Walter Thomas Griffith, USN
| Born | 3 Jun 1911 | MansField, Louisiana |
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Warship Commands listed for Walter Thomas Griffith, USN
| Ship | Rank | Type | From | To |
| USS Bowfin (287) | Lt.Cdr. | Submarine | 26 Oct 1943 | 15 Apr 1944 |
| USS Bullhead (332) | Cdr. | Submarine | 4 Dec 1944 | Jul 1945 |
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Submarine USS Bowfin (287)
26 Oct 1943
Lt.Cdr. Walter Thomas Griffith takes over the command of USS Bowfin from Cdr. Joseph Harris Willingham.
1 Nov 1943
USS Bowfin (Lt.Cdr. W.T. Griffith) departs Fremantle for her 2nd war patrol. She is ordered to patrol in the South China Sea.
9 Nov 1943
USS Bowfin (Lt.Cdr. W.T. Griffith) sinks four Japanese sailing vessels with gunfire in Makassar Strait. One was sunk in position 02º22'S, 118º16'E and three more were sunk in position 03º37'S, 118º20'E.
26 Nov 1943
USS Bowfin (Lt.Cdr. W.T. Griffith) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese army tanker Ogurasan Maru (5069 GRT) and merchant cargo ship Tainan Maru (5407 GRT) off Cape Varella, French Indo-China in position 13º00'N, 109º30'E.
27 Nov 1943
USS Bowfin (Lt.Cdr. W.T. Griffith) torpedoes and sinks the Vichy French cargo ship Van Vollenhoven (691 GRT) off coast of French Indochina in position 13º13'N, 109º27'E.
28 Nov 1943
USS Bowfin (Lt.Cdr. W.T. Griffith) torpedoes and sinks the army cargo ship Sydney Maru (5425 GRT) and merchant tanker Tonan Maru (9839 GRT, offsite link) off the French Indo-China coast in position 12º45'N, 109º41'E.
Bowfin in return is damaged by Japanese gunfire and is forced to terminate her patrol.
2 Dec 1943
USS Bowfin (Lt.Cdr. W.T. Griffith) sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with gunfire in Makassar Strait in position 03º25'S, 118º20'E.
9 Dec 1943
USS Bowfin (Lt.Cdr. W.T. Griffith) ends her 2nd war patrol at Fremantle.
8 Jan 1944
USS Bowfin (Lt.Cdr. W.T. Griffith) departs Fremantle for her 3rd war patrol. She is ordered to patrol in Makassar Strait.
18 Jan 1944
USS Bowfin (Lt.Cdr. W.T. Griffith) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese merchant tanker Shoyu Maru (4408 GRT) off the west coast of Palawan in position 00º18'N, 118º37'E.
28 Jan 1944
USS Bowfin (Lt.Cdr. W.T. Griffith) torpedoes and damages the Japanese seaplane tender / oiler Kamoi (17000 GRT, offsite link) off Makassar, Netherlands East Indies in position 03º25'S, 118º15'E.
29 Jan 1944
USS Bowfin (Lt.Cdr. W.T. Griffith) lays mines off southeastern coast of Borneo near Balikpapan.
30 Jan 1944
USS Bowfin (Lt.Cdr. W.T. Griffith) sinks two Japanese sailing vessels with gunfire in the Java Sea in position 05º50'S, 116º52'E.
5 Feb 1944
USS Bowfin (Lt.Cdr. W.T. Griffith) ends her 3rd war patrol at Fremantle.
28 Feb 1944
USS Bowfin (Cdr. W.T. Griffith) departs Fremantle on her 4th war patrol. She is ordered to patrol in the Celebes Sea area.
11 Mar 1944
USS Bowfin (Cdr. W.T. Griffith) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese army cargo ship Tsukikawa Maru (4673 GRT) west of Halmahera in position 01º25'S, 128º14'E.
14 Mar 1944
USS Bowfin (Cdr. W.T. Griffith) calles at Darwin to take on board addition torpedoes. She heads back to her patrol area the next day.
24 Mar 1944
During an attack on a Japanese convoy about 95 nautical miles south of Davao, Mindanao, Philippines, USS Bowfin (Cdr. W.T. Griffith) torpedoes sinks the Japanese troop transport Shinkyo Maru (2672 GRT) in position 05º38'N, 125º50'E and the Japanese army cargo ship Bengal Maru (5399 GRT) in position 05º37'N, 125º58'E.
1 Apr 1944
USS Bowfin (Cdr. W.T. Griffith) ends her 4th war patrol at Fremantle.
15 Apr 1944
Cdr. John Corbus takes over the command of USS Bowfin from Cdr. Walter Thomas Griffith.
Submarine USS Bullhead (332)
9 Jan 1945
USS Bullhead (Cdr. Walter Thomas Griffith) departs New London bound for the Sound School at Key West.
11 Feb 1945
USS Bullhead (Cdr. W.T. Griffith) transits the Panama Canal while en-route to Pearl Harbor.
26 Feb 1945
USS Bullhead (Cdr. W.T. Griffith) arrives at Pearl Harbor.
21 Mar 1945
USS Bullhead (Cdr. W.T. Griffith) departs Pearl Harbor for her 1st war patrol. She is ordered to patrol in the South China Sea. En-route she pauses at Guam for provisions and fuel.
28 Apr 1945
USS Bullhead (Cdr. W.T. Griffith) ends her 1st war patrol at Subic Bay, Philippines.
21 May 1945
USS Bullhead (Cdr. W.T. Griffith) departs Subic Bay for her 2nd war patrol. She is ordered to patrol in the Gulf of Siam and later the Java Sea.
30 May 1945
While operating off the Malay coast USS Bullhead (Cdr. W.T. Griffith) sinks a small Japanese sailing vessel with gunfire in position 06º52'N, 101º40'E.
18 Jun 1945
USS Bullhead (Cdr. W.T. Griffith) sinks the Japanese sailing vessel Sakura Maru No.58 (700 GRT) with gunfire in the Sunda Strait in position 05º35'S, 106º02'E.
19 Jun 1945
USS Bullhead (Cdr. W.T. Griffith) sinks the Japanese sailing vessel Tachibana Maru No.57 with gunfire in the Sunda Strait in position 05º56'S, 106º00'E.
25 Jun 1945
USS Bullhead (Cdr. W.T. Griffith) sinks a small Japanese vessel with gunfire off Lombok Strait in position 08º26'S, 115º47'E.
2 Jul 1945
USS Bullhead (Cdr. W.T. Griffith) ends her 2nd war patrol at Fremantle, Australia.