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SS-406 Sea Poacher
United States Navy submarine
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Balao 1944/02/23
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
1944/05/20 1944/07/31 1974/07/01
sold
Namesake: "broník hranatý" - A slender, mailed fish of the North Atlantic.
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Camouflage:


WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
44/10/1?       joinPac - Panama Canal   66 
44/10/25 44/11     P.H.   66 
44/11 45/01     patro01: East China Sea - wolfpack with Sea Owl, Piranha   66 
45/02??? 45/03???   Clyde's Cannibals patro02: South China Sea (wolfpack with Plaice, Scabbardfish)   66 
45/04??? 45/06???     patro03: Kuriles - sinking trawler   66 
45/05/15       patro03: sinking army luggers Ume M. #56 and Fukumo M. in Etoforu Strait, Kuriles (45-29N, 149-01E)   85 
45/06 45/08/1?     patro04: Tokio area - wolfpack (Carp, Moray, Angler, Cero, Lapon)   66 
45/07/23       patro04: sinking guardboat Kiri Maru #2 between Onoosaki ans Shojasaki (37-16N, 141-04E)   85 
45/08/01       patro04: shell boat sheds and boats (with Angler & Thornback)   66 
45/08/1? 45/09??     P.H.  

Ship status, hull number changes...: 1969/11/01 > AGSS-406, 1973/08/15 struck from Navy List
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 4 patrols
Notice: sold to Peru > S-49 Pabellon de Pica > La Pedrera