WW2DB site administrators reserve the right to moderate, censor, and/or remove any comment. USS Finback attacked a Japanese convoy off China, firing 9 torpedoes and claiming 3 hits and claiming two sinkings. USS Finback Sept 2, 1944: Ship History Built by Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine. Finally, on November 3, 1942 engaged in a surface engagement with a sampan, sinking it with gunfire then returned on November 20, 1942 to Pearl Harbor. The first Finback (SS-230) was named for the fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus), also known as a finback whale, a species found in all oceans of the world.
Finback departed Pearl Harbor on 31 May 1942, joining the large submarine force that participated in the Battle of Midway. First, it is aiming to offer interesting Do you have photos or additional information to add. USS Finback damaged a fishing trawler with gunfire in the East China Sea. Ship History Third War Patrol On April 14, 1943 ended the patrol at Midway the underwent a refit at Pearl Harbor until early May 1943. USS Finback spotted a Japanese convoy and began to shadow it. George H. W. Bush, USNR, of Torpedo Squadron (VT) 51, who would go on to become the 41st President of the United States. The submarine launched two torpedoes at each of the two largest targets, sinking the Japanese Army transport Teison Maru, then went deep for the inevitable depth charging. After the attack, dove then surfaced finding two destroyers in the area and departed for the coast of China. On 17 January, she engaged a patrol boat in a surface gun duel, leaving the enemy craft abandoned and sinking. Please refrain from using strong language. Both decommissioned and stricken from the Navy list on March 28, 1997, the FINBACK subsequently entered the Navy's Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard at Bremerton, Wash. [6] She died on 13 June 1998.[7]. John A. Tyree, Jr. 23 February 1943, Lt. Cmdr. Eighth War Patrol When she surfaced, she found two destroyers in the area, preventing a further attack. Registration and communicating with shipmates at Hullnumber.com is FREE FOREVER. USS Finback arrived at Majuro, Marshall Islands, ending her ninth war patrol. Laid down February 5, 1941. Shellback Initiation - 22 SEP 1973 - Atlantic Ocean. [4], Ultimately, Admiral James L. Holloway III, Chief of Naval Operations, on 2 October 1975, found the former commander of Finback "guilty of permitting an action, which could have distracted the attention of those responsible for the safe navigation of the nuclear-powered submarine maneuvering in restricted waters." [5], An article in the February 2010 issue of Naval History, published by the United States Naval Institute, Annapolis, Maryland, categorizes this episode as "one of the most notorious incidents in the history of the Navy's nuclear-powered submarine force.
WW2DB site administrators reserve the right to moderate, censor, and/or remove any comment. USS Finback attacked a Japanese convoy off China, firing 9 torpedoes and claiming 3 hits and claiming two sinkings. USS Finback Sept 2, 1944: Ship History Built by Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine. Finally, on November 3, 1942 engaged in a surface engagement with a sampan, sinking it with gunfire then returned on November 20, 1942 to Pearl Harbor. The first Finback (SS-230) was named for the fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus), also known as a finback whale, a species found in all oceans of the world.
Finback departed Pearl Harbor on 31 May 1942, joining the large submarine force that participated in the Battle of Midway. First, it is aiming to offer interesting Do you have photos or additional information to add. USS Finback damaged a fishing trawler with gunfire in the East China Sea. Ship History Third War Patrol On April 14, 1943 ended the patrol at Midway the underwent a refit at Pearl Harbor until early May 1943. USS Finback spotted a Japanese convoy and began to shadow it. George H. W. Bush, USNR, of Torpedo Squadron (VT) 51, who would go on to become the 41st President of the United States. The submarine launched two torpedoes at each of the two largest targets, sinking the Japanese Army transport Teison Maru, then went deep for the inevitable depth charging. After the attack, dove then surfaced finding two destroyers in the area and departed for the coast of China. On 17 January, she engaged a patrol boat in a surface gun duel, leaving the enemy craft abandoned and sinking. Please refrain from using strong language. Both decommissioned and stricken from the Navy list on March 28, 1997, the FINBACK subsequently entered the Navy's Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard at Bremerton, Wash. [6] She died on 13 June 1998.[7]. John A. Tyree, Jr. 23 February 1943, Lt. Cmdr. Eighth War Patrol When she surfaced, she found two destroyers in the area, preventing a further attack. Registration and communicating with shipmates at Hullnumber.com is FREE FOREVER. USS Finback arrived at Majuro, Marshall Islands, ending her ninth war patrol. Laid down February 5, 1941. Shellback Initiation - 22 SEP 1973 - Atlantic Ocean. [4], Ultimately, Admiral James L. Holloway III, Chief of Naval Operations, on 2 October 1975, found the former commander of Finback "guilty of permitting an action, which could have distracted the attention of those responsible for the safe navigation of the nuclear-powered submarine maneuvering in restricted waters." [5], An article in the February 2010 issue of Naval History, published by the United States Naval Institute, Annapolis, Maryland, categorizes this episode as "one of the most notorious incidents in the history of the Navy's nuclear-powered submarine force.
