Manta (SS-299)

USS Manta after the war.

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Submarine
Class	Balao
Pennant	299
Built by	Cramp Shipbuilding Co. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.)
Ordered
Laid down	15 Jan 1943
Launched	7 Nov 1943
Commissioned	18 Dec 1944
End service	6 Dec 1965
Loss position

History	Decommissioned 10 June 1946. Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet. Recommissioned 2 August 1949. Decommissioned 6 December 1965. Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet. Assigned to Naval Reserve training in 1960 in the 3rd Naval District. Stricken 30 June 1967. Sunk as an aircraft target off Norfolk, Virginia 16 July 1969.

Please note that we're still working on this section.

	Commander	From	To
1	Lt.Cdr. Edward Peter Madley, USN	18 Dec 1944	17 Aug 1945

You can help improve our commands section
Click here to Submit events/comments/updates for this vessel.
Please use this if you spot mistakes or want to improve this ships page.

27 Mar 1945
With her trials and initial training completed USS Manta (Lt.Cdr. E.P. Madley) departs New London bound for Pearl Harbor.

28 May 1945
USS Manta (Lt.Cdr. E.P. Madley) departs Pearl Harbor for her 1st war patrol. She is ordered to patrol off the Kuril Islands.

16 Jul 1945
USS Manta (Lt.Cdr. E.P. Madley) ends her 1st war patrol at Pearl Harbor.

U. S. Submarines in World War II
Kimmett, Larry and Regis, Margaret

uboat.net