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SS-323 Caiman
United States Navy submarine
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Balao
Electric Boat Co., Groton, Conn.
1944/03/30 1944/07/17 1972/06
sold
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WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
44/10?       joinPac  
44/11 44/11/13     P.H.   66 
44/11/13 45/01/22     patro01: South China Sea - wolfpack with Blenny, Sealion II   66 
44/11/2?       patro01: Saipan - put ashore severely ill CO   66 
45/01/22 45/02/18     Fremantle - refit   66 
45/02/18 45/04/06     patro02: South China Sea, Gulf of Siam   66 
45/03/23 45/03/25   wolfpack Summers patro02: off Malaysian Peninsula   81  66 
45/03/25     wolfpack Bush patro02: off Malaysian Peninsula   81  66 
45/04/06 45/04/28     Subic Bay - refit   66 
45/04/28 45/06/27     patro03: S Indochina coast, W Borneo   66 
45/06/27 45/07/22     Fremantle - refit   66 
45/07/22 45/08/19     patro04: Java coast - special missions   66 
45/08/19 45/08/2?     Subic Bay - refit   66 

Ship status, hull number changes...: ex Blanquillo, 42/09/24 renamed,
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 2 Battle Stars, 4 patrols
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