Submarine Flier (SS-250)

Flier

國家	美國
艦級	Gato 級潛艇
Hull Number	SS-250
造船廠	Electric Boat Company
安放龍骨日期	1942年10月30日
下水日期	1943年7月11日
服役日期	1943年10月18日
沉沒日期	1944年8月13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 General Motors Model 16-248 V16 diesel engines (5,400shp), four high-speed General Electric electric motors (2,740shp), two 126-cell Sargo batteries, two propellers
燃料儲存量	97,140 gallons of fuel
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 gun, 2x .50cal machine guns, 2x .30cal machine guns
Submerged Speed	8.75 knots

Contributor: C. Peter Chen

ww2dbaseUSS Flier was commissioned into service in Oct 1943. She emarked on her first war patrol in Jan 1944, but it began ignominiously as she ran aground near Midway Atoll four days into the patrol, and her rescue caused another ship to sink in the process. After repairs at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii and at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, she resumed her war patrol in May 1944. She achieved her first sinking in the following month in the South China Sea, Japanese transport Hakusan Maru. On her second war patrol, at 2200 hours local time on 12 Aug 1944 (13 Aug 1944 in US records), she struck a mine in the Balabac Strait in the Philippine Islands, which caused her to sink in about one minute. Only 13 men were able to climb out before Flier sank beneath the waves, and only 8 of them would survive the ordeal. The survivors would be picked up by USS Redfin from Mantangula Island during the night of 30 to 31 Aug.

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Last Major Revision: Aug 2012

Submarine Flier (SS-250) 互動地圖

Photographs

USS Flier at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States, 20 Apr 1944, photo 1 of 4

USS Flier at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States, 20 Apr 1944, photo 2 of 4

USS Flier at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States, 20 Apr 1944, photo 3 of 4

USS Flier at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States, 20 Apr 1944, photo 4 of 4

See all 6 photographs of Submarine Flier (SS-250)

Flier Operational Timeline

1942年10月30日	The keel of submarine Flier was laid down by the Electric Boat Company in Groton, Connecticut, United States.
1943年7月11日	Submarine Flier was launched at Groton, Connecticut, United States. sponsored by the wife of A. S. Pierce.
1943年10月18日	USS Flier was commissioned into service with Lieutenant Commander John D. Crowley in command.
1943年12月20日	USS Flier arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
1944年1月12日	USS Flier departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her first war patrol.
1944年1月16日	USS Flier ran aground near Midway Atoll. USS Macaw attempted to pull Flier free, but Macaw would also run aground in the process, causing her to sink. She was eventually pulled free and put into Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for repairs.
1944年5月21日	USS Flier completed her repairs and resumed her first war patrol.
1944年6月4日	USS Flier attacked a Japanese convoy in the South China Sea, sinking transport Hakusan Maru and damaging another ship; 6 torpedoes were expended in this attack, 3 of which scored hits.
1944年6月13日	USS Flier attacked a Japanese convoy in the South China Sea, damaging a tanker with 2 of 4 torpedoes fired; she was subjected to a heavy counterattack.
1944年6月22日	USS Flier gave pursuit to a large Japanese convoy in the South China Sea, scoring hits with 4 of 6 torpedoes fired.
1944年6月23日	In the South China Sea, USS Flier continued to attack the same Japanese convoy which she had been pursuing since the previous day, sinking a transport with 3 of 4 torpedoes fired.
1944年7月5日	USS Flier arrived at Fremantle, Australia, ending her first war patrol.
1944年8月2日	USS Flier departed Fremantle, Australia for her second war patrol.
1944年8月13日	The US submarine Flier struck a naval mine and sank in the Balacbac Strait just off the southern tip of Palawan in the Philippine Islands.
1944年8月30日	After dark, USS Redfin picked up the 8 survivors of USS Flier from Mantangula Island, Palawan Province, Philippine Islands.
2009年2月1日	The US Navy announced the discovery of the wreck of USS Flier in the Balabac Strait, Philippine Islands.

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