| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Submarine |
| Class | Tambor |
| Pennant | 199 |
| Built by | Electric Boat Co. (Groton, Connecticut, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 1 Mar 1939 |
| Launched | 27 Jan 1940 |
| Commissioned | 3 Jul 1940 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
| History | Decommissioned, 8 December 1945. |
Commands listed for USS Tautog (199)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. Joseph Harris Willingham, Jr., USN | 3 Jul 1940 | 28 Nov 1942 |
| 2 | Lt.Cdr. William Bernard Sieglaff, USN | 28 Nov 1942 | 8 Apr 1944 |
| 3 | Lt.Cdr. Thomas Slack Baskett, USN | 8 Apr 1944 | 10 Feb 1945 |
| 4 | Alfred H. Higgs, USN | 10 Feb 1945 | ??? |
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Noteable events involving Tautog include:
26 Dec 1941
USS Tautog (Lt.Cdr. Joseph Harris Willingham) leaves Pearl Harbor for her first war patrol, and was to patrol off the Marshall Islands.
4 Feb 1942
USS Tautog (Lt.Cdr. J. H. Willingham) returns to Pearl Harbor after conducting her first war patrol. She was sent to the Mare Island Navy yard for a refit.
9 Apr 1942
Her refit completed, USS Tautog (Lt.Cdr. J. H. Willingham) leaves the Mare Island Navy Yard and heads for Pearl Harbor.
24 Apr 1942
USS Tautog (Lt.Cdr. J. H. Willingham) leaves Pearl Harbor for her second war patrol. Once again she was ordered to patrol in the Marshall Islands area. Shortly after arriving in her assigned patrol area she was ordered to patrol off Truk to intercept ships returning from the Battle of the Coral Sea.
17 May 1942
USS Tautog (Lt.Cdr. J. H. Willingham) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese submarine I-28 (offsite link) south of Truk in position 06º30'N, 152º00'E. (see map)
22 May 1942
USS Tautog (Lt.Cdr. J. H. Willingham) torpedoes and damages the Japanese merchant ship Sanko Maru (5461 GRT) south-west of Truk in position 07º00'N, 151º00'E. (see map)
25 May 1942
USS Tautog (Lt.Cdr. J. H. Willingham) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese merchant ship Shoka Maru (4467 GRT) about 385 nautical miles south-west of Ulithi, Caroline Islands in position 04º07'N, 143º32'E. (see map)
11 Jun 1942
USS Tautog (Lt.Cdr. J. H. Willingham) ends her second war patrol at Fremantle, Australia.
17 Jul 1942
USS Tautog (Lt.Cdr. J. H. Willingham) leaves Fremantle, Australia on her third war patrol. She was to patrol of Indo-China.
6 Aug 1942
USS Tautog (Lt.Cdr. J. H. Willingham) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese troop transport Ohio Maru (5873 GRT) in the South China Sea about 250 miles east-north-east of Cam Ranh Bay, French Indochina in position 13º51'N, 113º15'E. (see map)
10 Sep 1942
USS Tautog (Lt.Cdr. Joseph Harris Willingham) returns from her third war patrol,and is refitted at Albany, Australia.
8 Oct 1942
USS Tautog (Lt.Cdr. J. H. Willingham) leaves Australia for her fourth war patrol. Once again she was to patrol off Indo-China. She also embarked mines.
20 Oct 1942
USS Tautog (Lt.Cdr. J. H. Willingham) sinks the Japanese fishing vessel Nanshin Maru (33 GRT) with gunfire in the Sulu Sea in position 06º59'N, 119º20'E. (see map)
2 Nov 1942
USS Tautog (Lt.Cdr. J. H. Willingham) laid a minefield off Haiphong, Indochina.
21 Nov 1942
USS Tautog (Lt.Cdr. J. H. Willingham) returnes to Fremantle, Australia.
28 Nov 1942
Lt Cmdr William Bernard Sieglaff relieves Lt Cmdr Joseph Harris Willingham as Commanding Officer of USS Tautog.
30 Nov 1942
The Vichy-French merchant Canton (1581 GRT) sinks off Cape Padaran, Indo-China in position 11º10'N, 108º47'E. The mine was laid on 2 November 1942 by the US submarine USS Tautog (Lt.Cdr. J. H. Willingham). (see map)
15 Dec 1942
USS Tautog (Lt.Cdr W.B. Sieglaff) leaves Fremantle for her fifth war patrol. She is to patrol in the Java Sea.
