二次世界大戰資料庫 (WW2DB)

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ww2dbaseConstructed in Wisconsin, United States, submarine USS Guitarro was transited to sea down the Mississippi River to New Orleans, Louisiana, United States in Feb 1944. She operated out of Balboa, Panama Canal Zone in Mar 1944 before heading to the Pacific Theater of Operations. Her first war patrol off Taiwan, Japan (now Republic of China) and second war patrol off Luzon, Philippine Islands were both successful. During the third war patrol, although she was unable to attack the Japanese Center Force which she detected after sundown on 23 Oct 1944, her subsequent tracking of this force contributed to the American preparations to deal with this group. Also on the third war patrol, as a member of a wolfpack, she attacked and damaged the light cruiser Kumano, disabling her and leading to her ultimate destruction by carrier aircraft days later; for this successful attack she was awarded the Navy Unit Commendation. Her final two war patrols in WW2 saw no more sinkings. She was placed in reserve in Dec 1945. In 1952, she was recommissioned to perform training duties. In Sep 1953, she was decommissioned again for modernization at Mare Island Naval Shipyard in California, United States.

ww2dbaseIn May 1954, she began hosting Turkish sailors to prepare for her transfer to Turkey per the Military Defense Assistance Program. The transfer took place in Aug 1954, and she served with the Turkish Navy as the submarine Preveze until 1972. She was originally designated S 22 in the Turkish Navy, but in 1965 her number changed to S 340. When the submarine's useful life had come to an end, she was officially sold to Turkey on 1 Jan 1972, and Turkey began the process of decommissioning her for scrapping later in the same year.

Submarine Guitarro (SS-363) 互動地圖

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5.  David Stubblebine says:
21 May 2020 07:34:32 PM

W. Zona (above):
Guitarro Muster Rolls indicate Seaman 1st-class Andrew Thomas Zona reported aboard on 1 Dec 1944 in Fremantle, Australia just before starting her 4th war patrol. That patrol took her to the South China Sea where she damaged one freighter. Her 5th patrol was also to the South China Sea where she laid mines but engaged no shipping. Guitarro then crossed to ocean and was prepared for decommissioning at Mare Island. Zona transferred to sub-tender Bushnell where he served until 1 Apr 1946 at Boston and was presumably discharged.