The U.S. SUBMARINE WAR
  in the PACIFIC  1941 - 1945
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 World War II U.S. Submarine Minelaying Missions
 The U.S. Silent Service in WWII  ( Pacific Theater 1941 - 1945 )
Special operations conducted by U.S. submarines to mine
Japanese harbors and merchant shipping lanes

 

SUBMARINE CO DATE LOCATION
USS Whale  J.B. Azer Oct 1942 Hino Misaki, Honshu
USS Thresher W.J. Millican Oct 1942 N. Gulf of Siam
USS Gar D. MacGregor Oct 1942 N. Gulf of Siam
USS Grenadier B.L. Carr Oct 1942 Tonkin Gulf
USS Tambor S.H. Ambruster Nov 1942 Tonkin Gulf
USS Tautog J. Willingham Nov 1942 Cape Padaran, French Indo-China
USS Sunfish R.W. Peterson Dec 1942 Isemi Umi
USS Drum B.F. McMahon Dec 1942 Bungo Suido
USS Trigger R.S. Benson Dec 1942 Inubo Zaki
USS Tautog W.B. Sieglaff Mar 1943 Coast of Borneo
USS Trout L.P. Ramage Apr 1943 Sarawak, Borneo
USS Stingray O.J. Earle Apr 1943 Wenchow
USS Snook C.O. Triebel Apr 1943 Saddle Island, China
USS Scorpion W.N. Wylie Apr 1943 Kashima Nada
USS Runner F.W. Fenno Apr 1943 Hong Kong
USS Steelhead D.L. Whelchel May 1943 Erimo Saki
USS Silversides C.C. Burlingame Jun 1943 Steffan Strait, New Hanover Isle
USS Kingfish V.L. Lawrence Oct 1943 Celebes
USS Pompon E.C. Hawk Dec 1943 Cochin, China
USS Cabrilla D. T. Hammond Dec 1943 Coast of Cambodia
USS Bluefish G.E. Porter Jan 1944 Coast of Malaya
USS Rasher W.R. Langdon Jan 1944 Cochin, China
USS Crevalle H.G. Munson Jan 1944 East of Siagon
USS Bowfin W.T. Griffith Jan 1944 SW coast of Borneo
USS Ray B.J. Harral Feb 1944 Saigon
USS Redfin M.H. Austin Apr 1944 Sarawak, Borneo
USS Redfin M.H. Austin Aug 1944 Sarawak, Borneo
USS Pargo D.B. Bell Sep 1944 Natuna Island - S. China Sea
USS Gurnard N.D. Gage Nov 1944 Sarawak, Borneo
USS Dace O.R. Cole, Jr. Dec 1944 French Indo-China Coast
USS Hardhead F.A. Greenup Apr 1945 Cape Kamao, Cochin China
USS Charr F.D. Boyle Apr 1945 Malay Peninsula
USS Guitarro T.B. Dabney Apr 1945 Berhala Isle, off NE coast of Sumatra
USS Bream J.L. McCallum May 1945 French Indo-China coast
USS Runner R.H. Bass Jul 1945 Located minefield - E. Honshu coast
USS Redfin C.K. Miller Jul 1945 Located minefield - S. Honshu coast
USS Catfish W.A. Overton Aug 1945 Located minefield - E Kyushu coast
USS Redfin C.K. Miller Aug 1945 Located minefield - SW Kyushu coast

 

 

  RESOURCE NOTES:
Product photo
United States Submarine Operations in World War II
By Theodore Roscoe
United States Naval Institute
George Banta Company Inc Copyright 1949
Product photo Silent Victory: The U.S. Submarine War Against Japan
By Clay Blair
J.B. Lippincott Company
Copyright 1975
Product photo Subs Against the Rising Sun:
U.S. Submarines in the Pacific
By Keith H. Milton
Yucca Free Press
Copyright 2000
  U. S. Submarines in World War II:
An Illustrated History of the Pacific
By Larry Kimmett & Margaret Regis
Navigator Publishing
Copyright 191996
 
   

 
 
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