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searchaux" style="display:none">Tambor-class submarine in service 1940-1943</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For other ships with the same name, see <a href="/wiki/USS_Triton" title="USS Triton">USS Triton</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <table class="infobox" style="width:25.5em;border-spacing:2px;"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;line-height:1.5em;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:USS_Triton_(SS-201)_H99279.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="SS-201 Triton, c. 1940"><img alt="SS-201 Triton, c. 1940" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/USS_Triton_%28SS-201%29_H99279.jpg/300px-USS_Triton_%28SS-201%29_H99279.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="234" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/USS_Triton_%28SS-201%29_H99279.jpg/450px-USS_Triton_%28SS-201%29_H99279.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/USS_Triton_%28SS-201%29_H99279.jpg/600px-USS_Triton_%28SS-201%29_H99279.jpg 2x" data-file-width="740" data-file-height="576" /></a></span> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">History</th></tr> <tr><th height="30" colspan="2" style="background-color:#B0C4DE;text-align:left;padding-left:2px;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;"><span class="flagicon"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" 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href="#cite_note-FriedmanSubs1-dates-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Laid down</td><td>5 July 1939<sup id="cite_ref-FriedmanSubs1-dates_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FriedmanSubs1-dates-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Launched</td><td>25 March 1940<sup id="cite_ref-FriedmanSubs1-dates_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FriedmanSubs1-dates-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Commissioned</td><td>15 August 1940<sup id="cite_ref-FriedmanSubs1-dates_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FriedmanSubs1-dates-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Fate</td><td>Sunk by Japanese <a href="/wiki/Destroyer" title="Destroyer">destroyers</a> off the <a href="/wiki/Admiralty_Islands" title="Admiralty Islands">Admiralty Islands</a>, 15 March 1943<sup id="cite_ref-Register_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Register-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">General characteristics</th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Class and type</td><td><a href="/wiki/Tambor-class_submarine" title="Tambor-class submarine"><i>Tambor</i> class</a> <a href="/wiki/Diesel-electric_transmission" class="mw-redirect" title="Diesel-electric transmission">diesel-electric</a> <a href="/wiki/Submarine" title="Submarine">submarine</a><sup id="cite_ref-Register_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Register-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Displacement</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">1,475 <a href="/wiki/Long_ton" title="Long ton">long tons</a> (1,499 <a href="/wiki/Tonne" title="Tonne">t</a>) standard, surfaced<sup id="cite_ref-FriedmanSubs1-specs_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FriedmanSubs1-specs-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2,370 tons (2,408 t) submerged<sup id="cite_ref-FriedmanSubs1-specs_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FriedmanSubs1-specs-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Length</td><td>307 ft 2 in (93.62 m)<sup id="cite_ref-FriedmanSubs1-specs_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FriedmanSubs1-specs-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Beam</td><td>27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)<sup id="cite_ref-FriedmanSubs1-specs_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FriedmanSubs1-specs-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Draft</td><td><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1154941027">.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}</style>14 ft <span class="frac">7<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> in (4.458 m)<sup id="cite_ref-FriedmanSubs1-specs_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FriedmanSubs1-specs-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Propulsion</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">4 × <a href="/wiki/Fairbanks-Morse" title="Fairbanks-Morse">Fairbanks-Morse</a> Model 38D8-⅛ 9-<a href="/wiki/Cylinder_(engine)" title="Cylinder (engine)">cylinder</a> <a href="/wiki/Opposed_piston_engine" class="mw-redirect" title="Opposed piston engine">opposed piston</a> <a href="/wiki/Diesel_engine" title="Diesel engine">diesel engines</a> driving <a href="/wiki/Electrical_generator" class="mw-redirect" title="Electrical generator">electrical generators</a><sup id="cite_ref-Register_270–280_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Register_270–280-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FriedmanSubs1-engines_261–263_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FriedmanSubs1-engines_261–263-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2 × 126-<a href="/wiki/Electrochemical_cell" title="Electrochemical cell">cell</a> <a href="/wiki/USS_Sargo_(SS-188)#Sargo_batteries" title="USS Sargo (SS-188)"><i>Sargo</i></a> <a href="/wiki/Battery_(electricity)" class="mw-redirect" title="Battery (electricity)">batteries</a><sup id="cite_ref-FriedmanSubs1-specs_305–311_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FriedmanSubs1-specs_305–311-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">4 × high-speed <a href="/wiki/General_Electric" title="General Electric">General Electric</a> <a href="/wiki/Electric_motor" title="Electric motor">electric motors</a> with <a href="/wiki/Reduction_drive" title="Reduction drive">reduction gears</a><sup id="cite_ref-Register_270–280_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Register_270–280-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">two propellers<sup id="cite_ref-Register_270–280_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Register_270–280-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">5,400 <a href="/wiki/Horsepower#Shaft_horsepower" title="Horsepower">shp</a> (4.0 <a href="/wiki/Watt" title="Watt">MW</a>) surfaced<sup id="cite_ref-Register_270–280_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Register_270–280-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2,740 shp (2.0 MW) submerged<sup id="cite_ref-Register_270–280_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Register_270–280-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Speed</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">20.4 knots (38 km/h) surfaced<sup id="cite_ref-FriedmanSubs1-specs_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FriedmanSubs1-specs-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">8.75 knots (16 km/h) submerged<sup id="cite_ref-FriedmanSubs1-specs_3-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FriedmanSubs1-specs-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Range</td><td>11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h),<sup id="cite_ref-FriedmanSubs1-specs_3-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FriedmanSubs1-specs-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> fuel capacity 93,993 US gal (355,800 L) to 96,365 US gal (364,780 L) fuel oil<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Endurance</td><td>48 hours at 2 knots (3.7 km/h) submerged;<sup