25 Dec 1942
USS Tautog (Lt.Cdr W.B. Sieglaff) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese transport ship Banshu Maru No.2 (998 GRT) about 15 nautical miles north of Dili, Timor in position 08º40'S, 124º30'E. (see map)
9 Jan 1943
USS Tautog (Lt.Cdr W.B. Sieglaff) torpedoes and damages the Japanese light cruiser Natori (offsite link) 18 nautical miles south-east off Ambon in position 04º07'S, 128º32'E. (see map)
22 Jan 1943
USS Tautog (Lt.Cdr W.B. Sieglaff) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese passenger ship Hasshu Maru (1873 GRT) five miles east of Salier Strait, off the southern tip of Celebes in positon 05º40'S, 120º30'E. (see map)
30 Jan 1943
USS Tautog (Lt.Cdr W.B. Sieglaff) arrives back at Fremantle, Australia.
24 Feb 1943
USS Tautog (Lt.Cdr W.B. Sieglaff) Leaves Fremantle for her sixth was patrol. She was to patrol in the Makassar Strait.
9 Apr 1943
USS Tautog (Lt.Cdr W.B. Sieglaff) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese destroyer Isonami (offsite link) and the Japanese transport ship Penang Maru (5214 GRT) in the Celebes Sea in position 05º31'S, 123º09'E. (see map)
19 Apr 1943
USS Tautog (Lt.Cdr W.B. Sieglaff) returns to Fremantle.
11 May 1943
USS Tautog (Lt.Cdr W.B. Sieglaff) leaved Fremantle for her seventh war patrol. She is to patrol in the Flores / Celebes sea.
6 Jun 1943
USS Tautog (Lt.Cdr W.B. Sieglaff) sinks the Japanese transport Shinei Maru (970 GRT) off Basalin Strait in position 07º00'N, 123º37'E. (see map)
20 Jun 1943
USS Tautog (Lt.Cdr W.B. Sieglaff) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese troop transport Meiten Maru (4474 GRT) west of the Mariana Islands in position 15º57'N, 140º55'E. (see map)
2 Jul 1943
USS Tautog (Lt.Cdr W.B. Sieglaff) arrives at Pearl Harbor. She was sent to the Hunter's Point Navy Yard for a refit. She held refresher training when the yard work was completed and got back underway for Hawaii.
7 Oct 1943
USS Tautog (Lt.Cdr W.B. Sieglaff) leaves Pearl Harbor for her 8th war patrol. She is to patrol off the Palau Islands.
22 Oct 1943
USS Tautog (Lt.Cdr W.B. Sieglaff) shells a phosphate plant on Fais Island.
18 Nov 1943
USS Tautog (Lt.Cdr W.B. Sieglaff) arrived at Midway Island.
12 Dec 1943
USS Tautog (Lt.Cdr W.B. Sieglaff) left base for her 9th war patrol. She was to patrol in Japanese home waters of Sikoku Island and along the southern coast of the Japanese main island Honshu.
3 Jan 1944
USS Tautog (Lt.Cdr W.B. Sieglaff) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese troop transport Saisho Maru (2073 GRT) south of Honshu in position 33º44'N, 136º02'E. (see map)
4 Jan 1944
USS Tautog (Lt.Cdr W.B. Sieglaff) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese merchant Usa Maru (3943 GRT) south of Honshu in position 34º09'N, 136º50'E. (see map)
30 Jan 1944
USS Tautog (Lt.Cdr W.B. Sieglaff) arrived at Pearl Harbor for a refit.
5 Mar 1944
USS Tautog (Lt.Cdr W.B. Sieglaff) arrived her patrol area (10th war patrol) in the north Pacific off the Kuril Islands.
13 Mar 1944
USS Tautog (Lt.Cdr W.B. Sieglaff) sinks the Japanese merchants Ryua Maru (1915 GRT) and Shojin Maru (1942 GRT) some 20 miles west of Rashuwa Island, Kuril Islands in position 47º38'N, 152º38'E. (see map)
16 Mar 1944
USS Tautog (Lt.Cdr W.B. Sieglaff) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese transport ship Nichiren Maru (5460 GRT) and the Japanese destroyer Shirakumo (offsite link) east off Muroran, Hokkaido, Japan in position 42º25'N, 144º55'E. (see map)
23 Mar 1944
USS Tautog (Lt.Cdr W.B. Sieglaff) ended her 10th war patrol when she returned to Midway.
