SS-310 Batfish
United States Navy submarine
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Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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Balao | 1942/12/27 Portsmouth Naval Shipyard | 1943/0505 | 1943/08/21 | 1960/11/01
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Namesake: A batfish is any of several fishes; a pediculate fish of the West Indies, the flying gurnard of the Atlantic, or a California sting ray. | |||||
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WW II combat actions:
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From | Till | Operation | Force | Action | Source |
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43/11/0? |   |   |   | joinPac |   |
43/11/19 | 43/12/11 |   |   | P.H. |   81  |
43/12/11 | 44/01/30 |   |   | patro01: S of Honshu |   81  |
43/12/15 | 43/12/16 |   |   | patro01: Midway - refuel |   81  |
43/12/28 |   |   |   | patro01: arrived patrol area |   81  |
44/01/09 | 44/01/10 |   |   | patro01: hunting convoy - lost contact |   81  |
44/01/14 |   |   |   | patro01: hunting Jamato 250 nm S of Shikoku |   81  |
44/01/20 |   |   |   | patro01: sinking AP Hidaka Maru (5486 - JANAC) convoy 130 nm SSW of Shiono Misaki (31-28N, 134-52E) |   85  83  |
44/01/23 |   |   |   | patro01: departed patrol area |   81  |
44/01/30 | 44/02/22 |   |   | Midway - refit |   81  |
44/02/22 | 44/04/15 |   |   | patro02: SE of Shikoku |   81  |
44/03/03 | 44/04/03 |   |   | patro02: in patrol area - no surface contact (only sampans) |   81  |
44/04/11 |   |   |   | patro02: Midway - refuel, unload torpedoes |   81  |
44/04/15 | 44/05/10 |   |   | P.H. - refit |   81  |
44/05/10 | 44/05/14 |   |   | sail from P.H. to Midway |   81  |
44/05/26 | 44/07/07 |   |   | patro03: S of Shikoku, Honshu, Kjushu |   81  |
44/06/10 |   |   |   | patro03: sinking ship off Kjushu |   81  |
44/06/12 |   |   |   | patro03: sighted AH |   81  |
44/06/18 |   |   |   | patro03: sinking AK off Andakino City |   81  |
44/06/19 |   |   |   | patro03: attacking 4 ships convoy off Japan |   81  |
44/06/20 |   |   |   | patro03: sinking AK Hidaka Maru (5486 BRT) (31-28N, 134-52E) |   83  |
44/06/22 |   |   |   | patro03: sinking AP Nagaragwa Maru (990 BRT) off Honshu (34-35N, 137-56E) |   81  83  85 |
44/06/24 | 44/06/27 |   |   | patro03: Bungo Suido-awaits IJN forces retreating after x Phil. Sea |   81  |
44/07/01 |   |   |   | patro03: sinking guardboats Kamoi M. and Isuzugawa M. #5 by gun 400 nm N of Iwojima (31-26N,141-11E) |   81  85  |
44/07/02 |   |   |   | patro03: departed patrol area |   81  |
44/07/07 | 44/07/31 |   |   | Midway - refit (AS Proteus) |   81  |
44/07/31 | 44/09/12 |   |   | patro04: Carolines |   81  |
44/08/13 | 44/08/22 |   |   | patro04: in patrol area - patrol Palau <> Japan and Palau <> Formosa lanes |   81  |
44/08/22 |   |   |   | patro04: investigate DD reported grounded on Velasco Reef |   81  |
44/08/23 |   |   |   | patro04: sinking AM #22 (492 BRT) (08-09N, 134-38E) |   83  |
44/08/25 |   |   |   | patro04: sinking grounded Samidare on Velasco Reef, Palau (08-30N, 134-37E) |   81  85  |
44/08/26 | 44/08/28 |   |   | patro04: lifeguard duty for B-24 strikes on Palau |   81  |
44/08/28 |   |   |   | patro04: returned to Velasco Reef to check half-broken Samidare |   81  |
44/08/29 |   |   |   | patro04: lifeguard duty for B-24 strike on Babelthuap |   81  |
44/08/30 |   |   |   | patro04: again off Velasco Reef |   81  |
44/09/02 | 44/09/12 |   |   | patro04: sail from Palaus to Fremantle |   81  |
44/09/12 | 44/10/08 |   |   | Fremantle - refit |   81  |
44/10/08 | 44/12/01 |   |   | patro05: South China Sea |   81  |
44/10/11 |   |   |   | patro05: Exmouth Bay - refuel, then departed for Lombok Strait |   81  |
