![]() ![]() On her fifth war patrol (19 March – 6 June 1943), she landed an Australian Intelligence party at Toep, Bougainville, 29 March 1943, and evacuated 27 children, nine mothers, and three nuns, transferring them 31 March to the submarine chaser SC-531 off Ramos, Florida Island. This patrol terminated at Brisbane, Australia, 23 December 1942.įourth and fifth war patrols, January – June 1943 ĭuring her fourth war patrol (13 January 1943 – 26 February 1943), Gato torpedoed and sank transport Kenkon Maru 21 January cargo ship Nichiun Maru on 29 January and cargo ship Suruya Maru on 15 February-all off New Georgia, Solomon Islands. Her third patrol (4 September – 23 December 1942) included operations off Kiska then she steamed via Midway and Pearl Harbor to Truk atoll, where her attack 6 December on a convoy was broken off by aerial bombs and a severe depth charge attack by three destroyers. She obtained four torpedo hits with unconfirmed damage to a ship 15 August 1942, and terminated her patrol at Dutch Harbor, Alaska. On her second war patrol (2 July – 29 August 1942), she patrolled east of the Kurile Islands toward the Aleutian chain. Second and third war patrols, July – December 1942 On she was ordered to patrol the western approaches to Midway Atoll in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, taking station 280 nautical miles (519 km 322 mi) westward during the Battle of Midway of 3–7 June 1942. On her first war patrol from Pearl Harbor (20 April – 10 June 1942), Gato unsuccessfully attacked a converted aircraft carrier 3 May before being driven away by the fierce depth charging of four destroyers off the Marshall Islands. She subsequently proceeded to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.įirst war patrol, April – June 1942 Īfter repairs at Mare Island Navy Yard at Mare Island, California, Gato was ready for sea again on 27 March 1942. Navy blimp and a submarine of World War II. It was the only friendly fire incident between a U.S. She suffered extensive damage but no casualties. The first two depth charges landed within 50 yards (46 m) of her periscope and the second pair exploded as she dived to a depth of 120 feet (37 m). Navy TC-class blimp TC-13 mistook her for a Japanese submarine and attacked her with four 325-pound (147 kg) depth charges. She was at periscope depth while conducting a trim dive in the Pacific Ocean off the entrance to San Francisco Bay on 23 March 1942 when the U.S. Ingersoll, and commissioned 31 December 1941.Īfter shakedown at New London, Connecticut, Gato departed 16 February 1942 via the Panama Canal for San Francisco, California, where she underwent additional training. ![]() Louise Ingersoll, wife of Admiral Royal E. She was launched 21 August 1941, sponsored by Mrs. Gato′s keel was laid down 5 October 1940 by the Electric Boat Company of Groton, Connecticut. She survived the war and spent the post-war period as a training ship before being sold for scrapping in 1960. She was commissioned only days after the declaration of war and made thirteen combat patrols during World War II. She was the first Navy ship named for the common name used for a number of species of catshark. USS Gato (SS-212) was the lead ship of her class of submarine in the United States Navy. 48 hours at 2 knots (4 km/h) submerged.4 × high-speed General Electric electric motors with reduction gears ġ1,000 nm (20,000 km) surfaced at 10 knots (19 km/h).4 × General Motors Model 16-248 V16 Diesel engines driving electric generators. ![]() USS Gato (SS-212) off Mare Island Navy Yard on 29 November 1944Įlectric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut ![]()
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