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Sea Cat

國家美國
艦級Balao 級 潛艇
Hull NumberSS-399
造船廠Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine, United States
安放龍骨日期1943年10月30日
下水日期1944年2月21日
服役日期1944年5月16日
除役日期1968年12月2日
排水量1,526 tons standard; 2,391 tons submerged
長度312 feet
寬度27 feet
吃水17 feet
動力來源Four Fairbanks-Morse 10-cyl diesel engines (5,400shp surfaced), four Elliott electric motors (2,740shp submerged), two 126-cell Sargo batteries, two shafts
速度20 knots
續航力11,000nm at 10 knots surfaced, 48 hours at 2 knots submerged
乘員81
武裝6x533mm forward torpedo tubes, 4x533mm aft torpedo tubes, 24 torpedoes, 1x127mm deck gun
Submerged Speed8.75 knots

Contributor:

ww2dbaseUSS Sea Cat, short for "Sea Catfish", was commissioned into service in mid-1944 with Commander Rob Roy McGregor in command. She had her shakedown cruise off of the New England coast in northeastern United States, and had a period of training in waters near Hawaii, United States. Her first war patrol took her to the South China Sea, where she operated with other American submarines to attack Japanese shipping; she claimed one Japanese ship sunk and another with partial credit, but none were given to her after the war. Her second war patrol that began on 1 Feb 1945 took her to the East China Sea, again operating as a part of a wolf pack, and again failing to receive credit for her claim of a sinking of a 2,000-ton Japanese ship. She departed for her third war patrol on 27 Apr; in the Yellow Sea off China, she sank a 400-ton schooner with her deck gun. On 6 Aug, she departed for her fifth war patrol to the Kurile Islands. The war ended shortly after she reached her patrol area. She was present in Tokyo Bay in Japan during the formal surrender ceremony on 2 Sep. She arrived at Apra Harbor in Guam, Mariana Islands on 7 Sep, and then headed for San Diego, California, United States. She operated off San Diego in spring 1946, then entered Mare Island Naval Shipyard near San Francisco, California on 15 Apr 1946 for overhaul; the work was completed on 26 Jul. For the remainder of 1946, she conducted a simulated war patrol that took her to China via Hawaii. As a part of the Atlantic Fleet, she operated out of Balboa in the Panama Canal Zone until Jun 1949, when her home port was moved to Key West, Florida, United States. Between Nov 1949 and Mar 1950, she received upgrades at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard in Pennsylvania, United States. Between 1950 and early 1952, she operated out of Key West with the Atlantic Fleet. Between Jan and Jun 1952, she was converted into a Fleet Snorkel submarine at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard. She remained in active service with the Atlantic Fleet in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico until late 1968, interrupted by a four-month deployment with the 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean Sea between Jul and Oct 1966. She was decommissioned from service on 2 Dec 1968, and was sold for scrap in 1973.

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Last Major Revision: Nov 2010

Submarine Sea Cat (SS-399) 互動地圖

Photographs

Submarine tender Proteus with submarines of US Navy Submarine Squadron 20, Tokyo Bay, Japan, 2 Sep 1945USS Sea Cat off Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, United States, 22 Jul 1946USS Sea Cat at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, United States, 23 Jul 1946USS Sea Cat underway, circa mid-1950s
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Sea Cat Operational Timeline

1943年10月30日 The keel of submarine Sea Cat was laid down at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine, United States.
1944年2月21日 Submarine Sea Cat was launched, sponsored by Mrs. E. L. Cochrane.
1944年5月16日 USS Sea Cat was commissioned into service.
1944年8月28日 USS Sea Cat departed New London, Connecticut, United States for US Territory of Hawaii via the Panama Canal.
1944年10月28日 USS Sea Cat departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her first war patrol.
1944年12月3日 USS Sea Cat claimed sinking of a 10,000-ton Japanese ship; the credit was removed after the war.
1944年12月4日 USS Sea Cat claimed partial credit in the sinking of a 5,000-ton Japanese ship; the credit was removed after the war.
1945年2月1日 USS Sea Cat departed Guam, Mariana Islands for her second war patrol.
1945年2月19日 USS Sea Cat damaged a small Japanese ship with her deck gun.
1945年3月6日 USS Sea Cat claimed sinking of a 2,000-ton Japanese ship; the credit was removed after the war.
1945年3月24日 USS Sea Cat arrived at Midway Atoll, ending her second war patrol.
1945年4月27日 USS Sea Cat departed for her third war patrol.
1945年6月7日 USS Sea Cat sank a 400-ton Japanese schooner with her deck gun.
1945年6月8日 USS Sea Cat attacked a Japanese merchant ship with two torpedoes, both of which missed their target.
1945年6月25日 USS Sea Cat arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, ending her third war patrol.
1945年8月6日 USS Sea Cat departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her first fifth patrol.
1945年9月7日 USS Sea Cat arrived at Guam, Mariana Islands.
1946年4月15日 USS Sea Cat arrived at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, United States for overhaul.
1946年7月26日 USS Sea Cat completed her overhaul work at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, United States.
1946年8月12日 USS Sea Cat began a simulated war patrol across the Pacific Ocean from United States to China.
1947年1月12日 USS Sea Cat arrived at Balboa, Panama Canal Zone.
1949年9月30日 USS Sea Cat was redesignated AGSS-399.
1949年11月7日 USS Sea Cat arrived at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, United States for upgrades.
1950年3月11日 USS Sea Cat completed her upgrade work at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, United States.
1952年1月9日 USS Sea Cat departed Key West, Florida, United States.
1952年1月15日 USS Sea Cat arrived at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, United States for conversion into a Fleet Snorkel submarine.
1952年6月26日 USS Sea Cat completed her conversion work at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, United States and departed for Key West, Florida, United States.
1966年10月30日 USS Sea Cat arrived at Key West, Florida, United States.
1968年12月2日 USS Sea Cat was decommissioned from service and struck from the US Naval Register.
1973年5月18日 The hull of submarine Sea Cat was sold for scrap.




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1. Anonymous says:
2 May 2022 07:21:41 PM

I was on the USS Bushnell AS-15 in Key West from 4/66 to 1/70 when the Sea Cat took the uncontrolled dive that resulted in its’ decommissioning.

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