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Flying Fish

國家美國
艦級Gato 級 潛艇
Hull NumberSS-229
造船廠Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine, United States
安放龍骨日期1940年12月6日
下水日期1941年7月9日
服役日期1941年12月10日
除役日期1954年5月28日
排水量1,549 tons standard; 2,463 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 with reduction gears (2,740shp), two 126-cell Sargo batteries, two propellers
燃料儲存量94,000 gallons of oil
速度20 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 50cal deck gun, 2x 50cal machine guns, 2x 30cal machine guns
Submerged Speed8.75 knots

Contributor:

ww2dbaseUSS Flying Fish was commissioned into US naval service three days after the United States declared war on the Axis powers. She embarked on her first war patrol on 17 May 1942 out of Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii in waters west of Midway Atoll in anticipation of the Japanese attack that would result in the Battle of Midway; she did not see action during the battle. On 28 Aug, during her second war patrol off Truk, Caroline Islands, she detected a Japanese fleet centered around battleship Yamato; she made a torpedo attack and dove, surviving three rounds of counterattacks for the remainder of the day; she reported two detonations, but no Japanese warships sustained damage during this attack. On 2 Sep, she attacked a Japanese ship off Truk and for the first time experienced the faulty detonator woe that had haunted other American submariners early in the Pacific War. Her fifth war patrol was among her more successful patrols, during which she sank several Japanese freighters deep in Japanese home island waters. She conducted twelve war patrols during WW2. After the war, USS Flying Fish was shifted to New London, Connecticut, United States and generally served as a training submarine, making cruises in Long Island Sound, Block Island Sound, and off the Virginia Capes on the east coast of the United States. She also served with the Underwater Sound Laboratory for the testing of new sonar systems. In 1952, she became the first American submarine to make 5,000 dives. She was decommissioned from service in 1954 and was sold for scrap in 1959.

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Last Major Revision: Apr 2012

Submarine Flying Fish (SS-229) 互動地圖

Photographs

Launching of submarine Flying Fish, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine, United States, 9 Jul 1941, photo 1 of 2Launching of submarine Flying Fish, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine, United States, 9 Jul 1941, photo 2 of 2Submarine Flying Fish shortly after launching, with tugs Yaqui and Pennacook, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine, United States, 9 Jul 1941Look out aboard USS Flying Fish, 1944-1945
See all 24 photographs of Submarine Flying Fish (SS-229)

