Allied Warship Commanders


Earle Clifford Hawk, USN

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Ranks

 Lt.Cdr.

Decorations

Warship Commands listed for Earle Clifford Hawk, USN


ShipRankTypeFromTo
USS S-39 (144)Submarine1 Oct 19391 Nov 1940
USS S-26 (131)Submarine1 Nov 194024 Jan 1942
USS Pompon (267)Lt.Cdr.Submarine17 Mar 19439 Feb 1944

Career information

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Events related to this officer

Submarine USS Pompon (267)


10 Jul 1943
USS Pompon (Lt Cmdr Earl Clifford Hawk) departs Brisbane, Australia for her 1st war patrol, and is ordered to patrol in the Caroline Islands area.

25 Jul 1943
USS Pompon (Lt.Cdr. E.C. Hawk) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese army cargo ship Thames Maru (5871 GRT) and torpedoes and damages the Japanese troop transport Kinsen Maru (3081 GRT) between the Caroline and Admiralty Islands in position 02º46'N, 148º35'E.

22 Aug 1943
USS Pompon (Lt.Cdr. E.C. Hawk) ends her 1st war patrol at Brisbane.

12 Sep 1943
USS Pompon (Lt.Cdr. E.C. Hawk) departs Brisbane for her 2nd war patrol. She is ordered to patrol in the South China Sea.

5 Nov 1943
USS Pompon (Lt.Cdr. E.C. Hawk) ends her 2nd war patrol at Fremantle, Australia.

29 Nov 1943
USS Pompon (Lt.Cdr. E.C. Hawk) departs Fremantle for her 3rd war patrol. She is ordered to patrol in the South China Sea off the coast of French Indo-China.

11 Dec 1943
While enroute in the South China Sea to the French Indo-China coast USS Pompon (Lt.Cdr. E.C. Hawk) sinks two Japanese sampams with gunfire. one in postion 07º13'N, 115º01'E and the other one in position 07º03'N, 114º50'E.

13 Dec 1943
USS Pompon (Lt.Cdr. E.C. Hawk) lays mines off Poulo Condore, southwest of French Indochina.

28 Jan 1944
USS Pompon (Lt.Cdr. E.C. Hawk) ends her 3rd war patrol at Darwin.

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