Finback
| 國家 | 美國 |
| 艦級 | Gato 級 潛艇 |
| Hull Number | SS-230 |
| 造船廠 | Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine, United States |
| 安放龍骨日期 | 1941年2月5日 |
| 下水日期 | 1941年8月25日 |
| 服役日期 | 1942年1月31日 |
| 除役日期 | 1950年4月21日 |
| 排水量 | 1,549 tons standard; 2,424 tons submerged |
| 長度 | 312 feet |
| 寬度 | 27 feet |
| 吃水 | 17 feet |
| 動力來源 | Four Fairbanks-Morse Model 38D8-1/8 9-cylinder diesel engines (5,400shp), four high-speed Elliott electric motors (2,740shp), two 126-cell Sargo batteries, two propellers |
| 速度 | 21 knots |
| 續航力 | 11,000nm at 10 knots surfaced, 48 hours at 2 knots submerged |
| 乘員 | 60 |
| 武裝 | 6x533mm forward torpedo tubes, 4x533mm aft torpedo tubes, 24 torpedoes, 1x76mm gun |
| Submerged Speed | 9 knots |
Contributor: C. Peter Chen
ww2dbaseUSS Finback was commissioned into United States Navy service early in the Pacific War. She arrived at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, United States on 29 May 1942, and on 31 May she was dispatched to the Midway area in anticipation of a Japanese attack. Between mid-1942 and the end of the war, she embarked on 12 war patrols, 9 of which were designated successful. She sank a total of 69,383 tons of enemy shipping during the war, and rescued, among other downed aviators, future President of the United States George Bush. After the war, she served as a training submarine and participated in exercises in the Caribbean Sea. She was decommissioned from service in 1950 and was placed in reserve at New London, Connecticut, United States. She was sold for scrap in 1959.
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Last Major Revision: Feb 2012
Submarine Finback (SS-230) 互動地圖
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Finback Operational Timeline
| 1941年2月5日 | The keel of submarine Finback was laid down. |
| 1941年8月25日 | Submarine Finback was launched, sponsored by Mrs. A. E. Watson. |
| 1942年1月31日 | USS Finback was commissioned into service, Lieutenant Commander Jesse L. Hull in command. |
| 1942年5月29日 | USS Finback arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii. |
| 1942年5月31日 | USS Finback departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for the anticipated Japanese attack on Midway Atoll. |
| 1942年6月9日 | USS Finback arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii. |
| 1942年6月25日 | USS Finback departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her first war patrol. |
| 1942年7月5日 | USS Finback attacked two Japanese destroyers in the Central Pacific, firing six torpedoes and claimed one hit. She was counterattacked with depth charges. |
| 1942年7月11日 | USS Finback conducted a reconnaissance mission in Vega Bay, Kiska, US Territory of Alaska. |
| 1942年8月11日 | USS Finback conducted a survey mission in Tanaga Bay, Tanaga, US Territory of Alaska. |
| 1942年8月12日 | USS Finback arrived at Dutch Harbor, US Territory of Alaska, ending her first war patrol. |
| 1942年8月23日 | USS Finback arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii. |
| 1942年9月23日 | USS Finback departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her second war patrol. |
| 1942年10月14日 | USS Finback attacked a Japanese convoy of four transports and a patrol vessel east of Taiwan, damaging one transport with 2 of 4 torpedoes fired. |
| 1942年10月18日 | USS Finback damaged a large Japanese freighter east of Taiwan, hitting her with 2 of torpedoes fired. |
| 1942年10月20日 | USS Finback attacked a Japanese convoy off China, firing 9 torpedoes and claiming 3 hits and claiming two sinkings. |
| 1942年10月25日 | USS Finback attacked a Japanese transport with three torpedoes east of Taiwan; all torpedoes missed. |
| 1942年11月3日 | USS Finback sank a small vessel east of Taiwan with gunfire. |
| 1942年11月20日 | USS Finback arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, ending her second war patrol. |
| 1942年12月16日 | USS Finback departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her third war patrol. The first phase of this war patrol would be to escort a carrier force rather than to hunt for enemy shipping. |
