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U.S.S. COBBLER
(SS-344)AUDENTES FORTUNA JUVAT
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USS COBBLER (SS-344) - a Balao class submarine
In Commission 1945 to 1973SS-344 Deployments - Major Events
Add a SS-344 Shellback Initiation | Add a SS-344 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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APR | 1944 | - | Keel Date: 3 APR 1944 at Electric Boat Company Groton CT | ||
APR | 1945 | - | Launch Date: 1 APR 1945 | ||
AUG | 1945 | - | Commissioned: 8 AUG 1945 | ||
JAN | 1958 | - | APR | 1958 | Mediterranean |
MAY | 1959 | - | Shellback Initiation - 30 MAY 1959 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
JAN | 1960 | - | JAN | 1963 | Guantanamo Bay |
OCT | 1961 | - | DEC | 1961 | Guantanamo Bay |
JAN | 1962 | - | OCT | 1962 | Regular Overhaul |
JAN | 1963 | - | APR | 1963 | Mediterranean |
SEP | 1967 | - | NOV | 1967 | Regular Overhaul |
FEB | 1971 | - | AUG | 1971 | Mediterranean |
APR | 1972 | - | DEC | 1972 | Mediterranean |
APR | 1972 | - | DEC | 1972 | Mediterranean |
APR | 1972 | - | DEC | 1973 | Mediterranean |
NOV | 1973 | - | Decommissioned: 28 NOV 1973 |
SS-344 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 Turkey 21 November 1973
USS COBBLER (SS-344)
Cobbler (SS-344) was launched 1 April 1945 by Electric Boat Co. Groton Conn.; sponsored by Mrs. J. B. Rutter; commissioned 8 August 1945 Commander J. B. Grady in command.
Cobbler arrived at Key West 11 January 1946 for operations locally and in the Caribbean for exercises and training until 27 November 1948. She then sailed for Groton arriving 1 December to be modernized. Conversion completed 17 August 1949 she departed Groton 24 August for Norfolk her home port from the time of her arrival 27 August. She conducted operations in Florida and Caribbean waters and along the east coast visiting Quebec 10 to 14 September 1953 and returning to Norfolk 19 September. On 27 March 1954 she cleared Norfolk for 3 weeks of operations under the control of the Operational Development Force cruising with units of the Canadian navy and air force from Bermuda to Nova Scotia.
Her operations in the Caribbean and off the east
coast continued
until 6 January 1958
when she departed Norfolk for
a tour of duty in the Mediterranean
returning 18 April. She resumed
operations off the east coast
cruising to Bermuda in June 1958
and
to Quebec with midshipmen embarked in July 1959. From 9 September
1959 through 1960 she was assigned to the Atlantic Fleet's
Antisubmarine Development Force.
[Note: The above USS COBBLER (SS-344) history may or may not contain text provided by crew members of the USS COBBLER (SS-344) or by other non-crew members and text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]