id="cite_ref-FriedmanSubs1-specs_3-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FriedmanSubs1-specs-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> patrol endurance, up to 75 days<sup id="cite_ref-Alden,_p.74_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Alden,_p.74-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Test depth</td><td>250 ft (76 m)<sup id="cite_ref-FriedmanSubs1-specs_3-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FriedmanSubs1-specs-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Complement</td><td>6 officers, 54 enlisted<sup id="cite_ref-FriedmanSubs1-specs_3-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FriedmanSubs1-specs-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Armament</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">10 × <a href="/wiki/American_21_inch_torpedo" class="mw-redirect" title="American 21 inch torpedo">21 inch (533 mm)</a> <a href="/wiki/Torpedo_tube" title="Torpedo tube">torpedo tubes</a> (6 forward, 4 aft; 24 <a href="/wiki/Mark_14_torpedo" title="Mark 14 torpedo">Mark 14</a> <a href="/wiki/Torpedo" title="Torpedo">torpedoes</a> or up to 40 <a href="/wiki/Naval_mine" title="Naval mine">mines</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-Alden,_p.74_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Alden,_p.74-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">one <a href="/wiki/3%22/50_caliber_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="3"/50 caliber gun">3 in (76 mm)</a>/50 <a href="/wiki/Caliber#Caliber_as_measurement_of_length" title="Caliber">caliber</a> deck gun</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2 × <a href="/wiki/M1919_Browning_machine_gun" title="M1919 Browning machine gun">.30 cal (7.62 mm)</a> <a href="/wiki/Machinegun" class="mw-redirect" title="Machinegun">machineguns</a><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> </ul></td></tr> </tbody></table> <p><b>USS <i>Triton</i> (SS-201)</b> was the fourth <a href="/wiki/Tambor_class_submarine" class="mw-redirect" title="Tambor class submarine"><i>Tambor</i></a>-class <a href="/wiki/Submarine" title="Submarine">submarine</a> to be commissioned in the United States Navy in the years leading up to the country's December 1941 entry into World War II. Her wartime service was in the Pacific Ocean. She completed five patrols in the following 14 months, and is credited with the sinking of over 20,000 tons of Japanese shipping and warships. She was lost with all hands on or around 15 March 1943. Of the twelve Tambor-class submarines, only five survived the war. </p><p>Her <a href="/wiki/Keel" title="Keel">keel</a> was down on 5 July 1939 by the <a href="/wiki/Portsmouth_Navy_Yard" class="mw-redirect" title="Portsmouth Navy Yard">Portsmouth Navy Yard</a>. She was <a href="/wiki/Ship_naming_and_launching" class="mw-redirect" title="Ship naming and launching">launched</a> on 25 March 1940 sponsored by Mrs. Martha E. King, wife of Rear Admiral <a href="/wiki/Ernest_J._King" title="Ernest J. King">Ernest J. King</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Ship_commissioning" title="Ship commissioning">commissioned</a> on 15 August 1940 with Lieutenant Commander <a href="/wiki/Willis_A._Lent" class="mw-redirect" title="Willis A. Lent">Willis A. "Pilly" Lent</a> (Class of 1925)<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in command. She was the first submarine and third ship of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a> to be named for <a href="/wiki/Triton_(god)" class="mw-redirect" title="Triton (god)">Triton</a>, a mythological Greek god, the messenger of the sea. </p><p>The new submarine held her shakedown training in the <a href="/wiki/Caribbean_Sea" title="Caribbean Sea">Caribbean Sea</a> from 14 January to 26 March 1941 and then conducted training and minelaying exercises in the <a href="/wiki/Portsmouth,_New_Hampshire" title="Portsmouth, New Hampshire">Portsmouth, New Hampshire</a> - <a href="/wiki/New_London,_Connecticut" title="New London, Connecticut">New London, Connecticut</a> area. <i>Triton</i> departed Portsmouth on 1 July, transited the <a href="/wiki/Panama_Canal" title="Panama Canal">Panama Canal</a> on 12 July, and arrived at <a href="/wiki/San_Diego,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="San Diego, California">San Diego, California</a>, on 20 July. Nine days later, she and sister ship <a href="/wiki/USS_Trout_(SS-202)" title="USS Trout (SS-202)">USS <i>Trout</i> (SS-202)</a> headed for <a href="/wiki/Hawaii" title="Hawaii">Hawaii</a> and arrived at <a href="/wiki/Pearl_Harbor" title="Pearl Harbor">Pearl Harbor</a> on 4 August 1941. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="First_patrol">First patrol</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Triton_(SS-201)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: First patrol"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Assigned to Submarine Division 62,<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Triton</i> made a training cruise to <a href="/wiki/Midway_Atoll" title="Midway Atoll">Midway</a> from 30 August to 15 September, then participated in local and fleet operations in the Hawaiian area. On 19 November, the submarine headed west to conduct a practice war patrol and arrived off <a href="/wiki/Wake_Island" title="Wake Island">Wake Island</a> on 26 November. On 8 December, she saw columns of smoke rising over the island but assumed it was caused by construction work being done ashore. That night, when she surfaced to charge her batteries, she was informed by radio Wake that Pearl Harbor had been bombed and was ordered to stay out of range of Wake's guns. The next morning, <i>Triton</i> observed the <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japanese</a> bombing the island. On the night of 10 December, she was surfaced, charging her batteries, when flashes of light from Wake revealed a <a href="/wiki/Destroyer" title="Destroyer">destroyer</a> or light <a href="/wiki/Cruiser" title="Cruiser">cruiser</a> on a parallel course. The submarine was silhouetted against the moon, and the enemy ship turned towards her. <i>Triton</i> went deep and began evasive action. When the Japanese ship slowed astern, the submarine came to 120 feet (37 m) and fired four stern torpedoes—the first American torpedoes shot during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>—on <a href="/wiki/Sonar" title="Sonar">sonar</a> bearings.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She heard a dull explosion 58 seconds later and believed one had hit the target, then went to 175 feet (53 m) and cleared the area. (No sinking was recorded, and she was not credited with one.)<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After their initial repulse on 11 December, the Japanese returned with two <a href="/wiki/Aircraft_carrier" title="Aircraft carrier">aircraft carriers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_aircraft_carrier_Hiry%C5%AB" title="Japanese aircraft carrier Hiryū"><i>Hiryū</i></a> and <a href="/wiki/Japanese_aircraft_carrier_S%C5%8Dry%C5%AB" title="Japanese aircraft carrier Sōryū"><i>Sōryū</i></a>; <i>Triton</i> was not informed,<sup id="cite_ref-Blair,_p.123_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Blair,_p.123-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and made no attacks on them. Neither did she make any effort to evacuate the 350 Marines.<sup id="cite_ref-Blair,_p.123_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Blair,_p.123-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 21 December, the submarine was ordered to return to <a href="/wiki/Hawaii" title="Hawaii">Hawaii</a>, and she arrived back at Pearl Harbor on 31 December. