file created: 12/07/02 00:29:44 , last update: 05/27/02
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SS-362 Guavina
United States Navy submarine
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Balao 1943/03/03
Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co., Ma
1943/08/29 1943/12/23 1967/11
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WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
44/04       joinPac  
44/04/05 44/04/06     P.H.   81 
44/04/06 44/05/28     patro01:   81 
44/04/22       patro01: sinking (guns) 2 trawlers   81 
44/04/25       patro01: sinking AK TEcujo Maru NW of Cicijima (28-55N, 140-28E)   81  85 
44/04/26       patro01: sinking AP Noshiro M., attacking AK Asahi M. #2 from convoy off Miko Jima (28-42N, 141-26E)   81  66  85
44/05/21 44/05/26     patro01: lifeguard off Wake   81 
44/05/28 44/06/20     Majuro - refit   81 
44/06/20 44/07/31     patro02: from Majuro to Brisbane   81 
44/07/02 44/07/21     patro02: lifeguard off Yap - rescued 12 aviators from B-25   81 
44/07/04       patro02: sinking heavy escorted AP Tama Maru 60 nm NW of Palau (07-44N, 133-17E)   81  66  85
44/07/21 44/07/31     patro02: sail Yap > Seeadler Harbor, Manus > Brisbane   81 
44/07/31 44/08/16     Brisbane - refit   81 
44/08/16 44/09/29     patro03: off Mindanao   81 
44/08/31       patro03: sinkign 2 coastal steamers   81 
44/09/0? 44/09/15     patro03: lifeguard duty   81 
44/09/15       patro03: sinking APA T-3 off Pagubas, S Mindanao (05-35N, 125-24E)   81  85 
44/09/29 44/10/27     Brisbane - refit   81 
44/10/27 44/12/27     patro04: South China Sea   81 
44/11/15       patro04: sinking AK Jutaka Maru off Mindoro (12-25N, 120-55E)   81  85 
44/11/21       patro04: sinking AK Gjosan Maru (disabled by Flounder) off Tizard's Reef (10-22N, 114-22E)   85 
44/11/22       patro04: sinking AK Dowa Maru off Tizard's Bank, NW of Borneo (10-23N, 114-21E)   81  66  85
44/11/23       patro04: sinking anchored AO   81 
44/11/28       patro04: attacking convoy off Cape Varella, Indochina - attacked by PC Ch-43   85 
44/12/14       patro04: sighted CarDiv4 (Ise, Hijuga) at Cam Ranh Bay   99 
44/12/27 45/01/23     Brisbane - refit   81 
45/01/23 45/01/28     patro05: - night approache practices with Pampanito & HMAS Warnambool   81 
45/01/23 45/03/05     patro05: South China Sea - with Pampanito, then with Becuna & Blenny   81 
45/01/28 45/02     patro05: E of Malaysian Peninsula & Gulf of Siam mouth with Pampanito   81 
45/02/07       patro05: sinking AO Taigyo Maru (6892 BRT) 250 nm S of Saigon (06-45N, 106-00E)   81  85 
45/02/20       patro05: sinking AO Eijo Maru (8673 BRT) from convoy off Cape Padaran (11-22N, 109-22E)   81  86  85
45/03/05 45/03/21     Fiji Is - refit   81 
45/03/21 45/05/08     patro06: South China Sea - with Rock, Cobia, Blenny   81 
45/03/28       patro06: rescued B-25 crew   81 
45/05/08       P.H. - refit   81 
45/06 45/08/06     MINY - overhaul   81 
45/08/06 45/08/?     sail Mare Island > P.H.   81 
48       conver to undersea oiler  

Ship status, hull number changes...: 50/02/01 > SSO, 52/07/26 > AGSS, 57/07/12 > AOSS, 67/06/30 struck from Navy
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 5 Battle Stars, 6 patrols; 6/24366
Notice: Sunk by SS-347 Cubera off Cape Henry