Flying Fish Operational Timeline

1940年12月6日 The keel of submarine Flying Fish was laid down by the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine, United States.
1941年7月9日 Submarine Flying Fish was launched at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine, United States, sponsored by the wife of US Navy Admiral Husband Kimmel.
1941年12月10日 USS Flying Fish was commissioned into service with Lieutenant Commander Glynn Donaho in command.
1942年5月2日 USS Flying Fish arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
1942年5月17日 USS Flying Fish departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her first war patrol.
1942年6月9日 USS Flying Fish arrived at Midway Atoll for refitting.
1942年6月11日 USS Flying Fish completed refitting at Midway Atoll and departed for Japanese waters.
1942年6月17日 USS Flying Fish damaged a Japanese tanker in the Pacific Ocean with 2 of 7 torpedoes fired.
1942年7月1日 USS Flying Fish attacked a Japanese transport off Taiwan; all 3 torpedoes fired missed.
1942年7月3日 USS Flying Fish damaged a Japanese destroyer off Taiwan, hitting her with 1 of 2 torpedoes fired.
1942年7月25日 USS Flying Fish arrived at Midway Atoll, ending her first war patrol.
1942年8月15日 USS Flying Fish departed Midway Atoll for her second war patrol.
1942年8月28日 USS Flying Fish detected Japanese battleship Yamato on the horizon in the Caroline Islands and attacked in failure; she fired 4 torpedoes and recorded 2 hits, but Japanese records revealed that all torpedoes missed. She also fired 3 torpedoes at a destroyer, all of which missed. She endured three rounds of counterattacks for the remainder of the day.
1942年8月29日 USS Flying Fish successfully escaped Japanese destroyers that had detected her presence on the previous day in Caroline Islands area.
1942年9月2日 USS Flying Fish attacked a Japanese ship off Truk, Caroline Islands; both torpedoes fired hit the target, but none detonated. She was damaged during the counterattack.
1942年9月3日 USS Flying Fish sank a Japanese patrol craft off Truk, Caroline Islands, hitting her with 1 of 2 torpedoes fired.
1942年9月4日 USS Flying Fish attacked a Japanese patrol craft off Truk, Caroline Islands with a torpedo, which missed; she sustained a depth charge attack.
1942年9月15日 USS Flying Fish arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, ending her second war patrol.
1942年10月27日 USS Flying Fish departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her third war patrol.
1942年11月14日 USS Flying Fish attacked a Japanese cruiser in the Pacific Ocean; all six torpedoes fired missed.
1942年12月4日 USS Flying Fish attacked a Japanese destroyer in the Pacific Ocean, hitting her with 1 of 6 torpedoes fired and claimed a sinking.
1942年12月8日 USS Flying Fish attacked a Japanese destroyer in the Pacific Ocean, hitting her with 1 of 4 torpedoes fired and claimed a sinking.
1942年12月16日 USS Flying Fish arrived at Brisbane, Australia, ending her third war patrol.
1943年1月6日 USS Flying Fish departed Brisbane, Australia for her fourth war patrol.
1943年1月26日 USS Flying Fish damaged a Japanese freighter in Apra Harbor, Guam, Mariana Islands, hitting her with 1 of 2 torpedoes fired.
1943年2月6日 USS Flying Fish sank a Japanese transport in the Sunharon Roadstead off Tinian, Mariana Islands, hitting her with 1 of 3 torpedoes fired. After sundown, she attacked a destroyer in the same area; the 1 torpedo fired missed.
1943年2月16日 USS Flying Fish sank a Japanese freighter in the Mariana Islands, hitting her with 2 of 4 torpedoes fired.
1943年2月28日 USS Flying Fish arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, ending her fourth war patrol.
1943年3月24日 USS Flying Fish departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her fifth war patrol.
1943年4月12日 USS Flying Fish sank a Japanese freighter off the coast of Honshu, Japan, hitting her with 1 of 4 torpedoes fired.
1943年4月13日 USS Flying Fish damaged a Japanese freighter off the coast of Hokkaido, Japan, hitting her with 2 of 4 torpedoes fired.
1943年4月15日 USS Flying Fish damaged a Japanese freighter off Japan, hitting her with 1 of 4 torpedoes fired; the Japanese ship beached to prevent sinking.
1943年4月17日 USS Flying Fish sank a Japanese freighter off Japan, hitting her with 2 of 4 torpedoes fired.
1943年4月24日 USS Flying Fish sank a Japanese cargo ship in the Tsugaru Strait between Honshu and Hokkaido, Japan, hitting her with 3 of 4 torpedoes fired.
1943年5月1日 USS Flying Fish sank a Japanese freighter off Japan, hitting her with 2 of 4 torpedoes fired; she survived a heavy depth charge counterattack.
1943年5月11日 USS Flying Fish arrived at Midway Atoll, ending her fifth war patrol.
1943年6月2日 USS Flying Fish departed for her sixth war patrol with a new commanding officer, Captain Frank Watkins.
1943年6月10日 USS Flying Fish damaged a Japanese transport off Japan, hitting her with 1 of 3 torpedoes fired.
1943年7月2日 USS Flying Fish sank a Japanese cargo ship off Taiwan, hitting her with 3 of 4 torpedoes fired.
1943年7月11日 USS Flying Fish sank a Japanese sailing vessel with gunfire in the Western Pacific.
1943年7月27日 USS Flying Fish arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, ending her sixth war patrol.
1943年10月4日 USS Flying Fish departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her seventh war patrol with Lieutenant Commander Glynn Donaho in command.
1943年10月18日 USS Flying Fish damaged a Japanese escort carrier in the Western Pacific, hitting her with 1 of 6 torpedoes fired.
1943年10月27日 USS Flying Fish sank two Japanese transports east of the Philippine Islands in two separate attacks, hitting them with 3 of 10 torpedoes fired.