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Second_patrol">Second patrol</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Triton_(SS-201)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Second patrol"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 25 January 1942, <i>Triton</i> got underway for the <a href="/wiki/East_China_Sea" title="East China Sea">East China Sea</a> and her second war patrol, covering the sealanes to <a href="/wiki/Dairen" class="mw-redirect" title="Dairen">Dairen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shanghai" title="Shanghai">Shanghai</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Korea" title="Korea">Korea</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was off <a href="/wiki/Ky%C5%ABsh%C5%AB" class="mw-redirect" title="Kyūshū">Kyūshū</a> on 17 February when she contacted a freighter. The submarine launched four torpedoes and scored one hit in the stern. The target stopped for a few minutes and then slowly got underway. That evening, <i>Triton</i> attacked another freighter with two torpedoes at a range of 1,200 yards (1,100 m). One hit the Japanese cargo ship aft of her well deck, and the maru went dead in the water and began settling. Soon, several heavy explosions marked the end of <i>Shinyo Maru Number 5</i>. Four days later, the submarine intercepted two cargo ships. She sank <i>Shokyu Maru</i> with two torpedoes but could not attack the second ship because of its speed and the appearance of a four-engine patrol plane. On the night of 27 February, the submarine was on the surface for a battery charge when she sighted a ship approximately three miles away. She closed to attack and launched two torpedoes. One torpedo hit, but haze over the water and smoke from the damaged ship prohibited a second attack. <i>Triton</i> made no further contacts and returned to Pearl Harbor on 17 March, where she was praised for an aggressive patrol, earning credit for two ships totalling 12,000 tons (reduced to 5,982 tons postwar), but criticized for excessive use of torpedoes, which were in extremely short supply.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Third_patrol">Third patrol</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Triton_(SS-201)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Third patrol"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Triton</i> (now in the hands of <a href="/wiki/Charles_Cochran_Kirkpatrick" title="Charles Cochran Kirkpatrick">C.C. Kirkpatrick</a>, Class of 1931)<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> got underway on 13 April to return to the <a href="/wiki/East_China_Sea" title="East China Sea">East China Sea</a>. Ten days later, the submarine contacted a 2,000-ton<sup id="cite_ref-Blair,_p.225_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Blair,_p.225-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> trawler near <a href="/wiki/Marcus_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Marcus Island">Marcus</a>, astonishingly stopped and not blacked out.<sup id="cite_ref-Blair,_p.225_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Blair,_p.225-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After missing with two torpedoes (at point blank range),<sup id="cite_ref-Blair,_p.225_18-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Blair,_p.225-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> she surfaced to engage with her deck guns, firing 19 rounds of three-inch (76 mm) and "a hurricane of small-arms",<sup id="cite_ref-Blair,_p.225_18-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Blair,_p.225-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> leaving the trawler a sinking wreck, giving <i>Triton</i> the first confirmed sinking of an enemy vessel by deck gun fire by an American submarine. </p><p>Amid shallow, glassy seas and poor sonar conditions,<sup id="cite_ref-Blair,_p.225_18-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Blair,_p.225-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> on 1 May, she sighted six freighters, in two columns, escorted by a single<sup id="cite_ref-Blair,_p.225_18-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Blair,_p.225-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Torpedo_boat" title="Torpedo boat">torpedo boat</a>. She launched two torpedoes, and both hit the leading ship, <i>Taei Maru</i> (2,200 tons), which sank,<sup id="cite_ref-Blair,_p.225_18-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Blair,_p.225-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> then two more at the next freighter; both missed. She fired at a third cargoman but the torpedo ran deep; a second torpedo, set shallow and aimed at a different ship,<sup id="cite_ref-Blair,_p.225_18-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Blair,_p.225-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> broke the back of <i>Calcutta Maru</i> (5,300 tons),<sup id="cite_ref-Blair,_p.225_18-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Blair,_p.225-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which promptly sank. </p><p><i>Triton</i> contacted an escorted convoy on 6 May and launched two torpedoes at the trailing ship; one sank soon after leaving the tube, the other missed ahead.<sup id="cite_ref-Blair,_p.225_18-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Blair,_p.225-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She next spotted a destroyer coming to the rear of the convoy, fired two more (both set shallow) at this same ship from 1,200 yards (1,100 m), and went deep to elude. Her sonar heard two violent explosions; <i>Taigen Maru</i> (5,600 tons) had sunk.<sup id="cite_ref-Blair,_p.225_18-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Blair,_p.225-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At that point, the submarine maneuvered around and ahead of the convoy to position for another attack. When she attained the desired position, she launched four torpedoes—two at the third ship and two at a fourth. <i>Triton</i> heard two explosions from the first spread (one in the third ship), none from the second (which had avoided),<sup id="cite_ref-Blair,_p.225_18-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Blair,_p.225-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as she was forced to take evasive action from the escort. The submarine later returned to periscope depth, but no ships were in sight. The convoy had cleared the area. On 15 May, she sank two deep-sea fishing boats with her deck guns. </p><p>The next day, after monitoring orders to other boats attempting to intercept without success, <i>Triton</i> ran into position<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and at 15.20 spotted the crippled <a href="/wiki/Japanese_aircraft_carrier_Sh%C5%8Dkaku" title="Japanese aircraft carrier Shōkaku"><i>Shōkaku</i></a> and a destroyer, returning from the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea" title="Battle of the Coral Sea">Battle of the Coral Sea</a>. At 6,700 yards (6,100 m), with the target making 16 knots (30 km/h),<sup id="cite_ref-Blair,_p.225_18-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Blair,_p.225-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Triton</i> could not close the range, despite surfacing and bending on 19½ knots (36 km/h).