A fire aboard the USS FINBACK forces the submarine to cut-short sea trials and return to port in Norfolk, Va. On September 1, 1958 stricken from the register. Finback was decommissioned on 28 March 1997 and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register the same day. Departed on her second war patrol in the South China Sea off Formosa (Taiwan).
Your IP address will be tracked even if you remain anonymous. Fifth War Patrol Possessing a slender, elongated body that ranges from 60 to 80 feet long and weighing up to 70 tons, they are the second largest animal on Earth after the blue whales and among the fastest whales. With tubes reloaded she headed for the China coast. The keel of submarine Finback was laid down. Did you enjoy this article? On August 16, 1944 departed on her tenth war patrol under the command of Lieutenant Commander Robert Russell Williams, Jr., to perform lifeguard duty in the Bonin Islands and rescued five downed aviators guided by aircraft. During her ninth war operated off Palau then west of the Mariana Islands and provided lifeguard duty. Four days later, 18 October, she inflicted heavy damage on a large freighter, and on 20 October, Finback sent another large freighter to the bottom. Escorted by two F6F fighters, the submarine headed for the location. site is two fold. Holloway agreed with subordinates that Stevenson had failed to exercise good judgement and did not follow regulations governing civilian visitors to naval vessels. Twelve War Patrol USS Finback hit a damaged and beached Japanese merchant ship off Wake Island with 1 of 2 torpedoes fired. She would continue to shadow the convoy the warship was escorting. During 1947 and 1948 participated in fleet exercises in the Caribbean Sea. USS Finback, with the new commanding officer Lieutenant Commander Robert Russell Williams, Jr., departed Majuro, Marshall Islands for her tenth war patrol. Wartime History HullNumber.com's mission is to provide a means for shipmates to keep in touch with one another. Almost out of fuel, Finback was forced to break off the contact, and shaped course for Wake Island and Midway. Finback fired two torpedoes at the two largest targets, sinking Teison Maru (Ville De Verdun). (SS-230: displacement 1,526 (standard), 2,410 (submerged); length 311'8"; beam 27'4"; draft 15'3"; speed 20.25 knots (surface), 8.75 knots (submerged); complement 60; armament 1 3-inch, 2 .50 caliber machine guns, 2 .30 caliber machine guns, 10 21-inch torpedo tubes; class Gato).
WW2DB site administrators reserve the right to moderate, censor, and/or remove any comment. USS Finback attacked a Japanese convoy off China, firing 9 torpedoes and claiming 3 hits and claiming two sinkings. USS Finback Sept 2, 1944: Ship History Built by Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine. Finally, on November 3, 1942 engaged in a surface engagement with a sampan, sinking it with gunfire then returned on November 20, 1942 to Pearl Harbor. The first Finback (SS-230) was named for the fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus), also known as a finback whale, a species found in all oceans of the world.
Finback departed Pearl Harbor on 31 May 1942, joining the large submarine force that participated in the Battle of Midway. First, it is aiming to offer interesting Do you have photos or additional information to add. USS Finback damaged a fishing trawler with gunfire in the East China Sea. Ship History Third War Patrol On April 14, 1943 ended the patrol at Midway the underwent a refit at Pearl Harbor until early May 1943. USS Finback spotted a Japanese convoy and began to shadow it. George H. W. Bush, USNR, of Torpedo Squadron (VT) 51, who would go on to become the 41st President of the United States. The submarine launched two torpedoes at each of the two largest targets, sinking the Japanese Army transport Teison Maru, then went deep for the inevitable depth charging. After the attack, dove then surfaced finding two destroyers in the area and departed for the coast of China. On 17 January, she engaged a patrol boat in a surface gun duel, leaving the enemy craft abandoned and sinking. Please refrain from using strong language. Both decommissioned and stricken from the Navy list on March 28, 1997, the FINBACK subsequently entered the Navy's Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard at Bremerton, Wash. [6] She died on 13 June 1998.[7]. John A. Tyree, Jr. 23 February 1943, Lt. Cmdr. Eighth War Patrol When she surfaced, she found two destroyers in the area, preventing a further attack. Registration and communicating with shipmates at Hullnumber.com is FREE FOREVER. USS Finback arrived at Majuro, Marshall Islands, ending her ninth war patrol. Laid down February 5, 1941. Shellback Initiation - 22 SEP 1973 - Atlantic Ocean. [4], Ultimately, Admiral James L. Holloway III, Chief of Naval Operations, on 2 October 1975, found the former commander of Finback "guilty of permitting an action, which could have distracted the attention of those responsible for the safe navigation of the nuclear-powered submarine maneuvering in restricted waters." [5], An article in the February 2010 issue of Naval History, published by the United States Naval Institute, Annapolis, Maryland, categorizes this episode as "one of the most notorious incidents in the history of the Navy's nuclear-powered submarine force.
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