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SS-387 Pintado
United States Navy submarine
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Balao 1943/05/07
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
1943/09/15 1944/01/01 1969/01/20
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Namesake: A large mackerel-like fish, whose elongated spots suggested the Spanish word meaning painted as it is named, found along the Florida coast and in the West Indies.
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WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
44/04/1?       joinPac  
44/04/23 44/05/16     P.H.   66 
44/05/16 44/07/01 Forage 17.12 patro01: W off Marianas, S of Formosa   86  66 
44/05/20 44/05/21 Forage 17.12 patro01: Midway - refuel   66 
44/05/29   Forage 17.12 patro01: N of Marianas  
44/06/01   Forage 17.12 patro01: sinking Toho Maru (4716 BRT), damaging AP Kinshu Maru 250 nm NW of Saipan (18-08N, 141-14E)   86  85 
44/06/06   Forage 17.12 patro01: sinking AK Kashimasan M./2825, AP Havre M./5652 WNW of Marianas (16-28N, 142-16E)   86  85 
44/06/07   Forage 17.12 patro01: hunting rest of convoy N of Marianas  
44/07/01 44/07/2?     Majuro - refit   66 
44/07/2? 44/09/14     patro02: East China Sea, lifeguard off Japan   66 
44/08/06       patro02: sinking AK Shonan Maru (5401 BRT) SW of Kjushu (30-53N, 129-45E)   86 
44/08/06       patro02: damaging escort Etoforu E of Kusagaki Jima (30-51N, 129-26E)   85 
44/08/2? 44/09/01     patro02: lifeguard off Japan   66 
44/08/22       patro02: sinking AO Tonan Maru #2 (19262 BRT) 200 nm ESE of Shanghai (29-52N, 125-22E)   86  66 
44/09/14 44/10/09     P.H. - refit   66 
44/10/09 45/01/01 King2 17/Clarey Crushers patro03: South China Sea   66 
44/11/03   King2 17/Clarey Crushers patro03: sinking Akikaze 160 nm W of Lingayen Gulf (16-48N, 117-17E)   66  85 
44/11/14   King2 17/Clarey Crushers patro03: attacking convoy  
44/11/14 44/11/19 King2 17/Clarey Crushers patro03: escort damaged Halibut to Saipan  
44/11/19 44/11/26?     patro03: Saipan   66 
44/12       patro03: S of Takao   66 
44/12/13       patro03: sinking APs T-12,T-104 125 nm WNW of Cape Bojeador, Luzon (20-34N, 118-45E)   85 
45/01/01 45/01/27     Brisbane - refit   66 
45/01/27 45/03/30     patro04: Singapore, Saigon   66 
45/02/20       patro04: damaged by aerial bomb in Gulf of Siam (07-25N, 111-56E)   66  85 
45/03/30 45/06/01     Fremantle, P.H. - refit   66 
45/06/01 45/07/10     patro05: Honshu - lifeguard   66 
45/06/26       patro05: rescued B-29 crew   66 
45/07/10 45/08/07     Apra Harbor, Guam - refit   66 
45/08/07 45/08/25     patro06: Tokio Bay - lifeguard duty   66 
45/08/25 45/08/2?     P.H.   66 

Ship status, hull number changes...: 1962/12/01 > AGSS-387, 1967/03/01 struck from Navy List
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 6 patrols, PUC (patrols 1-3); 7/40206, Akikaze
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