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SS-389 Piranha
United States Navy submarine
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Balao 1943/06/21
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
1943/10/27 1944/02/05 1970/08
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Namesake: The most ferocious of freshwater fishes, found in the Amazon and Orinoco river systems
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WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
44/05/0?       joinPac  
44/05/18 44/06/14     P.H.   66 
44/06/14 44/08/08 Forage 17.16/Mickey's Finns patro01: Luzon Strait  
44/07/12   Forage 17.16/Mickey's Finns patro01: sinking AK Nichiran M. (6504 BRT) from convoy N of Luzon (18-50N, 122-40E)   81  66  85
44/07/16 44/07/17 Forage 17.16/Mickey's Finns patro01: sinking AP Seattle M. (5773 BRT) from convoy in Luzon Strait (19-17N, 120-15E)   85 
44/08/08 44/08/30     Majuro - refit   66 
44/08/30 44/10/23     patro02: Palaus   66 
44/09/0? 44/09/25 Stale2 17/ZOO patro02: Palaus   66 
44/10/09       patro02: sinking patrol   66 
44/10/23 44/11/19     P.H. - refit   66 
44/11/19 45/01/13     patro03: East China Sea - lifeguard duty - with Sea Owl, Sea Poacher   66 
45/01/08       patro03: damaging AN Shinto Maru #2 in Nansei Shoto (29-55N, 130-05E)   66  85 
45/01/13 45/02/11     Guam - refit   66 
45/02/11 45/04/21     patro04: Luzon - Formosa - Hong Kong lanes   66 
45/02/27       patro04: sinking junk   66 
45/03/26       patro04: shell Pratas Is.   66 
45/04     Bennet's Blazers patro04: off Marshals   81 
45/04/21 45/05/17     Midway - refit   66 
45/05/17 45/07/10     patro05: Marcus Is. (lifeguard duty) > refuel at Saipan > Honshu   66 
45/05/22 45/05/31     patro05: lifeguard off Marcus Is.   66 
45/06/14       patro05: damaging AK   66 
45/06/16       patro05: sinking AK Eiso Maru (6890 BRT) off Ofune, Kameda-hanto, Hokkaido (41-57N, 140-56E)   86  85 
45/06/21       patro05: sinking AK Shirogane Maru 17 nm NE of Kamaishi, Honshu (39-28N, 142-10E)   85 
45/06/22       patro05: damaging corv. #196 12 nm SE of Mijako, Honshu (39-32N, 142-11E)   85 
45/06/23       patro05: sinking (guns) 2 trawlers   66 
45/07/10 45/08/14     P.H. - refit   66 
45/08/14 45/08/15     patro06   66 

Ship status, hull number changes...: 1962/11/06 AGSS-389, 1967/03/01 struck from Navy List
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 5 Battle Stars, 6 patrols; 2/12277
Notice: conning tower is preserved at the Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz Memorial Naval Museum at Fredericksburg, Tex.