Ray
| 國家 | 美國 |
| 艦級 | Gato 級 潛艇 |
| Hull Number | SS-271 |
| 造船廠 | Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States |
| 安放龍骨日期 | 1942年7月20日 |
| 下水日期 | 1943年2月28日 |
| 服役日期 | 1943年7月27日 |
| 除役日期 | 1947年2月12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-cyl opposed piston diesel engines (5,400shp), four General Electric electric motors (2,740shp), two 126-cell Sargo batteries, two propellers |
| 燃料儲存量 | 116,000 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 |
| Submerged Speed | 8.75 knots |
| Recommission | 13 Aug 1952 |
| Final Decommission | 30 Sep 1958 |
Contributor: C. Peter Chen
ww2dbaseUSS Ray was commissioned into service in Jul 1943 and, after shakedown and training, arrived in Australia in Oct 1943. She conducted eight war patrols during the Pacific War, most of which successful, sinking many Japanese transports and tankers and damaging heavy cruiser Kumano, forcing her to enter a period of extensive repairs (she would be sunk by aircraft while undergoing repair, thus never saw action again). Beyond her US decorations, she was also awarded the Philippine Republic Presidential Unit Citation for her WW2 service. She was decommissioned from service in 1947 and was laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, New London Group in Connecticut, United States. In Dec 1950, she was towed to Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States where she was to be converted into a radar picket submarine. In this new role, she conducted several training exercises and served two tours of duty with the United States Navy 6th Fleet. She was decommissioned for the second and final time at Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, South Carolina, United States in 1958 and was sold for scrap in 1960.
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Submarine Ray (SS-271) 互動地圖
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Ray Operational Timeline
| 1942年7月20日 | The keel of US submarine Ray was laid down by the Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States. |
| 1943年2月28日 | Submarine Ray was launched at Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States, sponsored by the wife of S. C. Loomis. |
| 1943年7月27日 | USS Ray was commissioned into service with Lieutenant Commander B. J. Harral in command. |
| 1943年8月15日 | USS Ray completed its training in Lake Michigan in northern United States. |
| 1943年8月31日 | USS Ray arrived at the submarine base of Coco Solo, Panama Canal Zone. |
| 1943年10月5日 | USS Ray departed the Panama Canal Zone. |
| 1943年10月30日 | USS Ray arrived at Brisbane, Australia. |
| 1943年11月13日 | USS Ray departed Milne Bay, British Territory of Papua for her first war patrol. |
| 1943年11月26日 | USS Ray sank a Japanese transport north of New Guinea, hitting her with 3 of 4 torpedoes fired. Several hours later, she struck again, sinking another ship with 4 of 6 torpedoes fired. |
| 1943年12月1日 | USS Ray attacked a Japanese ship with her deck gun north of New Guinea, causing no damage. |
| 1943年12月11日 | USS Ray departed Fremantle, Australia for her second war patrol. |
| 1943年12月26日 | USS Ray sank Japanese tanker Kyoko Maru in the Tioro Strait in the Dutch East Indies, hitting her with 5 of 6 torpedoes fired. |
| 1944年1月1日 | USS Ray sank Japanese converted gunboat Okuyo Maru in the mouth of Ambon Bay, Dutch East Indies, hitting her with 3 of 6 torpedoes fired. |
| 1944年1月4日 | USS Ray attacked two Japanese cargo ships in the Savu Sea just off the coast of Timor Barat (West Timor), Dutch East Indies, damaging one of them with 2 of 4 torpedoes fired. |
| 1944年1月12日 | USS Ray arrived at Fremantle, Australia, ending her second war patrol. |
| 1944年2月6日 | USS Ray departed Fremantle, Australia for her third war patrol. |
| 1944年2月22日 | USS Ray laid naval mines off Saigon, French Indochina. |
| 1944年3月2日 | USS Ray began pursuing a nine-ship Japanese convoy in the South China Sea. |
| 1944年3月3日 | USS Ray fired four torpedoes at a nine-ship Japanese convoy in the South China Sea, damaging one tanker with one torpedo hit. |
| 1944年3月18日 | USS Ray fired six torpedoes at two Japanese destroyers and one patrol craft in the South China Sea; her crew reported hearing one explosion, but could not confirm it as the submarine dove in expectation of counterattacks. |
| 1944年3月27日 | USS Ray arrived at Fremantle, Australia, ending her third war patrol. |
| 1944年4月23日 | USS Ray departed Fremantle, Australia for her fourth war patrol. |
| 1944年5月21日 | USS Ray began pursuing a nine-ship Japanese convoy south of the Philippine Islands. |
