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SS-382 Picuda
United States Navy submarine
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| Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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| Balao | 1943/03/15 Portsmouth Naval Shipyard | 1943/07/12 | 1943/10/16 | 1974/11/18
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| Namesake: The great barracuda of the Caribbean Sea and the tropical western Atlantic. Picuda, sometimes up to seven feet long have large knife-like teeth and are quite voracious and ferocious. | |||||
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WW II combat actions:
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| From | Till | Operation | Force | Action | Source |
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| 44/01/13 | joinPac - Panama Canal | 66 | |||
| 44/01/27 | 44/02/17 | SubRon20/SubDiv201 | P.H. | 66 | |
| 44/02/17 | patro01: Carolines, Saipan<>Palau lanes | 66 | |||
| 44/02/29 | patro01: entered patrol area in Carolines | 66 | |||
| 44/03/02 | patro01: sinking ex-PG Shinjo Maru (2672 BRT) 200 nm SW of Truk (06-22N, 148-27E) depth charged | 66 85 | |||
| 44/03/18 | patro01: shifted to Saipan <> Palau lanes | 66 85 | |||
| 44/03/18 | patro01: attacking AK Kasuga Maru 220 nm WSW of Guam (12-33N, 141-08E) | 66 85 | |||
| 44/03/20 | patro01: sinking AK Hoko Maru (1504 BRT) 40 nm N of Yap (10-09N, 138-10E) | 66 85 | |||
| 44/03/30 | patro01: sinking AK Atlantic M. (5873 BRT) - convoy 90 nm SSW of Guam (12-20N, 145-55E) > depth ch. | 66 85 | |||
| 44/04/05 | 44/05/04 | Midway - refit, training | 66 | ||
| 44/04/28 | 44/04/30 | Midway - training with student officers | 66 | ||
| 44/05/04 | 44/06 | patro02: S of Formosa - wolfpack with Peto, Perch II | 66 | ||
| 44/05/20 | patro02: damaged by depth charges in Luzon Strait (19-00N, 120-45E) | 85 | |||
| 44/05/22 | patro02: sinking PR Hashidate and damaged AK Tsukauba M. (3172 BRT) off Pratas Is. (21-08N, 117-20E) | 66 85 | |||
| 44/06/02 | patro02: attacking convoy | 66 | |||
| 44/06/04 | 44/06/14 | patro02: patrol off Nansei Shoto | 66 | ||
| 44/06/16 | 44/06/22 | patro02: sail back to Midway | 66 | ||
| 44/06/22 | 44/06/23 | patro02: Midway - refuel | 66 | ||
| 44/06/27 | 44/07/23 | P.H. - refit | 66 | ||
| 44/07/23 | 44/10/03 | Donk's Devils | patro03: Luzon Strait | 81 | |
| 44/08/25 | Donk's Devils | patro03: sinking Kotoku Maru (1943 BRT) from convoy W of Babuyan Channel (18-46N, 120-46E) | 66 85 | ||
| 44/08/25 | Donk's Devils | patro03: sinking Junagi 20nm NNE of Cape Bojeador (18-46N, 120-46E) | 66 85 | ||
| 44/09/16 | Donk's Devils | patro03: sinking AK Tokushima Maru (5975 BRT) in Bashi Channel, Luzon Strait (21-27N, 121-35E) | 66 85 | ||
| 44/09/21 | Donk's Devils | patro03: sinking AP Awaji Maru (1948 BRT) 17 nm NE of Cape Bojeador, Luzon (18-43N, 120-53E) | 66 85 | ||
| 44/10/03 | 44/10/27 | Majuro - refit | 66 | ||
| 44/10/27 | 44/12/02 | Loughlin's Loopers | patro04: Yellow Sea & East China Sea | ||
| 44/11/01 | 44/11/02 | Loughlin's Loopers | patro04: Saipan - refuel | 66 | |
| 44/11/17 | Loughlin's Loopers | patro04: sinking LST Majasan M. (9433 BRT), damaging AO Awagawa M. SW of Nagasaki (33-16N, 124-43E) | 66 85 | ||
| 44/11/23 | Loughlin's Loopers | patro04: sinking AK Fukuju Maru (5296) 66 nm SW of Pusan, Korea (34-19N, 128-05E) | 66 85 | ||
| 44/11/23 | Loughlin's Loopers | patro04: sinking AK Shujo M. (6933) 45 nm S of Pusan, Korea (34-19N, 128-58E) | 66 85 | ||
| 44/11/29 | Loughlin's Loopers | patro04: departed patrol area | 66 | ||
| 44/12/02 | 44/12/29 | Guam - refit | 66 | ||
| 44/12/29 | 45/02/15 | 17.21 = Loughlin's Loopers | patro05: Formosa Strait, East China Sea | 66 | |
| 45/01/07 | 17.21 = Loughlin's Loopers | patro05: damaging AO Munikata M. from convoy 28 miles NW of Fukikaku, Formosa (25-42N, 121-08E) | 85 | ||
| 45/01/08 | 17.21 = Loughlin's Loopers | patro05: sinking/share(Barb) AO Hikoshima M. (2854)-convoy off Formosa | 66 | ||
| 45/01/08 | 17.21 = Loughlin's Loopers | patro05: sinking AK Meiho Maru | 66 | ||
| 45/01/08 | 17.21 = Loughlin's Loopers | patro05: damaging AK HisagawaM.(6600 BRT), AO Manju M. (6516 BRT) | 66 | ||
| 45/01/1? | 45/02 | 17.21 = Loughlin's Loopers | patro05: lifeguard duty off Formosa | 66 | |
| 45/01/29 | 17.21 = Loughlin's Loopers | patro05: sinking AK Clyde Maru (5497 BRT) from convoy 50 nm NW of Keelung, Formosa (25-20N, 121-06E) | 66 85 | ||
| 45/02/05 | 45/02/06 | 17.21 = Loughlin's Loopers | patro05: Saipan - refuel | 66 | |
| 45/02/15 | 45/03/15 | P.H. - refit | 66 | ||
| 45/03/15 | 45/05/10 | patro06: China coast - lifeguard duty | 66 | ||
| 45/03/2? | 45/03/29 | patro06: Guam - refuel | 66 | ||
| 45/04/02 | patro06: arrived patrol area | 66 | |||
| 45/05/06 | patro06: recieved rescued 5 USAF airmens from Scabbardfish | 66 | |||
| 45/05/10 | 45/05/11 | Saipan - refuel, debark rescued arimens, voyage repairs (AS-18 Orion) | 66 | ||
| 45/05/11 | 45/06/22 | sail from Saipan to P.H. > San Francisco > Portsmouth | 66 | ||
| 45/06/1? | leftPac - Panama Canal - en route to Portsmouth | 66 | |||