<sup id="cite_ref-Blair,_p.233_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Blair,_p.233-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She sent a contact report, but it was not acknowledged. </p><p>One day later, 17 May,<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in "one of the luckiest finds of the war",<sup id="cite_ref-Blair,_p.233_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Blair,_p.233-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_I-64" title="Japanese submarine I-64"><i>I-64</i></a><sup id="cite_ref-Blair,_p.225_18-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Blair,_p.225-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> surfaced right in front of <i>Triton</i>; she fired her last bow torpedo from 6,200 yards (5,700 m) and parts of the target were blown 100 feet (30 m) into the air. <i>I-64</i> (1,700 tons),<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the fourth Japanese sub sunk by the Pacific Fleet Sub Force,<sup id="cite_ref-Blair,_p.233_20-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Blair,_p.233-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> went down by the stern. Four days later, <i>Triton</i> fired her last four torpedoes at another enemy submarine; all missed. The patrol earned her credit for five ships of 24,200 tons (reduced to 15,800 postwar),<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> terminating at Pearl Harbor on 4 June, as the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Midway" title="Battle of Midway">Battle of Midway</a> began. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Fourth_patrol">Fourth patrol</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Triton_(SS-201)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Fourth patrol"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:USS_Triton_(SS-201).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/USS_Triton_%28SS-201%29.jpg/220px-USS_Triton_%28SS-201%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="171" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/USS_Triton_%28SS-201%29.jpg/330px-USS_Triton_%28SS-201%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/USS_Triton_%28SS-201%29.jpg/440px-USS_Triton_%28SS-201%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="740" data-file-height="574" /></a><figcaption>USS <i>Triton</i> at <a href="/wiki/Dutch_Harbor,_Alaska" class="mw-redirect" title="Dutch Harbor, Alaska">Dutch Harbor, Alaska</a>, 16 July 1942</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Nenohi-1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Nenohi-1.jpg/220px-Nenohi-1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="162" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Nenohi-1.jpg/330px-Nenohi-1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Nenohi-1.jpg/440px-Nenohi-1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="604" data-file-height="444" /></a><figcaption>Japanese destroyer <i>Nenohi</i></figcaption></figure> <p><i>Triton'</i>s fourth war patrol took her to <a href="/wiki/Alaska" title="Alaska">Alaskan</a> waters and lasted from 25 June to 24 August. On 4 July, she was patrolling in a heavy fog, in the vicinity of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Cape_Sabok&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cape Sabok (page does not exist)">Cape Sabok</a>, when the fog lifted enough to reveal a Japanese destroyer. The submarine trailed the enemy for ten hours,<sup id="cite_ref-Blair,_p.270_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Blair,_p.270-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in and out of patches of fog, until she had closed the range to 3,000 yards (2,700 m). <i>Triton</i> then launched two torpedoes, and one hit amidships. The Japanese destroyer <a href="/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Nenohi_(1932)" title="Japanese destroyer Nenohi (1932)"><i>Nenohi</i></a> {right} (1,370 tons)<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> capsized to port and slid under the waves in five minutes.<sup id="cite_ref-Blair,_p.270_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Blair,_p.270-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Triton</i> sighted a freighter on 28 July, but lost it in a fog bank. The same thing happened the next day. On 9 August, <i>Triton</i> saw an enemy submarine's periscope and prepared to attack. However, the Japanese sub struck first, forcing <i>Triton</i> to go deep as enemy torpedoes passed overhead. On 15 August, <i>Triton</i> launched four torpedoes at a darkened ship from a range of 1,500 yards (1,400 m). There were two consecutive explosions, and flames shot over 200 feet (60 m) into the air. To <i>Triton</i>, the enemy ship appeared to be larger than a destroyer. However, there is no official record of a sinking on that date.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The submarine made no further contacts before returning to Pearl Harbor on 7 September, and was credited with two ships for 3,100 tons (postwar, only <i>Nenohi</i>, at 1,600 tons).<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She then entered <a href="/wiki/Pearl_Harbor_Navy_Yard" class="mw-redirect" title="Pearl Harbor Navy Yard">Pearl Harbor Navy Yard</a> for an overhaul until 6 December. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Fifth_patrol">Fifth patrol</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Triton_(SS-201)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Fifth patrol"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 16 December, <i>Triton</i> got underway for a position 20 miles (32 km) east of Wake on the Midway–Wake route. She was one of three submarines stationed between the two islands to mark the way for <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Air_Forces" title="United States Army Air Forces">United States Army Air Forces</a> <a href="/wiki/B-24_Liberator" class="mw-redirect" title="B-24 Liberator">B-24 Liberator</a> bombers in strikes on Wake and to rescue the crews of any planes forced down at sea. She made no rescues, but, on the night of 23 December, she aided in guiding the Liberators in a night bombing attack on the island. On 24 December, the submarine sighted the mast of a ship on the horizon, headed for Wake anchorage. <i>Triton</i> (alerted by <a href="/wiki/Ultra_(cryptography)" title="Ultra (cryptography)"><small>ULTRA</small></a>)<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> closed to 1,000 yards (910 m) and launched two torpedoes. One hit under the <a href="/wiki/Funnel_(ship)" title="Funnel (ship)">stack</a>, the other under the foremast. <i>Amakasu Maru Number 1</i> was obliterated in a cloud of smoke and steam as she went under.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The submarine then set a course for <a href="/wiki/Brisbane" title="Brisbane">Brisbane</a>. On 28 December, she sighted an enemy ship, closed to 7,000 yards (6,400 m), and launched three torpedoes into the transport <a href="/wiki/%C5%8Cmi_Maru" title="Ōmi Maru"><i>Ōmi Maru</i></a>. The ship sank almost immediately and, although there was much wreckage, no survivors were seen. </p><p><i>Triton</i> was then ordered to patrol the <a href="/wiki/Chuuk_Lagoon" title="Chuuk Lagoon">Truk</a>–<a href="/wiki/Rabaul" title="Rabaul">Rabaul</a>–<a href="/wiki/New_Guinea" title="New Guinea">New Guinea</a> shipping lanes, north and northwest of <a href="/wiki/New_Ireland_(island)" title="New Ireland (island)">New Ireland</a>, arriving on 30 December 1942. On 10 January 1943, <i>Triton</i> stalked an unidentified vessel but withheld her attack upon observing it was marked as a hospital ship. Three days later, she launched four torpedoes at a tanker and scored one hit. When the enemy began firing at her periscope, she went deep to begin an end around. About 20 minutes later, the submarine returned to periscope depth and launched a spread of four torpedoes. Two geysers of water rose amidships as high as the target's bridge, but no explosions followed. The next day, <i>Triton</i> attempted to attack a freighter, but an escort forced her down where she was subjected to a two-hour <a href="/wiki/Depth_charge" title="Depth charge">depth charge</a> attack. On 16 January, she attacked two cargo ships, scoring two hits on the first and one on the second; but her victims forced her to submerge before she could evaluate the damage. Later that day, <i>Triton</i> fired her last three torpedoes at a large freighter but heard no explosions. She then headed for <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a> and reached <a href="/wiki/Brisbane" title="Brisbane">Brisbane</a> on 26 January, with a total of 6,500 tons for the trip.