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SS-400 Sea Devil
United States Navy submarine
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| Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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| Balao | 1943/11/18 Portsmouth Naval Shipyard | 1944/02/28 | 1944/05/24 | 1964/11/24
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| Namesake: "rejnok,polorejnok křídlatý" - Manta birostria, the largest of all rays, noted for power and endurance. | |||||
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WW II combat actions:
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| From | Till | Operation | Force | Action | Source |
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| 44/08 | joinPac | ||||
| 44/08/09 | 44/09/03 | SubDiv281 | P.H. - voyage repairs, alternations | 81 | |
| 44/09/03 | 44/10/25 | patro01: S of Honshu | 81 | ||
| 44/09/16 | patro01: sinking/prob I-364 E of Jokosuka (34-30N, 145-23E) | 81 85 | |||
| 44/09/22 | patro01: attacking AK | 66 | |||
| 44/10/25 | 44/11/19 | Majuro - refit (AS Howard F. Gilmore) | 81 | ||
| 44/11/19 | 45/01/11 | patro02: Nensei Shoto | 81 | ||
| 44/12/02 | patro02: attacking convoy MI-29 115 nm SW of Noma Misaki, Kjushu: | 81 85 | |||
| 44/12/02 | patro02: sinking AK Akigawa Maru (6859 BRT), AP/AK Hawaii Maru (30-24N, 128-17E) | 81 85 | |||
| 44/12/08 | wolfpack | patro02: hunting IJN force (Dzunjo, Haruna + 3 DDs) NW of Nagasaki | 99 | ||
| 44/12/08 | patro02: damaging Dzunjo 75 nm SSW of Nagasaki (31-43N, 129-04E) | 85 | |||
| 44/12/29 | patro02: departed for P.H. | 66 | |||
| 45/01/11 | 45/02/07 | P.H. - refit | 81 | ||
| 45/02/07 | 45/04/20 | patro03: Yellow Sea | 81 | ||
| 45/02/07 | 45/02/15 | patro03: sail P.H. > Saipan | 81 | ||
| 45/02/27 | wolfpack | patro03: departed Saipan for Yellow Sea - with Tench, Balao, Grouper | 81 66 | ||
| 45/03/24 | patro03: hunting large AO | 66 | |||
| 45/03/25 | patro03: evading Japan HKG | 66 | |||
| 45/03/29 | patro03: destroy 4 mines | 66 | |||
| 45/04/02 | wolfpack | patro03: attacking convoy TAMO-51 120 nm WSW of Mokpo, Korea: | 81 86 | ||
| 45/04/02 | wolfpack | patro03: sinking Daijo M. (6866 BRT), Nisshin M. (1179 BRT), aux. Edogawawa M. (34-18N, 124-04E) | 81 86 85 | ||
| 45/04/02 | wolfpack | patro03: damaging AK Jamaji Maru (34-02N, 124-00E) | 85 | ||
| 45/04/06 | patro03: en route Midway > diverted to patrol S of Kjushu | 66 | |||
| 45/04/07 | wolfpack | patro03: rescued 3 pilots from Essex S of Japan | 81 | ||
| 45/04/13 | patro03: Saipan | 66 | |||
| 45/04/20 | 45/05/19 | Midway - refit | 81 | ||
| 45/04/30 | Midway - CO changed | 81 | |||
| 45/05/19 | 45/07 | patro04: Yellow Sea, East China Sea - wolfpack with Ronquil, Paddle | 81 66 | ||
| 45/05/28 | 45/05/30 | patro04: Saipan | 66 | ||
| 45/06/06 | patro04: Tokara Kaikyo - entered East China Sea | 66 | |||
| 45/06/08 | patro04: start patrol off Shantung | 66 | |||
| 45/06/14 | patro04: sinking AP Wakamiyasan Maru 150 nm W of Inchon, Korea (37-35N, 123-30E) | 81 85 | |||
| 45/06/21 | patro04: sinking 3 trawlers - take 3 POWs | 81 | |||
| 45/06/27 | patro04: photoreconn. Saishu To and Chiri To | 66 | |||
| 45/06/29 | 45/07/10 | patro04: search and rescue duty in N Rjukjus, Nansei Shoto | 66 | ||
| 45/06/30 | patro04: rescued PBM crew from VH-4 | 66 | |||
| 45/07/1? | 45/08/09 | Apra Harbor, Guam - refit | 81 | ||
| 45/08/09 | 45/09/03 | patro05: Yellow Sea | 81 | ||
| 45/08/15 | patro05: W of Kjushu | 81 | |||
| 45/08/17 | 45/08/28 | patro05: Yellow Sea - destroy 58 drifting mines | 81 | ||
| 45/08/28 | 45/09/03 | patro05: sail from Yellow Sea to Guam, diverted to Subic Bay | 81 | ||