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SS-404 Spikefish
United States Navy submarine
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Balao 1944/01/29
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
1944/04/26 1944/06/30 1964/08
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Namesake: A name given to the marlins or spearfish in the family Istiophridae. Spikefish is usually applied to the striped marlin in the Pacific off the west coast of the United States.
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WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
44/10/1?       joinPac - Panama Canal   66 
44/10/23 44/11/15     P.H.   66 
44/11/15 45/01/01     patro01: Sea of Okhotsk, Kuriles   66 
45/01/01 45/01/26     Midway - refit   66 
45/01/26 45/03/19     patro02: Rjukjus   66 
45/02/24       patro02: attacking 6-ship convoy   66 
45/03/05       patro02: attacking convoy   66 
45/03/19 45/04/2?     P.H. - refit   66 
45/04/2? 45/06     patro03: Yellow Sea, East China Sea (with Shad, Dragonet, Balao)   66 
45/05/03       patro03: Guam - refuel   66 
45/05/14       patro03: attacking ship   66 
45/05/29       patro03: shifted to Sakishima Gunto for lifeguard duty   66 
45/06/02 45/06/13     patro03: sail to Guam   81  66 
45/06/05       patro03: shell Miyara airstrip on Ishigaki Jima   66 
45/06/07       patro03: rescued pilot from Sargent Bay   66 
45/06/13 45/07/08     Guam - refit   66 
45/07/08 45/08/21   Texas League patro04: Yellow Sea, lifeguard duty off Shanghai   66 
45/07/24     Texas League patro04: shell Surveyor Is.   66 
45/08/11     Texas League patro04: sinking (guns) small ship   66 
45/08/14     Texas League patro04: sinking I-373 190 nm SE of Shanghai (29-02N, 123-53E)   85 
45/08/2? 45/09/06     P.H.   66 
45/08/21       Saipan   66 

Ship status, hull number changes...: 1963/05/01 struck from Navy List
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 3 Battle Stars, 4 patrols; I-373
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