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Final_patrol">Final patrol</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Triton_(SS-201)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Final patrol"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Falling under the strict tactical control of Admiral <a href="/wiki/James_Fife,_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="James Fife, Jr.">James Fife, Jr.</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Blair,_p.375_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Blair,_p.375-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Triton</i> (now in the hands of <a href="/wiki/George_K._MacKenzie" class="mw-redirect" title="George K. MacKenzie">George K. MacKenzie</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-Blair,_p.375_32-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Blair,_p.375-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> on 16 February began her sixth and final war patrol, hoping to destroy enemy shipping between the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Shortland_Basin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Shortland Basin (page does not exist)">Shortland Basin</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rabaul" title="Rabaul">Rabaul</a>. She reported smoke on 22 February and a new Japanese <a href="/wiki/Radar" title="Radar">radar</a> at <a href="/wiki/Buka_Island" title="Buka Island">Buka</a>. On 6 March, the submarine attacked a convoy of five destroyer-escorted ships, sinking the cargo ship <i>Kiriha Maru</i> and damaging another freighter. One of her torpedoes made a circular run, and <i>Triton</i> went deep to evade it. She attacked another convoy on the night of 8 March and claimed that five of the eight torpedoes she had fired scored hits. She could not observe the results or make a follow-up attack because gunfire from the escorts forced her down. On 11 March, <i>Triton</i> reported she was chasing two convoys, each made up of five or more ships. She was informed <a href="/wiki/USS_Trigger_(SS-237)" title="USS Trigger (SS-237)"><i>Trigger</i> (SS-237)</a> was operating in an adjoining area and ordered to stay south of the <a href="/wiki/Equator" title="Equator">equator</a>. On 13 March, <i>Triton</i> was warned that three enemy destroyers, including the <a href="/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Akikaze" title="Japanese destroyer Akikaze"><i>Akikaze</i></a> were in her area either looking for a convoy or hunting American submarines. </p><p>On 15 March, <i>Triton</i> reported she had attacked a convoy and had been <a href="/wiki/Depth_charge" title="Depth charge">depth charged</a>. Even though attacks on her ceased, she could still hear distant depth charging for about an hour. No further messages from <i>Triton</i> were ever received. Post-war examination of Japanese records revealed on 15 March 1943, three Japanese destroyers attacked a submarine a little northwest of <i>Triton'</i>s assigned area and subsequently observed an oil slick, debris, and items with American markings. On 10 April 1943, <i>Triton</i> was reported overdue from patrol and presumed lost, one of three lost in a month. This gave her 6,500 tons for the trip to <a href="/wiki/Brisbane" title="Brisbane">Brisbane</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Blair,_p.375_32-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Blair,_p.375-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards">Awards</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Triton_(SS-201)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Triton</i> received five <a href="/wiki/Battle_star" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle star">battle stars</a> for <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> service. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legacy">Legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Triton_(SS-201)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Triton</i> is the subject of an episode of the <a href="/wiki/Television_syndication" class="mw-redirect" title="Television syndication">syndicated</a> <a href="/wiki/Television" title="Television">television</a> <a href="/wiki/Anthology_series" title="Anthology series">anthology series</a>, <i>The Silent Service</i>, which aired in the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> during the 1957–1958 season. </p><p><i>Triton</i>′s <a href="/wiki/Ship%27s_bell" title="Ship's bell">ship's bell</a> was not aboard the submarine when she was lost. It was located in 2011 and is on display at <a href="/wiki/Naval_Station_Great_Lakes" title="Naval Station Great Lakes">Naval Station Great Lakes</a> in <a href="/wiki/Lake_County,_Illinois" title="Lake County, Illinois">Lake County</a>, <a href="/wiki/Illinois" title="Illinois">Illinois</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Triton_(SS-201)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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title="Special:BookSources/1-55750-263-3"><bdi>1-55750-263-3</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=U.S.+Submarines+Through+1945%3A+An+Illustrated+Design+History&rft.place=Annapolis%2C+Maryland&rft.pages=285-304&rft.pub=United+States+Naval+Institute&rft.date=1995&rft.isbn=1-55750-263-3&rft.aulast=Friedman&rft.aufirst=Norman&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUSS+Triton+%28SS-201%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Register-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Register_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Register_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBauerRoberts,_Stephen_S.1991" class="citation book cs1">Bauer, K. Jack; Roberts, Stephen S. (1991). <i>Register of Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1775-1990: Major Combatants</i>. <a href="/wiki/Westport,_Connecticut" title="Westport, Connecticut">Westport, Connecticut</a>: Greenwood Press. p. 270. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-313-26202-0" title="Special:BookSources/0-313-26202-0"><bdi>0-313-26202-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Register+of+Ships+of+the+U.S.+Navy%2C+1775-1990%3A+Major+Combatants&rft.place=Westport%2C+Connecticut&rft.pages=270&rft.pub=Greenwood+Press&rft.date=1991&rft.isbn=0-313-26202-0&rft.aulast=Bauer&rft.aufirst=K.+Jack&rft.au=Roberts%2C+Stephen+S.