| 1944年5月22日 | USS Ray attacked a nine-ship Japanese convoy south of the Philippine Islands with seven torpedoes, scoring five hits; Tempei Maru was sunk and two other ships were damaged. A short moment later, she fired another torpedo from a stern tube, damaging another ship. |
| 1944年5月23日 | USS Ray fired ten torpedoes at two radar contacts south of the Philippine Islands, sinking one ship and damaging another with six torpedo hits. |
| 1944年6月14日 | USS Ray arrived at Fremantle, Australia, ending her fourth war patrol. |
| 1944年7月9日 | USS Ray departed Fremantle, Australia for her fifth war patrol. |
| 1944年7月18日 | USS Ray sank Japanese tanker Janbi Maru in the South China Sea, expending 22 torpedoes during the pursuit, 8 of which hit. |
| 1944年7月28日 | USS Ray departed Fremantle, Australia after restocking her store of torpedoes. |
| 1944年8月4日 | USS Ray sank Japanese cargo ship Koshu Maru at the southern opening of the Makassar Strait between Borneo and Celebes in the Dutch East Indies, hitting her with 3 of 4 torpedoes fired. |
| 1944年8月13日 | At the end of the day, USS Ray began pursuing a small Japanese convoy off Borneo, Dutch East Indies, firing 4 torpedoes, all of which missed. |
| 1944年8月14日 | USS Ray continued to attack a small Japanese convoy off Borneo, Dutch East Indies, sinking tanker Zuisho Maru (hitting her with 3 of 3 torpedoes fired) and damaged a transport (hitting her with 1 of 3 torpedoes fired). |
| 1944年8月18日 | USS Ray attacked a Japanese convoy and sank Japanese tanker Nansei Maru (hitting her with 3 of 4 torpedoes fired) and transport Taketoyo Maru (hitting her with 1 of 2 torpedoes fired) north of the Balabac Strait in the Philippine Islands. |
| 1944年8月21日 | USS Ray damaged a Japanese transport in the Philippine Islands, hitting her with 1 of 4 torpedoes fired. |
| 1944年8月31日 | USS Ray arrived at Fremantle, Australia, ending her fifth war patrol. |
| 1944年9月23日 | USS Ray departed Fremantle, Australia for her sixth war patrol. |
| 1944年10月6日 | USS Ray gave chase to a Japanese tanker in the South China Sea, damaging her with 1 torpedo hit (of 6 torpedoes fired) but did not sink her. |
| 1944年10月7日 | USS Ray attacked the same Japanese tanker she had been chasing since the previous day in the Southe China Sea, hitting her with another 3 torpedo hits (of 6 torpedoes fired), but could not determine whether she had been sunk. |
| 1944年10月12日 | USS Ray sank Japanese cargo ship Toko Maru in the South China Sea, hitting her with 2 of 4 torpedoes fired. |
| 1944年10月14日 | USS Ray's conning tower suffered flooding while she dove to escape an approaching Japanese patrol aircraft in the South China Sea; she would sail to Mios Woendi near Biak, Dutch East Indies for repairs. |
| 1944年11月1日 | USS Ray attacked a five-ship Japanese convoy, sinking cargo ship Horai Maru No. 7 and damaging a small tanker; all 3 torpedoes fired in this attack found their targets. |
| 1944年11月4日 | USS Ray spotted Japanese cargo ship Kagu Maru, already burning from an attack by USS Bream, in the Philippine Islands; Ray fired two torpedoes at Kagu Maru, hitting her with one of them, blowing off her bow and sinking her. |
| 1944年11月6日 | Kumano’s convoy was attacked by a wolfpack of four United States submarines Guitarro, Bream, Raton, and Ray off Cape Bolinao, Luzon, Philippines. Kumano was struck by two torpedoes that blew off her replacement bow section and flooded her engine rooms. Doryo Maru towed Kumano to Dasol Bay, Luzon. |
| 1944年11月6日 | USS Ray attacked a Japanese convoy escorted by two cruiser, escorting vessels, and aircraft in the Philippine Islands; she fired four torpedoes, one damaging cruiser Kumano. When diving to escape the counterattack, she hit ground, causing flooding in the torpedo room. When she rose to periscope depth and observed Kumano being towed away. |
| 1944年11月14日 | USS Ray attacked a three-ship Japanese convoy in the Philippine Islands with a spread of 6 torpedoes; one hit a transport and another hit escort vessel. She claimed that both were sunk. |
| 1944年11月16日 | USS Ray fired two torpedoes at a grounded Japanese transport in the Philippine Islands; both torpedoes missed. |
| 1944年11月19日 | USS Ray rescued a downed pilot from USS Cowpens. |
| 1944年12月8日 | USS Ray arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, ending her sixth war patrol. |
| 1944年12月16日 | USS Ray arrived at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States. |
| 1945年3月26日 | USS Ray departed San Francisco, California, United States. |
