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SS-310 Batfish
United States Navy submarine
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Balao 1942/12/27
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
1943/0505 1943/08/21 1960/11/01
memori
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:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
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 

Ship status, hull number changes...: 1972/02/28 struck from Navy List, memorial at Muskogee
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 9 Battle Stars, 7 patrols, PUC (6th patrol); 2/6476, I-41-112,RO-113, Samidare
Notice: laid as Acoupa, renamed 42/09/24