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUSS+Triton+%28SS-201%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FriedmanSubs1-specs-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FriedmanSubs1-specs_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FriedmanSubs1-specs_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FriedmanSubs1-specs_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FriedmanSubs1-specs_3-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FriedmanSubs1-specs_3-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FriedmanSubs1-specs_3-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FriedmanSubs1-specs_3-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FriedmanSubs1-specs_3-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FriedmanSubs1-specs_3-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FriedmanSubs1-specs_3-9"><sup><i><b>j</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FriedmanSubs1-specs_3-10"><sup><i><b>k</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>U.S. Submarines Through 1945</i> pp.305-311</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Register_270–280-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Register_270–280_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Register_270–280_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Register_270–280_4-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Register_270–280_4-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Register_270–280_4-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBauerRoberts1991" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/K._Jack_Bauer" title="K. Jack Bauer">Bauer, K. Jack</a>; Roberts, Stephen S. (1991). <i>Register of Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1775–1990: Major Combatants</i>. <a href="/wiki/Westport,_Connecticut" title="Westport, Connecticut">Westport, Connecticut</a>: Greenwood Press. pp. 270–280. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-313-26202-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-313-26202-9"><bdi>978-0-313-26202-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Register+of+Ships+of+the+U.S.+Navy%2C+1775%E2%80%931990%3A+Major+Combatants&rft.place=Westport%2C+Connecticut&rft.pages=270-280&rft.pub=Greenwood+Press&rft.date=1991&rft.isbn=978-0-313-26202-9&rft.aulast=Bauer&rft.aufirst=K.+Jack&rft.au=Roberts%2C+Stephen+S.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUSS+Triton+%28SS-201%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FriedmanSubs1-engines_261–263-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FriedmanSubs1-engines_261–263_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>U.S. Submarines Through 1945</i> pp. 261–263</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FriedmanSubs1-specs_305–311-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FriedmanSubs1-specs_305–311_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>U.S. Submarines Through 1945</i> pp. 305–311</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Alden, John D., Commander, USN (rtd). <i>The Fleet Submarine in the U.S. Navy</i> (Annapolis: United States Naval Institute Press, 1979), p.74.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Alden,_p.74-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Alden,_p.74_8-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Alden,_p.74_8-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Alden, p.74.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Lenton, H. T. <i>American Submarines</i> (Doubleday, 1973), p.58.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBlair1975" class="citation book cs1">Blair, Clay (1975). <i>Silent Victory: The U.S. Submarine War against Japan</i>. Philadelphia: <a href="/wiki/J._B._Lippincott_%26_Co." title="J. B. Lippincott & Co.">Lippincott</a>. p. 907. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780397010899" title="Special:BookSources/9780397010899"><bdi>9780397010899</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Silent+Victory%3A+The+U.S.+Submarine+War+against+Japan&rft.place=Philadelphia&rft.pages=907&rft.pub=Lippincott&rft.date=1975&rft.isbn=9780397010899&rft.aulast=Blair&rft.aufirst=Clay&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUSS+Triton+%28SS-201%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Commanded by <a href="/w/index.php?title=Forrest_M._O%27Leary&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Forrest M. O'Leary (page does not exist)">Forrest M. O'Leary</a>. Blair, p.83.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">For which squadron commander <a href="/wiki/Captain_(U.S._Navy)" class="mw-redirect" title="Captain (U.S. Navy)">Captain</a> <a href="/wiki/Allan_Rockwell_McCann" title="Allan Rockwell McCann">Al McCann</a> was critical. Blair, pp.120-1.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Blair, pp.120 and 901.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Blair,_p.123-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Blair,_p.123_14-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Blair,_p.123_14-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Blair, p.123.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Blair, p.208.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Thanks to <a href="/wiki/Bureau_of_Ordnance" title="Bureau of Ordnance">BuOrd</a>'s inadequate production. Blair, pp.69, 120-1, 208-9, and 907.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"the youngest skipper yet to get a command at Pearl Harbor". Blair, p.224.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Blair,_p.225-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Blair,_p.225_18-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Blair,_p.225_18-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Blair,_p.225_18-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Blair,_p.225_18-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Blair,_p.225_18-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Blair,_p.225_18-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Blair,_p.225_18-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Blair,_p.225_18-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Blair,_p.225_18-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Blair,_p.225_18-9"><sup><i><b>j</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Blair,_p.225_18-10"><sup><i><b>k</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Blair,_p.225_18-11"><sup><i><b>l</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Blair,_p.225_18-12"><sup><i><b>m</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Blair,_p.225_18-13"><sup><i><b>n</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Blair, p.225.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Blair, pp.231 & 233.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Blair,_p.233-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Blair,_p.233_20-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Blair,_p.233_20-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Blair,_p.233_20-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Blair, p.233.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The same day Joe Willingham's <a href="/wiki/USS_Tautog_(SS-199)" title="USS Tautog (SS-199)"><i>Tautog</i></a> sank <i>I-28</i>. Blair, p.233.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Fitzsimons, Bernard, ed. <i>Illustrated Encyclopedia of 20th Century Weapons and Warfare</i> (London: Phoebus, 1978), Volume 13, p.1410, "<i>I61</i>". She later had an extra "100" added and her original number was reassigned, per usual IJN practise. Stille, Mark. <i>Imperial Japanese Navy Submarines 1941-45</i> (Osprey, 2007), p.4</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Fitzsimons, p.1410, "<i>I61</i>".</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Blair, p.908. It was a remarkable first effort for Kirkpatrick.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Blair,_p.270-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Blair,_p.270_25-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Blair,_p.270_25-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Blair, p.270.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-26">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Fitzsimons, Volume 12, p.1247, "<i>Hatsuharu</i>".</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-27">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Japanese records are notoriously chaotic, and the <a href="/wiki/JANAC" class="mw-redirect" title="JANAC">JANAC</a> accounting equally unreliable as a result, however.