| 1943年1月17日 | USS Finback sank a Japanese patrol boat south of Japan with her deck gun. |
| 1943年2月6日 | USS Finback arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, ending her third war patrol. |
| 1943年2月27日 | USS Finback departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her fourth war patrol. |
| 1943年3月21日 | USS Finback damaged a Japanese cargo ship in the Southwestern Pacific, hitting her with two of three torpedoes fired. |
| 1943年3月24日 | USS Finback spotted a Japanese convoy and began to shadow it. |
| 1943年3月26日 | USS Finback attacked the Japanese convoy which she initially intercepted on 24 Mar 1943 north of New Guinea, Dutch East Indies. She damged two transports with 3 of 6 torpedoes fired and was counterattacked with depth charges. |
| 1943年4月5日 | USS Finback hit a damaged and beached Japanese merchant ship off Wake Island with 1 of 2 torpedoes fired. |
| 1943年4月13日 | USS Finback arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, ending her fourth war patrol. |
| 1943年5月12日 | USS Finback departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her fifth war patrol. |
| 1943年5月27日 | USS Finback sank a Japanese cargo ship east of Philippine Islands, hitting her with 2 of 3 torpedoes fired. |
| 1943年6月2日 | USS Finback damaged a Japanese ship east of Philippine Islands, hitting her with 1 of 3 torpedoes fired. |
| 1943年6月8日 | USS Finback attacked a Japanese convoy east of Philippine Islands and claimed two transports sunk and another ship damaged, hitting them with 4 of 8 torpedoes fired. |
| 1943年6月11日 | USS Finback sank a Japanese cargo ship east of Philippine Islands, hitting her with 2 of 3 torpedoes fired. |
| 1943年6月15日 | USS Finback fired three torpedoes at a Japanese ship east of Philippine Islands; all torpedoes missed. |
| 1943年6月26日 | USS Finback arrived at Fremantle, Australia, ending her fifth war patrol. |
| 1943年7月18日 | USS Finback completed refitting at Fremantle, Australia and departed for her sixth war patrol. |
| 1943年7月30日 | USS Finback sank a Japanese freighter in the South China Sea, hitting her with 1 of 3 torpedoes fired. |
| 1943年8月1日 | USS Finback damaged a Japanese transport in the South China Sea, hitting her with 1 of 4 torpedoes fired. |
| 1943年8月3日 | USS Finback sank a Japanese cargo ship in the South China Sea, hitting her with 2 of 5 torpedoes fired. |
| 1943年8月11日 | USS Finback damaged a Japanese ship in the South China Sea, hitting her with 1 of 7 torpedoes fired. |
| 1943年8月19日 | USS Finback attacked several Japanese surface ships with gunfire east of Borneo, sinking one small patrol vessel. |
| 1943年8月25日 | USS Finback fired two torpedoes at a Japanese transport in the Dutch East Indies; all torpedoes missed. |
| 1943年9月12日 | USS Finback arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, ending her sixth war patrol. |
| 1943年12月15日 | USS Finback completed overhaul at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii and departed for her seventh war patrol. |
| 1944年1月1日 | USS Finback sank a Japanese tanker in the East China Sea, hitting her with 5 of 6 torpedoes fired. |
| 1944年1月30日 | USS Finback damaged a fishing trawler with gunfire in the East China Sea. |
| 1944年1月31日 | USS Finback sank a fishing trawler with gunfire in the East China Sea. |
| 1944年2月11日 | USS Finback arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, ending her seventh war patrol. |
| 1944年3月6日 | USS Finback completed refitting at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii and departed for her eighth war patrol. |
| 1944年4月12日 | USS Finback attacked a six-ship Japanese convoy escorted by three patrol vessels east of Philippine Islands, firing 9 torpedoes and reporting 5 hits; she was then counterattacked with depth charges. |
| 1944年4月16日 | USS Finback conducted a reconnaissance mission at Oroluk Atoll, Caroline Islands, firing on a damaged ship and a tower on land during the mission. |
| 1944年4月19日 | USS Finback sank a small Japanese vessel in the Pacific Ocean with her deck gun. |
| 1944年5月1日 | USS Finback arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, ending her eighth war patrol. |
