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SS-413 Spot
United States Navy submarine
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Balao 1943/08/24
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, Cal.
1944/05/19 1944/08/03 1962/01/12
sold
Namesake: A small sciaenoid food fish of the Atlantic coast, with a black spot behind its shoulders.
TTD differences from class:
Camouflage:


WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
44/11/14 44/12/04     P.H.   66 
44/12       Majuro   66 
44/12/04 45/01   Post's Panzers patro01: wolfpack with Icefish and Balao   66  81 
44/12/04 44/12/15   Post's Panzers patro01: sail from P.H. to Saipan - with Balao, Icefish (joined en rou   66 
44/12/15 44/12/17   Post's Panzers patro01: Saipan   66 
45/01/07     Post's Panzers patro01: sinking (guns) PG Niciei Maru #2 in Inland Sea (31-20N, 123-40E)   66  85 
45/01/11     Post's Panzers patro01: sinking (guns) small AK   66 
45/01/13     Post's Panzers patro01: sinking (guns) 2 trawlers off Shanghai   66 
45/01/18 45/01/19   Post's Panzers patro01: damaging AK & AO off Elliott Islands   66 
45/01/19     Post's Panzers patro01: sinking AK Usa Maru (39-07N, 122-51E)   85 
45/01/20     Post's Panzers patro01: sinking fishing boat Tokiwa Maru (34-45N, 124-10E)   85 
45/01/30 45/02/24     Midway - refit   66 
45/02/24 45/04   Post's Panzers patro02: Formosa Strait   81 
45/03/17     Post's Panzers patro02: sinking AP Nanking Maru (3005 BRT) from convoy TAMO-49 off Jushijama (25-28N, 120-10E)   66  83  85
45/03/17     Post's Panzers patro02: sinking/share(USN planes) AK Iokmasan M.(3173) (25-34N, 120-01E)   66  83  85
45/03/23     Post's Panzers patro02: Saipan - reload  
45/03/31     Post's Panzers patro02: shelled by Case   66 
45/04/0?     Post's Panzers patro02: Kii Suido   66 
45/04/25     Post's Panzers patro02: shell oil storage area at Kokuzan To   66 
45/05/04 45/06/02     Saipan or Guam - refit   66 
45/06/02 45/07/29     patro03: Honshu - lifeguard duty, East China Sea, Yellow Sea   66 
45/06/1? 45/06/23     patro03: Honshu   66 
45/06/23 45/07/1?     patro03: East China Sea, Yellow Sea   66 
45/07/18 45/07/19     Saipan - refuel   66 
45/07/29 45/08/27     PHNY - overhaul   66 
45/08/27 45/09/03     sail from P.H. to San Diego   66 

Ship status, hull number changes...: 1975/08/01 struck from Navy List
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 1/3005
Notice: sold to Chile > SS-21 Simpson