 off Saipan (15-19N, 145-31E) | 66 85 | |||
| 44/04/27 | patro04: sinking AP Akigawa Maru 150 nm W of Saipan (14-46N, 143-22E) | 66 85 | |||
| 44/05/11 | 44/06/11 | Brisbane - refit | 66 | ||
| 44/06/11 | 44/07/19 | Patterson | patro05: Marianas-E Philippines-Luzon - (with Growler, Bang) | 66 86 | |
| 44/06/15 | Patterson | patro05: found IJN E of Surigao Strait | |||
| 44/06/17 | Patterson | patro05: order to hunt convoy with AO | |||
| 44/06/27 | Patterson | patro05: sinking AO Medan Maru, damaging 2 ships SSW of Formosa (21-10N, 120-31E) | 66 85 | ||
| 44/07/04 | Patterson | patro05: sinking AK Nitto M., Gyoyu M., Kjodo M. #28 - convoy 140 nm S of Hongkong (20-18N, 115-02E) | 66 85 | ||
| 44/07/19 | 44/08 | P.H. - refit | 66 | ||
| 44/08 | 44/10/18 | Stale2 | 17/ZOO/Bears/GF | patro06: off Luzon Strait | 66 |
| 44/10/06 | patro06: sinking corv. Nr.21 140nm NW of Cape Bojeador, Luzon (19-27N, 118-08E) | 85 | |||
| 44/10/11 | patro06: N Luzon - lifeguard duty | 66 | |||
| 44/10/18 | 44/10?? | Midway - refit | 66 | ||
| 44/11 | 45/02 | MINY- overhaul | 66 | ||
| 45/03/09 | 45/04/2? | patro07: East China coast | 81 66 | ||
| 45/03/23 | 45/03/26 | patro07: charting minefields in Tsushima Strait | 81 | ||
| 45/03/23 | patro07: damaged by bomb 15 nm SE of Nakagusuku Bay, Okinawa (26-00N, 128-00E) | 85 | |||
| 45/04/08 | patro07: sinking (guns) junk | 66 | |||
| 45/04/18 | patro07: damaged by patrol boats in Tsushima Strait (33-45N, 128-26E) > terminate patrol | 66 85 | |||
| 45/04/2? | 45/07/12 | PHNY - repairs, overhaul | 66 | ||
| 45/07/12 | 45/08/17? | patro08: Japan | 66 | ||
| 45/08/15 | patro08: 40 miles SE of Hachijo Shima | 66 | |||