James Douglas Fulp, Jr., USN

Birth details unknown

Ranks

 Lt.Cdr.

Decorations

Warship Commands listed for James Douglas Fulp, USN


ShipRankTypeFromTo
USS Segundo (398)Lt.Cdr.Submarine9 May 1944Jun 45 ?

Career information

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Events related to this officer

Submarine USS Segundo (398)


26 Jun 1944
With her trials and initial training completed USS Segundo (Lt Cmdr James D. Fulp,Jr.) departs New London bound for Pearl Harbour.

25 Jul 1944
USS Segundo (Lt.Cdr. J.D. Fulp, Jr.) arrives at Pearl Harbour.

21 Aug 1944
USS Segundo (Lt.Cdr. J.D. Fulp, Jr.) departs Pearl Harbour for her 1st war patrol. She is ordered to patrol in the Philippines.

3 Sep 1944
USS Segundo (Lt Cmdr James D. Fulp, Jr.) arrives at Saipan to refuel, and then resumes her patrol later that day.

21 Oct 1944
USS Segundo (Lt.Cdr. J.D. Fulp, Jr.) ends her 1st war patrol at Majuro.

16 Nov 1944
USS Segundo (Lt.Cdr. J.D. Fulp, Jr.) departs Majuro for her 2nd war patrol. She is ordered to patrol in Luzon Strait.

6 Dec 1944
USS Segundo (Lt.Cdr. J.D. Fulp, Jr.) torpedoes and damages the Japanese merchant cargo ships Kenjo Maru (6933 GRT), Yasukuni Maru (5794 GRT) and Shinto Maru (1215 GRT) west of Dalupiri Island, Philippines in position 18º57'N, 120º58'E.

Shinto Maru is sunk later that day by US aircraft, the Yasukuni Maru is beached and declared to total loss and the Kenjo Maru is sunk the next day by USS Trepang.

5 Jan 1945
USS Segundo (Lt.Cdr. J.D. Fulp, Jr.) ends her 2nd war patrol at Guam.

1 Feb 1945
USS Segundo (Lt.Cdr. J.D. Fulp, Jr.) departs Guam for her 3rd war patrol. She is ordered to patrol in the East China Sea.

11 Mar 1945
USS Segundo (Lt.Cdr. J.D. Fulp, Jr.) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese merchant cargo ship Shori Maru (3087 GRT) off southern Korea in position 34º25'N, 127º54'E.

26 Mar 1945
USS Segundo (Lt.Cdr. J.D. Fulp, Jr.) ends her 3rd war patrol at Pearl Harbour. In late April she departed for her 4th war patrol in the East China and Yellow Seas.

29 May 1945
USS Segundo (Lt.Cdr. J.D. Fulp, Jr.) sinks 7 Japanese sailing vessels with gunfire in the Yellow Sea in position 37º08'N, 125º24'E.

3 Jun 1945
USS Segundo (Lt.Cdr. J.D. Fulp, Jr.) sinks the Japanese merchant sailing vessel Anto Maru No.94 off Jinsen, Korea in position 36º41'N, 125º23'E.

7 Jun 1945
USS Segundo (Lt.Cdr. J.D. Fulp, Jr.) sinks a small Japanese ship with gunfire in the Yellow Sea in position 37º42'N, 124º02'E.

9 Jun 1945
USS Segundo (Lt.Cdr. J.D. Fulp, Jr.) sinks two small Japanese ships with gunfire in the Yellow Sea in position 39º08'N, 123º10'E.

11 Jun 1945
USS Segundo (Lt.Cdr. James D. Fulp, Jr.) torpedoes amd sinks the Japanese merchant cargo ship Fukui Maru No.2 (1591 GRT) in the Yellow Sea off the Shantung peninsula in position 37º11'N, 123º23'E.

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