Ignatius Joseph Galantin, USN
| Born | 24 Sep 1910 | New York, New York |
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Warship Commands listed for Ignatius Joseph Galantin, USN
| Ship | Rank | Type | From | To |
| USS Halibut (232) | Lt.Cdr. | Submarine | 12 Aug 1943 | 4 Dec 1944 |
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Submarine USS Halibut (232)
20 Aug 1943
USS Halibut (Lt.Cdr. I.J. Galantin) departs Midway for her 6th war patrol. She is ordered to patrol off north-east Honshu in Japanese home waters.
30 Aug 1943
USS Halibut (Lt.Cdr. I.J. Galantin) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese army cargo ship Taibun Maru (6581 GRT) off north-east Honshu, Japan in position 41º50'N, 141º13'E.
6 Sep 1943
USS Halibut (Lt.Cdr. I.J. Galantin) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese merchant cargo ship Shogen Maru off the south coast off Hokkaido in position 42º13'N, 142º00'E. Later this day she hit hits the Japanese heavy cruiser Nachi (offsite link) with one dud torpedo off the north-east coast of Honshu in position 40º07'N, 142º20'E.
16 Sep 1943
USS Halibut (Lt.Cdr. I.J. Galantin) ends her 6th war patrol at Pearl Harbor.
10 Oct 1943
USS Halibut (Lt.Cdr. I.J. Galantin) departs Pearl Harbor for her 7th war patrol. She is ordered to patrol south of Honshu, Japan.
2 Nov 1943
USS Halibut (Lt.Cdr. I.J. Galantin) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese army cargo ship Ehime Maru (4653 GRT) south of Honshu, Japan in position 28º40'N, 135º35'E.
17 Nov 1943
USS Halibut (Lt.Cdr. I.J. Galantin) ends her 7th war patrol at Pearl Harbor.
14 Dec 1943
USS Halibut (Lt.Cdr. I.J. Galantin) departs Pearl Harbor for her 8th war patrol. She is ordered to patrol in the Mariana Islands area.
2 Feb 1944
USS Halibut (Lt.Cdr. I.J. Galantin) ends her 8th war patrol at Midway.
21 Mar 1944
USS Halibut (Lt.Cdr. I.J. Galantin) departs Midway for her 9th war patrol. She is ordered to patrol off the Nansei Shoto Islands chain.
12 Apr 1944
USS Halibut (Lt.Cdr. I.J. Galantin) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese army passenger/cargo ship Taichu Maru (3213 GRT) about 20 nautical miles south-west of the Nansei Shoto in position 28º08'N, 128º57'E.
27 Apr 1944
USS Halibut (Lt.Cdr. I.J. Galantin) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese minelayer Kamome (450 tons, offsite link) west of the Nansei Shoto chain, about 40 nautical miles north of Okinawa in position 27º28'N, 128º02'E and the Japanese merchant transport Genbu Maru (1872 GRT) in position 27º16'N, 128º21'E.
29 Apr 1944
USS Halibut (Lt.Cdr. I.J. Galantin) bombards Japanese installations on Kure Jima.
3 May 1944
USS Halibut (Lt.Cdr. I.J. Galantin) sinks a lagre Japanese sampam with gunfire in position 27º00'N, 128º22'E.
15 May 1944
USS Halibut (Lt.Cdr. I.J. Galantin) ends her 9th war patrol at Pearl Harbor. She is now ordered to San Francisco for a major overhaul.
20 Sep 1944
With her overhaul completed USS Halibut (Cdr. I.J. Galantin) returns to Pearl Harbor.
8 Oct 1944
USS Halibut (Cdr. I.J. Galantin) departs Pearl Harbor for her 10th war patrol. She is ordered to patrol off Luzon, Philippines as part of a coordinated attack group together with USS Haddock and USS Tuna.
25 Oct 1944
USS Halibut (Cdr. I.J. Galantin) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese destroyer Akizuki (offsite link) east-northeast of Cape Engano, Philippines in position 20º29'N, 126º36'E.
14 Nov 1944
USS Halibut (Cdr. I.J. Galantin) is heavily damaged by depth charges and aerial bombs in Luzon Strait in position 20º56'N, 121º33'E. She is forced to return to base.
19 Nov 1944
USS Halibut (Cdr. I.J. Galantin) ends her 10th war patrol at Saipan. She later heads on to San Francisco where she arrived on 12 December 1944. On 16 February 1945 she left for Portsmouth on the US east coast where it was found that her damage was too extensive to justify repair.