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-28">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Blair, p.914.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-29">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Blair, p.334.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-30">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.pacificwrecks.com/ships/maru/amakasu.html">The "Amakasu Maru" remains were found in August 2016</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-31">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Blair, p.334. On arrival, Kirkpatrick was detached to become an aid to <a href="/wiki/Ernest_J._King" title="Ernest J. King">King</a>, yet another waste of a very productive skipper.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Blair,_p.375-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Blair,_p.375_32-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Blair,_p.375_32-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Blair,_p.375_32-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Blair, p.375.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-33">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWiltrout2011" class="citation news cs1">Wiltrout, Kate (26 April 2011). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bremolympicnlus.wordpress.com/2013/03/18/uss-triton-ss-201-ships-bell/">"USS Triton SS-201 Ship's Bell"</a>. <i>The Virginian-Pilot</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Virginian-Pilot&rft.atitle=USS+Triton+SS-201+Ship%27s+Bell&rft.date=2011-04-26&rft.aulast=Wiltrout&rft.aufirst=Kate&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbremolympicnlus.wordpress.com%2F2013%2F03%2F18%2Fuss-triton-ss-201-ships-bell%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUSS+Triton+%28SS-201%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Triton_(SS-201)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Alden, John D., Commander, USN (rtd). <i>The Fleet Submarine in the U.S. Navy</i>. Annapolis: United States Naval Institute Press, 1979.</li> <li>Blair, Clay, Jr. <i>Silent Victory</i>. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1975.</li> <li>Lenton, H.T. <i>American Submarines</i>. New York: Doubleday & Co., 1973.</li> <li>Fitzsimons, Bernard, ed. <i>Illustrated Encyclopedia of 20th century Weapons and Warfare</i>, Volume 13, p. 1409–10, "<i>I61</i>", and Volume 12, p. 1246-7, "<i>Hatsuharu</i>". London: Phoebus, 1978.</li></ul> <p><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Public Domain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/PD-icon.svg/12px-PD-icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/PD-icon.svg/18px-PD-icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/PD-icon.svg/24px-PD-icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="196" data-file-height="196" /></span></span> <i>This article incorporates text from the <a href="/wiki/Public_domain" title="Public domain">public domain</a> </i><a href="/wiki/Dictionary_of_American_Naval_Fighting_Ships" title="Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships">Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships</a><i>. The entry can be found <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/t/triton-iii.html">here</a>.</i> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Triton_(SS-201)&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.oneternalpatrol.com/uss-triton-201.htm">"On Eternal Patrol: USS <i>Triton</i>"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=On+Eternal+Patrol%3A+USS+Triton&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.oneternalpatrol.com%2Fuss-triton-201.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUSS+Triton+%28SS-201%29" class="Z3988"></span> Listing of crew members on <i>USS Triton</i> lost with her sinking.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNevitt1998" class="citation web cs1">Nevitt, Allyn D. (1998). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.combinedfleet.com/triton.htm">"Who Sank the Triton?"</a>. <i>Long Lancers</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">26 May</span> 2008</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Long+Lancers&rft.atitle=Who+Sank+the+Triton%3F&rft.date=1998&rft.aulast=Nevitt&rft.aufirst=Allyn+D.&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.combinedfleet.com%2Ftriton.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUSS+Triton+%28SS-201%29" class="Z3988"></span> Discussion of several possibilities for the sinking of <i>Triton</i></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDunn" class="citation web cs1">Dunn, Peter. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ozatwar.com/ozatwar/usstriton.htm">"US Navy Submarine USS Triton (SS-201) Operated Out of Brisbane Submarine Base During WW2"</a>. <i>www.ozatwar.com</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">20 May</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.ozatwar.com&rft.atitle=US+Navy+Submarine+USS+Triton+%28SS-201%29+Operated+Out+of+Brisbane+Submarine+Base+During+WW2&rft.aulast=Dunn&rft.aufirst=Peter&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ozatwar.com%2Fozatwar%2Fusstriton.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUSS+Triton+%28SS-201%29" class="Z3988"></span> Updated discussion of possibilities for the sinking of <i>Triton</i>.</li></ul> <div class="navbox-styles"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline 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title="USS Thresher (SS-200)"><i>Thresher</i></a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink"><i>Triton</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Trout_(SS-202)" title="USS Trout (SS-202)"><i>Trout</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Tuna_(SS-203)" title="USS Tuna (SS-203)"><i>Tuna</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Gar" title="USS Gar"><i>Gar</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Grampus_(SS-207)" title="USS Grampus (SS-207)"><i>Grampus</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Grayback_(SS-208)" title="USS Grayback (SS-208)"><i>Grayback</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Grayling_(SS-209)" title="USS Grayling (SS-209)"><i>Grayling</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Grenadier_(SS-210)" title="USS Grenadier (SS-210)"><i>Grenadier</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Gudgeon_(SS-211)" title="USS Gudgeon (SS-211)"><i>Gudgeon</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Preceded by: <a 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<a href="/wiki/Japanese_transport_Kembu_Maru" title="Japanese transport Kembu Maru"><i>Kembu Maru</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_transport_ship_Oigawa_Maru" title="Japanese transport ship Oigawa Maru"><i>Oigawa Maru</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Shirayuki_(1928)" title="Japanese destroyer Shirayuki (1928)"><i>Shirayuki</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Sin-ai_Maru_(1921)" title="Sin-ai Maru (1921)"><i>Sin-ai Maru</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/MS_Stag_Hound_(1941)" title="MS Stag Hound (1941)"><i>Stag Hound</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Taimei_Maru_(1936)" title="Taimei Maru (1936)"><i>Taimei Maru</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Teiyo_Maru_(1924)" title="Teiyo Maru (1924)"><i>Teiyo Maru</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">4 Mar: <a href="/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Asashio_(1936)" title="Japanese destroyer Asashio (1936)"><i>Asashio</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/SS_City_of_Pretoria" title="SS