| 1945年4月29日 | USS Ray arrived at Apra Harbor, Guam, Mariana Islands. |
| 1945年4月30日 | USS Ray departed Apra Harbor, Guam, Mariana Islands for her seventh war patrol. |
| 1945年5月7日 | USS Ray rescued 10 airmen of a downed B-29 bomber south of Kyushu, Japan. |
| 1945年5月15日 | USS Ray rescued 10 airmen of a foundering PBM Mariner aircraft south of Kyushu, Japan. |
| 1945年5月19日 | USS Ray attacked a three-ship Japanese convoy west of Japan, missing with all three torpedoes fired. The Japanese freighters, actually armed Q-ships, fought back with depth charges, forcing Ray to surface. Ray was able to escape on the surface, deck gun firing to discourage pursuit. She claimed that one of the Q-ships were sunk by gunfire. |
| 1945年5月20日 | USS Ray sank a Japanese patrol vessel west of Japan with her deck gun. |
| 1945年5月23日 | USS Ray sank 4 small Japanese vessels west of Japan with her deck gun. |
| 1945年5月24日 | USS Ray sank 2 small Japanese vessels west of Japan with her deck gun. |
| 1945年5月25日 | USS Ray sank 2 small Japanese vessels west of Japan with her deck gun. |
| 1945年5月26日 | USS Ray sank 3 small Japanese vessels west of Japan with her deck gun. |
| 1945年5月27日 | USS Ray sank 3 small Japanese vessels west of Japan with her deck gun. |
| 1945年5月28日 | USS Ray sank 3 small Japanese vessels west of Japan with her deck gun. |
| 1945年5月30日 | USS Ray sank a small Japanese patrol vessel west of Japan with her deck gun. |
| 1945年6月2日 | USS Ray attacked a Japanese transport west of Japan; all 5 torpedoes missed. |
| 1945年6月4日 | USS Ray attacked a Japanese transport west of Japan; all 6 torpedoes missed. |
| 1945年6月16日 | USS Ray arrived at Midway Atoll, ending her seventh war patrol. |
| 1945年7月11日 | USS Ray departed for her eighth and final war patrol. |
| 1945年8月2日 | USS Ray sank a small Japanese vessel in the Gulf of Thailand with her deck gun. |
| 1945年8月3日 | USS Ray sank 3 small Japanese vessels in the Gulf of Thailand with her deck gun. |
| 1945年8月4日 | USS Ray sank 3 small Japanese vessels in the Gulf of Thailand and 2 small Japanese vessels in the South China Sea with her deck gun. |
| 1945年8月5日 | USS Ray sank 2 small Japanese vessels in the South China Sea with her deck gun. |
| 1945年8月7日 | USS Ray sank 17 small craft with her deck gun off Saponnoi, Thailand; several hours later, she dispatched boarding parties to scuttle seven junks north of Lem Chong Pra, Thailand by fire. |
| 1945年8月13日 | USS Ray arrived at US Naval Base Subic Bay, Philippine Islands to replenish her stock of ammunition; her patrol was called off while in port. |
| 1945年8月14日 | USS Ray departed US Naval Base Subic Bay, Philippine Islands. |
| 1945年10月5日 | USS Ray arrived at New London, Connecticut, United States. |
| 1947年2月12日 | USS Ray was decommissioned from service at New London, Connecticut, United States. |
| 1951年1月3日 | Upon ccompletion of submarine Ray's conversion into a radar picket submarine at Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, she was resignated SSR-271. |
| 1952年8月13日 | USS Ray was recommissioned into service with Lieutenant Commander A. C. Burley in command. |
| 1953年3月27日 | USS Ray departed Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States for a training cruise off eastern United States and in the Caribbean Sea. |
| 1954年3月1日 | USS Ray was assigned to the US Navy 6th Fleet. |
| 1954年5月26日 | USS Ray arrived at Norfolk, Virginia, United States and was detached from the US Navy 6th Fleet. |
| 1956年3月5日 | USS Ray was assigned to the US Navy 6th Fleet. |
| 1956年6月4日 | USS Ray was detached from the US Navy 6th Fleet. |
| 1958年6月30日 | USS Ray arrived at Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, South Carolina, United States. |
| 1958年9月30日 | USS Ray was decommissioned from service at Charleston Naval Shipyard, Charleston, South Carolina, United States. |
| 1960年4月1日 | Submarine Ray was struck from the US Naval Register. |
| 1960年12月18日 | Submarine Ray was sold to the Commercial Metals Company for scrap. |
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2. Anonymous says:
29 Aug 2022 03:33:14 PM
My dad is looking for anyone who might have served on the USS Ray 271 between 1955 and 1959.
29 Aug 2022 03:33:14 PM
My dad is looking for anyone who might have served on the USS Ray 271 between 1955 and 1959.
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Looking for any ship mate/submariners that served on the USS RAY WW2 with my dad John A. Boyle. He went by the name of Jack and passed away in 2008 at the age of 82 in Los Angeles, CA. Thank you!