SS-389 Piranha
United States Navy submarine
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Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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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:
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From | Till | Operation | Force | Action | Source |
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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  |