City of Pretoria"><i>City of Pretoria</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/SS_Marietta_E" title="SS Marietta E"><i>Marietta E</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Tokitsukaze_(1939)" title="Japanese destroyer Tokitsukaze (1939)"><i>Tokitsukaze</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-87_(1941)" title="German submarine U-87 (1941)"><i>U-87</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">5 Mar: <a href="/wiki/SS_Empire_Tower" title="SS Empire Tower"><i>Empire Tower</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Grampus_(SS-207)" title="USS Grampus (SS-207)">USS <i>Grampus</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Minegumo_(1937)" title="Japanese destroyer Minegumo (1937)"><i>Minegumo</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Murasame_(1935)" title="Japanese destroyer Murasame (1935)"><i>Murasame</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">8 Mar: <a href="/wiki/SS_%27s_Jacob" title="SS 's Jacob">'<i>s Jacob</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/SS_James_B._Stephens" title="SS James B. Stephens"><i>James B. Stephens</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-156_(1941)" title="German submarine U-156 (1941)"><i>U-156</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">9 Mar: <a href="/wiki/SS_Fort_Battle_River" title="SS Fort Battle River"><i>Fort Battle River</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">10 Mar: <a href="/wiki/SS_Nailsea_Court_(1936)" title="SS Nailsea Court (1936)"><i>Nailsea Court</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/SS_Richard_Bland" title="SS Richard Bland"><i>Richard Bland</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-633" title="German submarine U-633"><i>U-633</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">11 Mar: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Harvester_(H19)" title="HMS Harvester (H19)">HMS <i>Harvester</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-432" title="German submarine U-432"><i>U-432</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-444" title="German submarine U-444"><i>U-444</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">12 Mar: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Lightning_(G55)" title="HMS Lightning (G55)">HMS <i>Lightning</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/HMS_Turbulent_(N98)" title="HMS Turbulent (N98)">HMS <i>Turbulent</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-130_(1941)" title="German submarine U-130 (1941)"><i>U-130</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">13 Mar: <a href="/wiki/SS_Clan_Alpine_(1918)" title="SS Clan Alpine (1918)"><i>Clan Alpine</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/RMS_Empress_of_Canada_(1920)" title="RMS Empress of Canada (1920)"><i>Empress of Canada</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-163_(1941)" title="German submarine U-163 (1941)"><i>U-163</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">14 Mar: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Thetis_(N25)" title="HMS Thetis (N25)">HMS <i>Thunderbolt</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">15 Mar: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">USS <i>Triton</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">16 Mar: <a href="/wiki/SS_Benjamin_Harrison" title="SS Benjamin Harrison"><i>Benjamin Harrison</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">19 Mar: <a href="/wiki/SS_Lulworth_Hill" title="SS Lulworth Hill"><i>Lulworth Hill</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-5_(1935)" title="German submarine U-5 (1935)"><i>U-5</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-384" title="German submarine U-384"><i>U-384</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">21 Mar: <a href="/wiki/Soviet_submarine_K-3_(1938)" title="Soviet submarine K-3 (1938)"><i>K-3</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-163_(1941)" title="German submarine U-163 (1941)"><i>U-163</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">22 Mar: <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-524" title="German submarine U-524"><i>U-524</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-665" title="German submarine U-665"><i>U-665</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">23 Mar: <a href="/wiki/Italian_submarine_Delfino_(1930)" title="Italian submarine Delfino (1930)"><i>Delfino</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/RMS_Windsor_Castle_(1921)" title="RMS Windsor Castle (1921)"><i>Windsor Castle</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">24 Mar: <a href="/wiki/Bungsberg_(ship)" title="Bungsberg (ship)"><i>Bungsberg</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">25 Mar: <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-469" title="German submarine U-469"><i>U-469</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">27 Mar: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Dasher_(D37)" title="HMS Dasher (D37)">HMS <i>Dasher</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-169" title="German submarine U-169"><i>U-169</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">28 Mar: <i><a href="/wiki/Caterina_Costa" title="Caterina Costa">Caterina Costa</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/SS_Ceuta_(1929)" title="SS Ceuta (1929)"><i>Ceuta</i></a>, <i><a href="/wiki/USS_Dale_(DD-290)" title="USS Dale (DD-290)">Masaya</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Suwa_Maru" title="Suwa Maru">Suwa Maru</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">29 Mar: <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-77_(1940)" title="German submarine U-77 (1940)"><i>U-77</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">30 Mar: <a href="/wiki/SS_Empire_Bowman" title="SS Empire Bowman">SS <i>Empire Bowman</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-416" title="German submarine U-416"><i>U-416</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Unknown date: <a href="/wiki/French_submarine_Sir%C3%A8ne_(Q123)" title="French submarine Sirène (Q123)"><i>Sirène</i></a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other incidents</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">8 Mar: <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_Ro-103" title="Japanese submarine Ro-103"><i>Ro-103</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">13 Mar: <a href="/wiki/USS_R-6" title="USS R-6">USS <i>R-6</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">19 Mar: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Derwent_(L83)" title="HMS Derwent (L83)">HMS <i>Derwent</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Unknown date: <a href="/wiki/USS_Scorpion_(SS-278)" title="USS Scorpion (SS-278)">USS <i>Scorpion</i></a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><a href="/wiki/List_of_shipwrecks_in_1942" title="List of shipwrecks in 1942">1942</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/List_of_shipwrecks_in_1942" title="List of shipwrecks in 1942"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Arrow_Blue_Left_001.svg/12px-Arrow_Blue_Left_001.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Arrow_Blue_Left_001.svg/18px-Arrow_Blue_Left_001.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Arrow_Blue_Left_001.svg/24px-Arrow_Blue_Left_001.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="100" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/List_of_shipwrecks_in_1943" title="List of shipwrecks in 1943">1943</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/List_of_shipwrecks_in_1944" 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