| 1944年5月30日 | USS Finback completed refitting at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii and departed for her ninth war patrol. |
| 1944年7月21日 | USS Finback arrived at Majuro, Marshall Islands, ending her ninth war patrol. |
| 1944年8月16日 | USS Finback, with the new commanding officer Lieutenant Commander Robert Russell Williams, Jr., departed Majuro, Marshall Islands for her tenth war patrol. |
| 1944年9月2日 | USS Finback rescued downed aviator and future President of the United States George Bush off Chichi Jima, Bonin Islands. |
| 1944年9月10日 | USS Finback fired 6 torpedoes at a Japanese destroyer escort in the Western Pacific; all torpedoes missed. She would continue to shadow the convoy the warship was escorting. |
| 1944年9月11日 | USS Finback attacked a Japanese convoy in the Western Pacific, sinking a tanker and a transport, hitting them with 3 of 6 torpedoes fired. |
| 1944年12月16日 | USS Finback attacked a Japanese convoy in the Western Pacific, firing a total of 20 torpedoes but making only 2 hits, sinking a transport. |
| 1944年12月24日 | USS Finback arrived at Midway Atoll, ending her eleventh war patrol. |
| 1945年1月20日 | USS Finback departed for her twelfth and final war patrol in the East China Sea. |
| 1945年3月25日 | USS Finback arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, ending her twelfth and final war patrol. |
| 1945年8月29日 | USS Finback departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for New London, Connecticut, United States. |
| 1950年4月21日 | USS Finback was decommissioned from service. |
| 1958年9月1日 | Submarine Finback was struck from the US Naval Register. |
| 1959年7月15日 | Submarine Finback was sold for scrap. |
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Visitor Submitted Comments
2. Mark Parscale says:
4 Jan 2015 07:00:18 AM
I see above that she was decommissioned in 1950 at New London, Conn. I was born in New London in 1950 and my Dad was in the submarine service - was QM 1st class --
4 Jan 2015 07:00:18 AM
I see above that she was decommissioned in 1950 at New London, Conn. I was born in New London in 1950 and my Dad was in the submarine service - was QM 1st class --
3. Mark thompson says:
27 Dec 2015 05:37:12 PM
My Dad Joseph D Thompson known as Tommy was a Chief Yeoman on the Finback. His family was invited to George Bushes Inauguration, because the crew rescued him at sea when his plane was shot down.I still have the invitations for all of us. My mom was sick and my dad didn't won't to go with out here. He died at 82 in 1995 . He was in an orphanage till age of 13. He found out he had a mom and brothers and sisters , so he broke out of the orphan and sold papers on the corner streets to help support his family . He joined the Navy in 1930 and was on the last decommissioned War 1 sub marine and I still have that article. He sent all of his checks to help his mom and step dad whom he liked. He got his younger brother out of the orphanage he was in and sent him to live with family. This is my Dad and my hero !
27 Dec 2015 05:37:12 PM
My Dad Joseph D Thompson known as Tommy was a Chief Yeoman on the Finback. His family was invited to George Bushes Inauguration, because the crew rescued him at sea when his plane was shot down.I still have the invitations for all of us. My mom was sick and my dad didn't won't to go with out here. He died at 82 in 1995 . He was in an orphanage till age of 13. He found out he had a mom and brothers and sisters , so he broke out of the orphan and sold papers on the corner streets to help support his family . He joined the Navy in 1930 and was on the last decommissioned War 1 sub marine and I still have that article. He sent all of his checks to help his mom and step dad whom he liked. He got his younger brother out of the orphanage he was in and sent him to live with family. This is my Dad and my hero !
4. Johnny the Finn says:
16 Feb 2016 05:11:01 AM
Dear Mark, I am looking for a soldier with your father´s name. However, my Joseph D Thompson was active in 101st Airborne Division in Lofer, Austria, on May 10th, 1945.
