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'''USS ''Pipefish'' (SS-388/AGSS-388)''', a [[Balao class submarine|''Balao''-class submarine]] |
'''USS ''Pipefish'' (SS-388/AGSS-388)''', a [[Balao class submarine|''Balao''-class submarine]] in service with the [[United States Navy]] from 1944 to 1946. She was sold for scrap in 1969. |
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==Construction and commissioning== |
==Construction and commissioning== |
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''Pipefish'' was laid down on 31 May 1943 by the [[Portsmouth Navy Yard]]. She was [[ship naming and launching|launched]] on 12 October 1943 sponsored by Mrs. George J. Bates, and [[ship commissioning|commissioned]] on 22 January 1944. |
''Pipefish'' was laid down on 31 May 1943 by the [[Portsmouth Navy Yard]]. She was [[ship naming and launching|launched]] on 12 October 1943 sponsored by Mrs. George J. Bates, and [[ship commissioning|commissioned]] on 22 January 1944. She was the only ship of the [[United States Navy]] to be named for the [[pipefish]] |
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==Service history== |
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Revision as of 21:27, 28 May 2024
USS Pipefish (SS-388) in 1946
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History | |
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United States | |
Builder | Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine[2] |
Laid down | 31 May 1943[2] |
Launched | 12 October 1943[1] |
Sponsored by | Mrs. George J. Bates |
Commissioned | 22 January 1944[2] |
Decommissioned | 19 March 1946[2] |
Reclassified | AGSS-388, 1 December 1962 |
Stricken | 1 March 1967[2] |
Fate | Sold for scrap on 4 February 1969[2] |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Balao-class diesel-electric submarine[1] |
Displacement | 1,526 tons (1,550 t) surfaced,[1] 2,391 tons (2,429 t) submerged[1] |
Length | 311 ft 6 in (94.95 m) [1] |
Beam | 27 ft 3 in (8.31 m) [1] |
Draft | 16 ft 10 in (5.13 m) maximum[1] |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 20.25 kn (37.50 km/h) surfaced,[3] 8.75 kn (16.21 km/h) submerged[3] |
Range | 11,000 nmi (20,000 km) @ 10 kn (19 km/h) surfaced[3] |
Endurance | 48 hours @ 2 kn (3.7 km/h) submerged,[3] 75 days on patrol |
Test depth | 400 ft (120 m)[3] |
Complement | 10 officers, 70–71 enlisted[3] |
Armament |
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USS Pipefish (SS-388/AGSS-388), a Balao-class submarine in service with the United States Navy from 1944 to 1946. She was sold for scrap in 1969.
Construction and commissioning
Pipefish was laid down on 31 May 1943 by the Portsmouth Navy Yard. She was launched on 12 October 1943 sponsored by Mrs. George J. Bates, and commissioned on 22 January 1944. She was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the pipefish
Service history
Following training off the East Coast, Pipefish proceeded via the Panama Canal to Pearl Harbor, where she arrived on 3 May 1944.
On her first war patrol - 24 May-16 July - Pipefish cruised west of the Mariana Islands, as a rescue submarine for pre-invasion carrier strikes on Saipan, saving one pilot on 12 June. She also cruised in the Surigao Straits to block Japanese escape from the Battle of the Philippine Sea. She moored at Majuro on 16 July.
On her second war patrol - 6 August-27 September - she patrolled off the southeastern coast of Honshū, Japan. Pipefish sank Hakutetsu Maru Number Seven on 12 September. While evading escorts after that attack, she struck bottom four times. She returned to Pearl Harbor on 27 September.
On her third war patrol - 28 October 1944 – 6 January 1945, Pipefish roamed southwest of Taiwan and off the east coast of Hainan Island, China, operating with Pampanito, Sea Cat, and Searaven. On 30 November Pipefish was damaged from an air attack but remained on patrol in the South China Sea.[7] Attacking a convoy, Pipefish sank Coastal Defense Vessel Number 64 on 3 December. She arrived at Majuro on 6 January.
On her fourth war patrol - 31 January to 26 March - Pipefish provided rescue capability for downed aviators in the Nansei Shoto area.
During her fifth war patrol - 28 April to 16 June - she performed lifeguard duty for B-29 Superfortress aviators off Honshū, and in the Nanpō Islands area. Pipefish saved eight aviators on 26 May, 29 May, and 10 June. She moored at Midway Island on 16 June.
Her sixth war patrol - 15 July-28 August - called for lifeguard duty in the Nanpō Islands area and off the east coast of Kyūshū. On patrol she destroyed eight naval mines. Following termination of hostilities with Japan she arrived at Pearl Harbor on 28 August, and then proceeded to the West Coast.
Pipefish decommissioned on 19 March 1946, and joined the Pacific Reserve Fleet. She was redesignated AGSS-388 on 1 December 1962. She was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 1 March 1967 and sold on 20 January 1969.
Awards
Pipefish received four battle stars for her World War II service.
References
- ^ a b c d e f g Bauer, K. Jack; Roberts, Stephen S. (1991). Register of Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1775-1990: Major Combatants. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. pp. 275–280. ISBN 0-313-26202-0.
- ^ a b c d e f Friedman, Norman (1995). U.S. Submarines Through 1945: An Illustrated Design History. Annapolis, Maryland: United States Naval Institute. pp. 285–304. ISBN 1-55750-263-3.
- ^ a b c d e f U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 305-311
- ^ a b c d e Bauer, K. Jack; Roberts, Stephen S. (1991). Register of Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1775–1990: Major Combatants. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. pp. 275–280. ISBN 978-0-313-26202-9.
- ^ U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 261–263
- ^ a b c U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 305–311
- ^ Cressman, Robert (2000). "Chapter VI: 1944". The official chronology of the U.S. Navy in World War II. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-1-55750-149-3. OCLC 41977179. Retrieved 2007-11-29.
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
External links
- Photo gallery of Pipefish at NavSource Naval History