1943年10月28日 USS Flying Fish sank a Japanese transport east of the Philippine Islands, hitting her with 1 of 4 torpedoes fired; she attacked another transport of the same convoy four hours later in failure, with all 3 torpedoes fired missing.
1943年11月6日 USS Flying Fish arrived at Midway Atoll, ending her seventh war patrol.
1943年11月30日 USS Flying Fish departed for her eighth war patrol with Lieutenant Commander R. D. Risser in command.
1943年12月16日 USS Flying Fish sank a Japanese cargo ship off Luzon, Philippine Islands, hitting her with 3 of 3 torpedoes fired.
1943年12月27日 USS Flying Fish pursued a Japanese tanker west of Luzon, Philippine Islands for about 10 hours, finally sinking her after scoring a total of 6 torpedo hits; a total of 10 torpedoes were expended.
1944年1月28日 USS Flying Fish ended her eighth war patrol.
1944年2月22日 USS Flying Fish departed for her ninth war patrol.
1944年3月12日 American Submarine USS Flying Fish (Lieutenant Commander Robert Dunlap Risser) torpedoed and sank the 1,942-ton Japanese merchant cargo ship Taijin Maru off Daito Jima, Okinawa, Japan, hitting her with both of the two torpedoes fired.
1944年3月15日 USS Flying Fish damaged a Japanese tanker off Okinawa, Japan, hitting her with 1 of 4 torpedoes fired. She would pursue the tanker into the next day.
1944年3月16日 USS Flying Fish sank a Japanese transport and damaged a tanker in the East China Sea, hitting them with 3 of 10 torpedoes fired.
1944年3月30日 USS Flying Fish attacked a Japanese transport off Okinawa, Japan; all 4 torpedoes fired missed.
1944年3月31日 USS Flying Fish was attacked by a Japanese submarine; she was able to evade the torpedoes fired at her.
1944年4月1日 USS Flying Fish sank a Japanese transport off Okinawa, Japan, hitting her with 2 of 2 torpedoes fired.
1944年4月11日 USS Flying Fish arrived at Majuro, Marshall Islands, ending her ninth war patrol.
1944年5月4日 USS Flying Fish departed Majuro, Marshall Islands for her tenth war patrol.
1944年5月24日 USS Flying Fish attempted to attack a Japanese convoy; all 4 torpedoes fired missed. She was detected and was subjected to a depth charge counterattack.
1944年5月25日 USS Flying Fish sank a Japanese transport and damaged another transport at dawn off the Philippine Islands, hitting them with 4 of 4 torpedoes fired.
1944年6月15日 USS Flying Fish detected a Japanese carrier force and reported the information to fellow submarines; this would lead to the sinking of carrier Shokaku by USS Cavalla several days later.
1944年6月23日 USS Flying Fish set sail for Manus, Australian New Guinea.
1944年7月5日 USS Flying Fish arrived at Brisbane, Australia, ending her tenth war patrol.
1944年8月1日 USS Flying Fish departed Brisbane, Australia for her eleventh war patrol.
1944年8月22日 USS Flying Fish attacked a Japanese transport in the Dutch East Indies; all 3 torpedoes fired missed.
1944年8月29日 USS Flying Fish arrived at Mios Woendi, Schouten Islands, Dutch East Indies for refueling.
1944年9月1日 USS Flying Fish departed Mios Woendi, Schouten Islands, Dutch East Indies.
1944年9月7日 USS Flying Fish reported a new Japanese airfield at Celebes, Dutch East Indies and reported this discovery.
1944年10月18日 USS Flying Fish arrived at Midway Atoll, ending her eleventh war patrol.
1945年5月18日 USS Flying Fish arrived at Guam, Mariana Islands.
1945年5月29日 Submarines USS Flying Fish, Bowfin, and Tinosa, the “Bob’s Bobcats” element of “Hydeman’s Hellcats,” departed Guam bound for the Sea of Japan.
1945年5月29日 USS Flying Fish departed Guam, Mariana Islands for her twelfth war patrol.
1945年6月6日 Submarines Flying Fish, Tinosa, and Bowfin, the Bob's Bobcats element of Hydeman's Hellcats, used FM sonar to transit the heavily mined Tsushima Strait to enter the previously inaccessible Sea of Japan.
1945年6月7日 USS Flying Fish entered the Sea of Japan.
1945年6月10日 USS Flying Fish sank a Japanese cargo ship off the coast of Korea in the Sea of Japan, hitting her with 1 of 3 torpedoes fired.
1945年6月11日 USS Flying Fish sank a Japanese transport off the coast of Korea in the Sea of Japan, hitting her with 1 of 3 torpedoes fired.
1945年6月13日 USS Flying Fish attacked a Japanese transport in the Sea of Japan; all 6 torpedoes fired missed.
1945年6月15日 USS Flying Fish sank ten small Japanese sail vessels with gunfire in the Sea of Japan and forced another two to beach to prevent sinking.
1945年6月20日 USS Flying Fish attacked a Japanese transport in the Sea of Japan; all 3 torpedoes fired missed.
1945年6月24日 Submarines Flying Fish, Tinosa, and Bowfin, the Bob's Bobcats element of Hydeman's Hellcats, exit the Sea of Japan with a daring dash through La Pérouse Strait at the northern end of the Japan.
1945年7月4日 Five of the eight surviving submarines of Operation Barney's Hydeman's Hellcats arrived safely at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii: USS Flying Fish, Spadefish, Tinosa, Bowfin, and Skate. All nine submarine captains from Hydeman's Hellcats received the Navy Cross, or gold star in lieu thereof, for this patrol.
1945年9月21日 USS Flying Fish arrived at New London, Connecticut, United States to serve as the flagship of Commander, Submarine Force, Atlantic Fleet.
1950年11月29日 USS Flying Fish was reclassified an auxiliary research submarine and her designation changed from SS-229 to AGSS-229.
1951年1月11日 USS Flying Fish was relieved as the flagship of Commander, Submarine Force, Atlantic Fleet.
1952年2月29日 USS Flying Fish became the first American submarine to make 5,000 dives; Secretary of the Navy Dan Kimball was aboard for this occasion.
1953年12月31日 USS Flying Fish was placed in reserve.
1954年5月28日 USS Flying Fish was decommissioned from service at New London, Connecticut, United States.
1958年8月1日 Submarine Flying Fish was struck from the US Naval Register.
1959年5月1日 Submarine Flying Fish was sold for scrap.




