Allied Warship Commanders


Jack Hayden Lewis, USN

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Ranks

 Lt.Cdr.
 Cdr.

Decorations

Warship Commands listed for Jack Hayden Lewis, USN


ShipRankTypeFromTo
USS Trigger (237)Lt.Cdr.Submarine30 Jan 1942Aug/Sep 42
USS Swordfish (193)Lt.Cdr.Submarine3 Jan 19433 May 1943
USS Dragonet (293)Cdr.Submarine6 Apr 194425 Jun 1945

Career information

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Events related to this officer

Submarine USS Trigger (237)


29 May 1942
USS Trigger (Lt Cmdr Jack Hayden Lewis) departs Pearl Harour to take part in the defence of Midway. She was to take station north-east of Midway.

12 Jun 1942
USS Trigger (Lt.Cdr. J.H. Lewis) returns to Pearl Harbor.

26 Jun 1942
USS Trigger (Lt.Cdr. J.H. Lewis) departs Pearl Harbor for her 1st war patrol. She is ordered to patrol of the Aleutians.

8 Aug 1942
USS Trigger (Lt.Cdr. J.H. Lewis) arrives at Dutch Harbour.

15 Aug 1942
USS Trigger (Lt.Cdr. J.H. Lewis) ends her 1st war patrol at Pearl Harbor.


Submarine USS Swordfish (193)


19 Jan 1943
After two fruitless war patrols (5th and 6th), USS Swordfish (Lt.Cdr. J.H. Lewis), by now on her seventh war patrol, sank the Japanese transport ship Myoho Maru (4122 GRT) in the Solomons Islands chain in position 05º38'S, 156º20'E.

23 Feb 1943
USS Swordfish (Lt.Cdr. J.H. Lewis) ended her 7th war patrol at Pearl Harbor. She was ordered to the Mare Island Navy Yard for overhaul.


Submarine USS Dragonet (293)


9 Oct 1944
USS Dragonet (Cmdr Jack Hayden Lewis) arrives at Pearl Harbor from New London.

1 Nov 1944
USS Dragonet (Cmdr Jack Hayden Lewis) departs Pearl Harbor for her 1st war patrol, and is ordered to patrol off the Kurile Islands.

15 Dec 1944
USS Dragonet (Cmdr Jack Hayden Lewis) is damaged when she runs aground off Matsuwa Island, Kuriles; and is forced to terminate her patrol.

20 Dec 1944
USS Dragonet (Cdr. J.H. Lewis) ends her 1st war patrol at Midway. She is ordered to the Mare Island Navy Yard to make repairs.

2 Apr 1945
With her repairs completed USS Dragonet (Cdr. J.H. Lewis) arrives at Pearl Harbor.

19 Apr 1945
USS Dragonet (Cdr. J.H. Lewis) departs Pearl Harbor for her 2nd war patrol.

1 May 1945
USS Dragonet (Cdr. J.H. Lewis) arrives at Guam to take on additional fuel. She departs again on 3 May to patrol south of Japan.

10 Jun 1945
USS Dragonet (Cdr. J.H. Lewis) ends her 2nd war patrol at Guam.

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