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SS-398 Segundo
United States Navy submarine
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Balao 1943/10/14
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
1944/02/05 1944/05/09 1970/08
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Namesake: A Cavalla fish of Caribbean waters.
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WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
44/07/09       joinPac - Panama Canal   66 
44/07/25 44/08/21     P.H.   66 
44/08/21 44/10/21 Stale2 17/ZOO/Bears patro01: Philippines near Surigao Strait   66 
44/10/21 44/11/16     Majuro - refit   66 
44/11/16 45/01/05   Roy's Rangers patro02: Luzon Strait - wolfpack with Razorback, Trepang   66 
44/12/06     Roy's Rangers patro02: damaging AK Kanjo M., Jasukuni M., Shinfuku M. - convoy W of Dalupiri Is. (18-57N, 120-58E)   66  85 
45/01/05 45/02/01     Guam - refit (AS-25 Apollo)   66 
45/02/01 45/03/26     patro03: East China Sea - wolfpack with Razorback, Sea Cat   66 
45/03/06       patro03: attacking small ship   66 
45/03/10       patro03: attacking medium ship   66 
45/03/11       patro03: sinking AK Shori Maru off Shori Is., S. Korea (34-25N, 127-54E)   66  85 
45/03/26 45/04/2?     P.H. - refit   66 
45/04/2? 45/07/0?     patro04: lifeguard duty, then East China Sea   66 
45/05/16       patro04: released from lifeguard duty, transferred to East China Sea   66 
45/05/29       patro04: sinking (guns) 7 schooners   66 
45/05/31       patro04: sinking ship (1250 BRT)   66 
45/06/03       patro04: sinking (guns) s/s Anto Maru #94 off Jinsen, Korea (36-41N, 125-23E)   66  85 
45/06/09       patro04: sinking (guns) 2 patrols   66 
45/06/11       patro04: sinking AK Fukui Maru #2 off Shantung peninsula, Yellow Sea (37-11N, 123-23N)   66  85 
45/07/0? 45/08/10     Midway - refit   66 
45/08/10 45/08/31     patro05: Okhotsk Sea   66 
45/08/24       patro05: ordered to proceed to Tokio Bay   66 
45/08/31       patro05: accepted I-401 surrender in entrance to Tokio Bay   66  85 
45/08/31 45/09/03     Sagami Wan   66 
45/09/02       Tokio Bay - surrender ceremony   81 

Ship status, hull number changes...: 1970/08/08 struck from Navy List
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 4 Battle Stars, 5 patrols; 2/4555
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