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SS-363 Guitarro
United States Navy submarine
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Balao 1943/04/07
Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co., Ma
1943/09/26 1944/01/26 1972/01/01
sold
Namesake: A ray of the guitar-fish family.
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WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
44/04/02       joinPac - Panama Canal   81 
44/04/17 44/05/07     P.H.   81 
44/05/07 44/06/19     patro01: off Formosa   81 
44/05/30       patro01: sinking AK Shisen Maru 60 nm SE of Keelung, Formosa (24-32N, 123-24E)   81  66  85
44/06/02       patro01: sinking frigate Awadzi off Jasho Is. (22-34N, 121-51E)   81  85 
44/06/19 44/06/21     Port Darwin   81 
44/06/21 44/06/27     sail Port Darwin > Fremantle  
44/06/27 44/07/21     Fremantle - refit   81 
44/07/21 44/09/08     patro02: South China Sea   81 
44/08/07       patro02: sinking PF Kusasaki from convoy off Capones Is, Luzon (14-51N, 119-59E)   81  85 
44/08/08       patro02: sinking (gun) small coastal vessel   81 
44/08/09       patro02: meet Raton off Cape Bolinao   81 
44/08/10       patro02: sinking AO Shinei M. from convoy - damaged(depth charges) NW of Luzon (16-15N, 119-45E)   81  66  85
44/08/21       patro02: attacking convoy W of Mindoro with Harder, Haddo, Ray, Raton:   66 
44/08/21       patro02: sinking AK Uga Maru from convoy 5 nm S of NW tip of Mindoro (13-21N, 120-18E)   81  66  85
44/08/27       patro02: sinking coastal AO Nanshin Maru #25, damaging AO Nanshin Maru #3 off Luzon (12-26N,119-55E)   81  66  85
44/08/29 44/08/31     patro02: joint patrol with Gunnel on shipping lanes Palawan<>Manila   81 
44/09/08 44/10/08     Fremantle - refit   81 
44/10/08 44/11/16     patro03: wolfpack with Bream - Philippines   81 
44/10/24       patro03: found Central Force off Philippines  
44/10/25       patro03: sinking/share Kumano off Cape Bolinao  
44/10/30       patro03: still with Bream - Raton joined   81 
44/10/31       patro03: sinking AO Pacific M./5872 BRT (JANAC), AK Komei M. off Botolan Pt., Luzon (15-17N,119-50E)   82  83  85
44/11/04       patro03: sinking/share(Bream, Ray) AP Kagu Maru off Dasol Bay (15-55N, 119-44E)   81  66  85
44/11/04       patro03: sinking LST T-111 off Dasol Bay (15-56N, 119-44E)   85 
44/11/06       patro03: disabling/share(Bream,Raton,Ray) Kumano off Cape Bolinao (16-11N, 119-44E)   81  85 
44/11/06       patro03: damaged(depth charges)   85 
44/11/16 44/12/11     Fremantle - refit   81 
44/12/11 45/03/15     patro04: South China Sea   81 
44/12/17       patro04: transited Lombok Strait   81 
45/01/17       patro04: Mios Woendi - repairs   81 
45/02       patro04: attacking convoy off Cape Batagan   81 
45/03/15 45/04/09     Fremantle - refit   81 
45/04/09 45/05/27     patro05: N of Sumatra   81 
45/04/15?       patro05: attacked(plane) in Lombok Strait   81 
45/04/20       patro05: lay mines off Behala Is, NE Sumatra   81  85 
45/05       patro05: betwen Borneo and Singapore   81 
45/05/27 45/05/28     Tanapag Harbor, Saipan   81 
45/05/28 45/06/08     sail Saipan > P.H.   81 
45/06/08? 45/06/18     sail P.H. > San Francisco   81 
45/06/2? 45/09     MINY - overhaul   81 

Ship status, hull number changes...: 1954/08/07-1972 serve in Turkey Navy
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 4 Battle Stars (except patrol 4), 5 patrols, NUC (patrols 1-3); 6/21332, freg.Awadzi, Kusakaki
Notice: sold to Turkey > S-22 Preveze I