44/10/15 | 44/10/17 |   |   | patro05: Darwin - emergency repairs (scope #2, main motors) |   81  |
44/10/19 |   |   |   | patro05: sinking escort ship |   81  |
44/10/26 | 44/10/30 |   |   | patro05: patrol between Negros and Mindanao |   81  |
44/11/01 | 44/11/04 |   |   | patro05: sail from Negros to area W of Luzon |   81  |
44/11/04 | 44/11/05 |   |   | patro05: sail to Lingayen Gulf for lifeguard duty |   81  |
44/11/05 | 44/11/07 |   |   | patro05: off Lingayen Gulf |   81  |
44/11/07 |   |   |   | patro05: ordered to form coordinated attack group with Raton and Ray |   81  |
44/11/11 |   |   | wolfpack | patro05: San Fernando Harbor - sinking AK, damaging another |   81  |
44/11/14 |   |   | wolfpack | patro05: wolfpack with Raton, Ray - sinking AK from convoy |   81  |
44/11/16 | 44/12/01 |   |   | patro05: sail from Philippines to P.H. |   81  |
44/12/01 | 45/01/10 |   |   | P.H. - refit, alternations |   81  |
45/01/10 | 45/03/02 |   | Joe's Jugheads | patro06: South China Sea, Luzon Straits (with Charr) |   81  |
45/01/16 |   |   | Joe's Jugheads | patro06: arived patrol area |   81  |
45/01/30 |   |   | Joe's Jugheads | patro06: reconnaisance Yulin Bay and Gaalong Bay, Hainan Is. |   81  |
45/01/31 |   |   | Joe's Jugheads | patro06: attacking small AK in entrance to Yulin Bay |   81  |
45/02/01 |   |   | Joe's Jugheads | patro06: ordered to assist Clyde's Canninbals to depress enemy evacuation off Aparri |   81  |
45/02/04 |   |   | Joe's Jugheads | patro06: attacking barge heading from Aparri to Formosa |   81  |
45/02/05 | 45/02/10 |   | Joe's Jugheads | patro06: patrol between Babuyan and Calayan Is. |   81  |
45/02/09 |   |   | Joe's Jugheads | patro06: sinking RO-55 Luzon Strait (18-50N, 121-40E) |   81  83  |
45/02/09 |   |   | Joe's Jugheads | patro06: ordered back to original patrol area |   81  |
45/02/11 |   |   | Joe's Jugheads | patro06: sinking RO-112 off Camiguin (18-53N, 121-50E) |   81  83  85 |
45/02/13 |   |   | Joe's Jugheads | patro06: sinking RO-113 off Babuyan Is., Luzon Strait (19-10N, 121-23E) |   81  83  85 |
45/02/16 | 45/02/21 |   | Joe's Jugheads | patro06: sail to Guam (with Blackfish) |   81  |
45/02/22 | 45/03/03 |   | Joe's Jugheads | patro06: sail from Guam to P.H. |   81  |
45/03/06 | 45/03/13 |   |   | sail from P.H. to San Francisco |   81  |
45/03/13 | 45/05/26 |   |   | Bethlehem Steel Shipbuilding - overhaul |   81  |
45/05/31 | 45/06/08 |   |   | sail from San Francisco to P.H. |   81  |
45/06/08 | 45/06/26 |   |   | P.H. |   81  |
45/06/26 | 45/08/22 |   | Texas League | patro07: lifeguard services SE of Kjushu |   81  |
45/06/26 | 45/07/08 |   | Texas League | patro07: sail from P.H. to Guam |   81  |
45/07/08 | 45/07/10 |   | Texas League | patro07: Guam - minor repairs |   81  |
45/07/12 |   |   | Texas League | patro07: departed Guam for patrol area |   81  |
45/07/20 |   |   | Texas League | patro07: meet Blackfish off Honshu |   81  |
45/07/21 | 45/07/2? |   | Texas League | patro07: cover Sennet and Pogy entering Tsushima Strait |   81  |
45/07/24 |   |   | Texas League | patro07: shell Nagata Village on NW coast of Yaju Shima |   81  |
45/07/29 |   |   | Texas League | patro07: rescue 3 flyers |   81  |
45/08/01 |   |   | Texas League | patro07: attacked by US bomber |   81  |
45/08/04 |   |   | Texas League | patro07: Iwojima - disembark rescued flyers |   81  |
45/08/06 |   |   | Texas League | patro07: back on station halfway between Iwojima and Tokio |   81  |
45/08/17 | 45/08/27 |   | Texas League | patro07: relieved by Tigrone, sail from Japan to Midway |   81  |
45/08/27 | 45/08/29 |   |   | sail from Midway to P.H. |   81  |
45/09/02 | 45/09/09 |   |   | sail from P.H. to San Francisco |   81  |