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U.S.S. CATFISH
(SS-339)CATBOAT
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USS CATFISH (SS-339) - a Balao class submarine
In Commission 1945 to 1971SS-339 Deployments - Major Events
Add a SS-339 Shellback Initiation | Add a SS-339 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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JAN | 1944 | - | Keel Date: 6 JAN 1944 at Electric Boat Company Groton CT | ||
NOV | 1944 | - | Launch Date: 19 NOV 1944 | ||
MAR | 1945 | - | Commissioned: 19 MAR 1945 | ||
JUL | 1947 | - | Shellback Initiation - 21 JUL 1947 - Pacific Ocean | ||
FEB | 1949 | - | OCT | 1949 | operation Miki |
JAN | 1962 | - | JUL | 1962 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JAN | 1966 | - | DEC | 1967 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JAN | 1967 | - | OCT | 1967 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JUN | 1967 | - | JUL | 1967 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
MAR | 1970 | - | SEP | 1970 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JUL | 1971 | - | Decommissioned: 1 JUL 1971 |
SS-339 General Specifications
Class: Balao class submarine
Complement: 10 Officers and 70 Enlisted
Displacement: 1526 tons
Length: 311 feet 9 inches
Beam: 27 feet 3 inches
Draft: 16 feet 10 in
Range: 11 000 Nautical Miles
Final Disposition: Transferred to Argentina 1 July 1971
USS CATFISH (SS-339)
Catfish (SS-339) was launched 19 November 1944 by Electric Boat Co. Groton Conn.; sponsored by Mrs. J. J. Crowley; and commissioned 19 March 1945 Lieutenant Commander W. A. Overton USNR in command.
Catfish sailed from New London 4 May 1945 for Pearl Harbor arriving 29 June. After training and the installation of new equipment she proceeded to Guam for special training then departed 8 August for her first war patrol a special mission to locate a minefield off Kyushu. When the cease-fire order was given 15 August she was ordered to the Yellow Sea for surface patrol and lifeguard duty. She returned to Guam 4 September thence to the west coast arriving at Seattle 29 September.
Based at San Diego Catfish operated locally on the west coast and made two cruises to the Far East during which she conducted simulated war patrols and provided services to the 7th Fleet.
Catfish was extensively modernized (August 1948 - May 1949) giving her greater submerged speed and endurance. She was on another Far Eastern cruise when war broke out in Korea in which area she made a reconnaissance patrol in support of the United Nations forces. Catfish returned to the "States" 20 October 1950 and was based at San Diego. Since that time the submarine has carried out training exercises with Naval Reservists off the west coast operated with Canadian forces in joint antisubmarine warfare exercises and made several cruises to the Far East. Catfish has continued this employment through 1963.
Catfish received one battle star for
World War II service.
[Note: The above USS CATFISH (SS-339) history may or may not contain text provided by crew members of the USS CATFISH (SS-339) or by other non-crew members and text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]