8 Apr 1944
Lt Cmdr Thomas Slack Baskett relieves Lt Cmdr William Bernard Sieglaff as Commanding Officer of USS Tautog.
17 Apr 1944
USS Tautog (Lt.Cdr. T.S. Baskett) left base for her 11th war patrol. Once again her patrol area was off the Kuril Islands.
2 May 1944
USS Tautog (Lt.Cdr. T.S. Baskett) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese troop transport Ryuyo Maru (5973 GRT) off Matsuwa Jima in the Kuril Island in position 48º04'N, 153º16'E. (see map)
3 May 1944
USS Tautog (Lt.Cdr. T.S. Baskett) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese transport Fushimi Maru (4935 GRT) south off Urup Island, Kuril Islands in position 45º28'N, 149º56'E. (see map)
8 May 1944
USS Tautog (Lt.Cdr. T.S. Baskett) sinks the Japanese transport Miyazaki Maru (3943 GRT) in the Tsugaru-Strait off Ominato, northern Honshu, Japan in position 41º52'N, 141º12'E. (see map)
12 May 1944
USS Tautog (Lt.Cdr. T.S. Baskett) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese collier Banei Maru No.2 (1186 GRT) north-east of Honshu, Japan in position 40º01'N, 141º58'E. (see map)
21 May 1944
USS Tautog (Lt.Cdr. T.S. Baskett) ended her very successful 11th war patrol when she returned to base.
23 Jun 1944
USS Tautog (Lt.Cdr. T.S. Baskett) leaves Pearl Harbor for her 12th war patrol. she was to patrol in Japanese home waters of Honshu and Hokkaido.
8 Jul 1944
USS Tautog (Lt.Cdr. T.S. Baskett) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese transport Matsu Maru (886 GRT) off Honshu, Japan in position 41º17'N, 141º30'E. (see map)
9 Jul 1944
USS Tautog (Lt.Cdr. T.S. Baskett) sinks the Japanese fishing vessel Yamata Maru (18 GRT) with gunfire south-west of Kushiro, Japan in position 43º06'N, 144º08'E. (see map)
19 Jul 1944
USS Tautog (Lt.Cdr. T.S. Baskett) sinks the Japanese guardship Hokuriku Maru No.1 (148 GRT) northeast of Tori Jima in position 31º30'N, 140º00'E. (see map)
2 Aug 1944
USS Tautog (Lt.Cdr. T.S. Baskett) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese transport Konei Maru (1992 GRT) off Miki Saki, Honshu, Japan in position 33º57'N, 136º20'E. (see map)
10 Aug 1944
USS Tautog (Lt.Cdr. T.S. Baskett) ends her 12th war patrol at Midway. She was sent to the United States for an overhaul.
17 Dec 1944
Her refit completed USS Tautog (Lt.Cdr. T.S. Baskett) left Pearl Harbor for her 13th war patrol. She was to patrol in the East China Sea.
17 Jan 1945
USS Tautog (Lt.Cdr. T.S. Baskett) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese fast transport T-15 (1500 GRT) off southern Kyushu, Japan in position 31º09'N, 130º29'E. (see map)
20 Jan 1945
USS Tautog (Lt.Cdr. T.S. Baskett) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese torpedo recovery vessel Shuri Maru (1857 GRT) at the southern end of Tsushima Strait in position 33º37'N, 128º40'E. (see map)
26 Jan 1945
USS Tautog (Lt.Cdr. T.S. Baskett) sinks the Japanese sailing vessel Naga Maru No.11 (43 GRT) with gunfire in position 30º00'N, 136º20'E. (see map)
1 Feb 1945
USS Tautog (Lt.Cdr. T.S. Baskett) ended her patrol at Midway Island. She was now retired from front line service and assigned to training duties.
10 Feb 1945
Lt.Cdr. A.H. Higgs relieves Lt.Cdr. T.S. Baskett as Commanding Officer of USS Tautog.
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