SS-404 Spikefish
United States Navy submarine
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Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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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:
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From | Till | Operation | Force | Action | Source |
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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  |