Stephen Henry Gimber, USN
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Warship Commands listed for Stephen Henry Gimber, USN
| Ship | Rank | Type | From | To |
| USS Pompon (267) | Lt.Cdr. | Submarine | 9 Feb 1944 | 1 Mar 1945 |
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Submarine USS Pompon (267)
22 Feb 1944
USS Pompon (Lt.Cdr. Stephen Henry Gimber) departs from Darwin for her 4th war patrol. She is ordered to patrol off Halmahera.
10 Apr 1944
USS Pompon (Lt.Cdr. S.H. Gimbler) ends her 4th war patrol at Pearl Harbor.
6 May 1944
USS Pompon (Lt.Cdr. S.H. Gimbler) departs from Pearl Harbor for her 5th war patrol. She is ordered to patrol in Japanese home waters along the coast of Kyushu, Shikoku, and Honshu.
30 May 1944
USS Pompon (Lt.Cdr. S.H. Gimbler) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese merchant passenger/cargo ship Shiga Maru (742 GRT) off Murotosaki, Japan in position 33º15'N, 134º11'E.
25 Jun 1944
USS Pompon (Lt.Cdr. S.H. Gimbler) ends her 5th war patrol at Midway.
19 Jul 1944
USS Pompon (Lt.Cdr. S.H. Gimbler) departs from Midway for her 6th war patrol. She is ordered to patrol along the eastern coasts of Honshu and Hokkaido and in the Sea of Okhotsk.
27 Jul 1944
USS Pompon (Lt.Cdr. S.H. Gimbler) sinks a Japanese trawler with gunfire off the east coast of Honshu, Japan in position 37º18'N, 142º57'E.
12 Aug 1944
USS Pompon (Lt.Cdr. S.H. Gimbler) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese merchant cargo ship Mayachi Maru (2159 GRT) in the Sea of Okhotsk east of Sakhalin in position 50º35'N, 144º03'E.
3 Sep 1944
USS Pompon (Lt.Cdr. S.H. Gimbler) ends her 6th war patrol at Pearl Harbor. She was now sent to the Mare Island Navy Yard for a major overhaul.
13 Dec 1944
With her overhaul completed USS Pompon (Cdr. S.H. Gimbler) the US west coast bound for Majuro.
6 Jan 1945
USS Pompon (Cdr. S.H. Gimbler) departs from Majuro for her 7th war patrol. She is ordered to patrol in the Yellow Sea.
11 Feb 1945
USS Pompon (Cdr. S.H. Gimbler) ends her 7th war patrol at Midway.