Allied Warships

Mackerel (SS-204)

Submarine of the Mackerel class


USS Mackerel during the war

NavyThe US Navy
TypeSubmarine
ClassMackerel 
Pennant204 
Built byElectric Boat Co. (Groton, Connecticut, U.S.A.) 
Ordered15 Jun 1939 
Laid down6 Oct 1939 
Launched28 Sep 1940 
Commissioned31 Mar 1941 
End service9 Nov 1945 
History

Decommissioned 9 November 1945.
Stricken 28 November 1945.
Sold 24 April 1947 to be broken up for scrap.

 

Commands listed for USS Mackerel (204)

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CommanderFromTo
Charles Wilkes Styer, Jr., USN
1Lt. John Frederick Davidson, USN31 Mar 194114 May 1942

2Frederick Henry Wahlig, USN5 Aug 1942

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U. S. Submarines in World War II

Kimmett, Larry and Regis, Margaret


U.S. Submarines Through 1945

Friedman, Norman

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