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Visitor Submitted Comments

1. Ken Stange says:
26 Sep 2012 08:30:08 PM

I'm desperately looking for a copy of a letter that was sent to the members of the SS229 Flying Fish Sub. The letter was from a Japanese prisoner of war who wrote and thanked the members of the flying fish for their decent treatment after he was captured and brought aboard. If anyone knows someone with a copy I would love a copy of it. Thanks Ken
2. ROBERT RAGSDALE-RINGSTAD says:
3 Aug 2016 07:18:45 AM

I'm wondering if you served with my Dad...Earl Ragsdale (Glenn Earl Ragsdale)? I remember him telling a war story about a Japanese prisoner on the boat.
3. Jeff michon says:
19 Jan 2017 11:49:48 PM

My grandfather W.H. "BILLY" Michon was on this sub.
4. TomSoals says:
17 Jul 2018 12:16:40 PM

Do any of you remember our father "Woody" Soals?
5. Mike Henderson says:
3 Mar 2019 06:50:28 AM

My father also told me about a Japanese prisoner they took on board. He also told me they got the 'shit kicked out of them" near Truk. Leaking oil, they were lucky to make it back to Pearl.
6. Rand Christensen says:
16 Sep 2019 08:07:06 PM

I believe my dad volunteered to swim out and pull this survivor aboard. He was on a fishing trawler they sank in the Sea of Japan. He commented later that the water was “damm cold “. The other survivors of the sinking just watched and decided to stay in the water...
The book “Run silent run deep” by Adm. Lockwood has a picture of this prisoner polishing the brass in the torpedo room. He was happy to survive.
My dad was Charles “Chris” Christensen.
7. john woodard says:
4 Oct 2023 03:41:15 PM

anyone remember Russell Morris?

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