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SS-388 Pipefish
United States Navy submarine
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| Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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| Balao | 1943/05/31 Portsmouth Naval Shipyard | 1943/10/12 | 1944/01/22 | 1969/01/20
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| Namesake: A long, narrow fish with straight, tubular snout; bony scaled; has extraordinary powers of concealment in vegetation; found in Panama. | |||||
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WW II combat actions:
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| From | Till | Operation | Force | Action | Source |
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| 44/04/1? | joinPac | ||||
| 44/05/03 | 44/05/24 | P.H. | 66 | ||
| 44/05/24 | 44/07/16 | King2 | 17 | patro01: S of San Bernardino Strait - lifeguard duty | 86 66 |
| 44/06/12 | patro01: rescued pilot | 66 | |||
| 44/06/17 | patro01: ordered to atack convoy S of San Bernardino Strait | ||||
| 44/07/16 | 44/08/06 | Majuro - refit | 66 | ||
| 44/08/06 | 44/09/27 | patro02: SE of Honshu | 66 | ||
| 44/09/12 | patro02: sinking auxiliary Hakutesu Maru #7 (1018 BRT) off Shiono Misaki, Honshu (33-32N, 135-56E) | 66 85 | |||
| 44/09/18 | patro02: damaging AP Rokko Maru off Honshu | 85 | |||
| 44/09/27 | 44/10/28 | P.H. - refit | 66 | ||
| 44/10/28 | 45/01/06 | wolfpack Fennomints | patro03: Hainan < > Formosa | 81 | |
| 44/11/03 | wolfpack Fennomints | patro03: emergency case of appendicitis > sail back to Saipan | 81 | ||
| 44/11/30 | wolfpack Fennomints | patro03: damaged by aerial bomb off Hainan Is. (18-07N, 111-35E) | 85 | ||
| 44/12/03 | wolfpack Fennomints | patro03: sinking corvette #64 from convoy 135 nm ENE of S tip of Hainan Is. (18-36N, 111-54E) | 66 85 | ||
| 44/12/14 | wolfpack Fennomints | patro03: hunting freighter off Hainan | 81 | ||
| 45/01/06 | 45/01/31 | Majuro - refit | 66 | ||
| 45/01/31 | 45/03/26 | patro04: Nansei Shoto - lifeguard duty | 66 | ||
| 45/03/26 | 45/04/28 | P.H. - refit | 66 | ||
| 45/04/28 | 45/06/16 | patro05: Honshu & Nanpo Shoto - lifeguard duty | 66 | ||
| 45/05/26 | 45/06/10 | patro05: rescued 8 aviators | 66 | ||
| 45/06/16 | 45/07/15 | Midway - refit | 66 | ||
| 45/07/15 | 45/08/28 | patro06: Nanpo Shoto & E of Kjushu - lifeguard duty | 66 | ||
| 45/08/28 | P.H. | 66 | |||