Allied Warships

Dolphin (SS-169)

Submarine of the Dolphin class

USS Dolphin prewar

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Submarine
Class	Dolphin
Pennant	169
Built by	Portsmouth Navy Yard (Kittery, Maine, U.S.A.)
Ordered
Laid down	14 Jun 1930
Launched	6 Mar 1932
Commissioned	1 Jun 1932
End service	12 Oct 1945
History	Decommissioned 12 October 1945. Stricken 24 October 1945. Sold 26 August 1946 to be broken up for scrap.

Commands listed for USS Dolphin (169)

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and that we only list Commanding Officers for the duration of the Second World War.

	Commander	From	To
1	Murray Jones Tichenor, USN	21 May 1938	1941
2	Gordon Benbow Rainer, USN	1941	18 Feb 1942
3	Lt. Royal Lawrence Rutter, USN	18 Feb 1942	mid 1942
4	Lt.Cdr. Dudley Walker Morton, USN	mid 1942	mid 1942
5	T/Lt.Cdr. Royal Lawrence Rutter, USN	mid 1942	early 1943
6	T/Cdr. George Garvie Molumphy, USN	early 1943	Aug 1943
7	William S. Finn, USN	Aug 1943	Sep 1943
8	Lt.Cdr. Edward Robert Hannon, USN	Sep 1943	Mar 1945
9	T/Lt.Cdr. Sigmund Albert Bobcyzinski, USN	10 Mar 1945	Sep 1945
10	Gordon K. Nicodemus, USNR	Sep 1945	12 Oct 1945

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Notable events involving Dolphin include:

7 Dec 1941
USS Dolphin (Lt.Cdr. Gordon B. Rainer) was at the Pearl Harbor when the Japanese attacked. She took the attacking enemy planes under fire, then commenced a patrol looking for their fleet in the local area.

24 Dec 1941
USS Dolphin (Lt.Cdr. G.B. Rainer) left Pearl Harbor for her first war patrol. She was ordered to patrol in the Marshall Islands area.

3 Feb 1942
USS Dolphin (Lt.Cdr. G.B. Rainer) ended her first war patrol when she returned to Pearl Harbor.

14 May 1942
USS Dolphin (Lt.Cdr. Royal Lawrence Rutter) left Pearl Harbor for her 2nd war patrol. She was ordered to patrol west of Midway. She was at Midway from 8 to 11 June for some repairs but then continued her patrol.

26 Jun 1942
USS Dolphin (Lt.Cdr. R.L. Rutter) attacked a Japanese oiler with torpedoes south of Japan in position 31°00'N, 133°53'E. Dolphin claims two hits but Japanese records don't show any evidence on this.

24 Jul 1942
USS Dolphin (Lt.Cdr. R.L. Rutter) ended her 2nd war patrol when she returned to Pearl Harbor.

12 Oct 1942
USS Dolphin (Lt.Cdr. R.L. Rutter) left base for her 3th war patrol. She was to patrol of the Kuril Islands.

5 Dec 1942
USS Dolphin (Lt.Cdr. R.L. Rutter) ended her 3th and last war patrol. With new construction submarines available for offensive war patrols, the older Dolphin was assigned to training duties.