Does anybody have any information of him?
16 Feb 2016 05:11:01 AM
Dear Mark, I am looking for a soldier with your father´s name. However, my Joseph D Thompson was active in 101st Airborne Division in Lofer, Austria, on May 10th, 1945.
Does anybody have any information of him?
5. Anonymous says:
3 Mar 2016 07:33:49 AM
Dear Mr. Bellinger,
check this website: http://www.maritime..../subreports.htm
you will find the original record of all the war patrol of USN Submarine, there's also 12th patrol of Finback (check Finback part 1).
May your father rest in peace.
3 Mar 2016 07:33:49 AM
Dear Mr. Bellinger,
check this website: http://www.maritime..../subreports.htm
you will find the original record of all the war patrol of USN Submarine, there's also 12th patrol of Finback (check Finback part 1).
May your father rest in peace.
6. Anonymous says:
27 Mar 2017 01:01:09 PM
In search of a crew list with my father's name on it. My father was W. T. Alford, USNA 39. During WWII he was at one point serving on Finback
27 Mar 2017 01:01:09 PM
In search of a crew list with my father's name on it. My father was W. T. Alford, USNA 39. During WWII he was at one point serving on Finback
7. Andrew Heck says:
4 Jun 2018 06:28:01 PM
My father served on the Finback SS-230 he's currently 95 years old...Is there any one still alive who served on the Finback in WW2? Would love to know
4 Jun 2018 06:28:01 PM
My father served on the Finback SS-230 he's currently 95 years old...Is there any one still alive who served on the Finback in WW2? Would love to know
8. Anonymous says:
5 Dec 2018 09:31:09 AM
Who was the Finback’s captain when George Bush was rescued?
5 Dec 2018 09:31:09 AM
Who was the Finback’s captain when George Bush was rescued?
9. 
C. Peter Chen says:
5 Dec 2018 09:53:54 AM
To Anonymous of 5 Dec 2018: Lieutenant Commander Robert Russell Williams, Jr. Please see the timeline section of this page for more details.
C. Peter Chen says:5 Dec 2018 09:53:54 AM
To Anonymous of 5 Dec 2018: Lieutenant Commander Robert Russell Williams, Jr. Please see the timeline section of this page for more details.
10. Robin says:
16 Jul 2019 04:06:59 PM
My grandfather served on the Finback ss230 when GH Bush was rescued. His name was Leon Heminway, he passed on when I was be young so if anyone has any info or knew him please reach out!
16 Jul 2019 04:06:59 PM
My grandfather served on the Finback ss230 when GH Bush was rescued. His name was Leon Heminway, he passed on when I was be young so if anyone has any info or knew him please reach out!
11. Donald says:
19 Oct 2020 05:24:50 PM
40% of Gato-class subs were lost in WWII. Finback was a Gato. 1 in 5 submariners lost their lives and 52 or 263 submarines were lost in WWII, making the submarine forces the riskiest of any armed service. My father was on ss230, also when GH Bush was rescued. I just found a picture of the crew and saw Dad - he's standing just under the highest guy - he doesn't have a dark coat on holding onto the rail with his sleeves rolled up. Picture is here: http://www.navsource.org/archives/08/0821238.jpg God Bless those boys and their voluntary bravery to spend months under the ocean at 10 mph. . hard to imagine
19 Oct 2020 05:24:50 PM
40% of Gato-class subs were lost in WWII. Finback was a Gato. 1 in 5 submariners lost their lives and 52 or 263 submarines were lost in WWII, making the submarine forces the riskiest of any armed service. My father was on ss230, also when GH Bush was rescued. I just found a picture of the crew and saw Dad - he's standing just under the highest guy - he doesn't have a dark coat on holding onto the rail with his sleeves rolled up. Picture is here: http://www.navsource.org/archives/08/0821238.jpg God Bless those boys and their voluntary bravery to spend months under the ocean at 10 mph. . hard to imagine
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