Allied Warships

Boarfish (SS-327)

Submarine of the Balao class


USS Boarfish as completed.

NavyThe US Navy
TypeSubmarine
ClassBalao 
Pennant327 
Built byElectric Boat Co. (Groton, Connecticut, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down12 Aug 1943 
Launched21 May 1944 
Commissioned23 Sep 1944 
End service23 May 1948 
Loss position
 
History

Decommissioned 23 May 1948.
Stricken and transferred to Turkey 23 August 1948.
Returned to the U.S.N. 1 January 1974 to be broken up for scrap.

 

Commands listed for USS Boarfish (327)

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CommanderFromTo
1Cdr. Royce Lawrence Gross, USN23 Sep 1944May 1945
2Lt.Cdr. Edward Conrad Blonts, Jr., USNMay 1945

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Noteable events involving Boarfish include:


29 Oct 1944
USS Boarfish (Cdr. Royce L. Gross) departs New London bound for the Pacific.

21 Nov 1944
USS Boarfish (Cdr. R.L. Gross) transits the Panama Canal.

2 Dec 1944
USS Boarfish (Cdr. R.L. Gross) arrives at Pearl Harbor.

24 Dec 1944
USS Boarfish (Cdr. R.L. Gross) departs Pearl Harbor for her 1st war patrol. She is ordered to patrol in the South China Sea.

24 Dec 1944
USS Boarfish (Cdr. R.L. Gross) departs Pearl Harbor bound for Saipan.

5 Jan 1945
USS Boarfish (Cdr. R.L. Gross) departs Saipan for her 1st war patrol. She is ordered to patrol in the South China Sea.

31 Jan 1945
USS Boarfish (Cdr. Royce L. Gross) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese tanker Enki Maru (6968 GRT) and the Japanese army cargo ship Daietsu Maru (6890 GRT) south-east of Tourane, French Indo-China in position 14º55'N, 109º01'E. (see map)

15 Feb 1945
USS Boarfish (Cdr. R.L. Gross) ends her 1st war patrol at Fremantle, Australia.

11 Mar 1945
USS Boarfish (Cdr. R.L. Gross) departs Fremantle for her 2nd war patrol. She is ordered to patrol in the South China Sea.

21 Apr 1945
USS Boarfish (Cdr. R.L. Gross) ends her 2nd war patrol at Subic Bay, Philippines.

16 May 1945
USS Boarfish (Lt.Cdr. Edward C. Blonts, Jr.) departs SubicBay for her 3rd war patrol. She is ordered to patrol in the Java Sea.

29 May 1945
USS Boarfish (Lt.Cdr. E.C. Blonts, Jr.) is damaged by grounding and depth charges. She is forced to terminate her patrol.

8 Jun 1945
USS Boarfish (Lt.Cdr. E.C. Blonts, Jr.) ends her 3rd war patrol at Fremantle.

5 Jul 1945
USS Boarfish (Lt.Cdr. E.C. Blonts, Jr.) departs Fremantle for her 4th war patrol. She is ordered to patrol in the Java Sea.

10 Aug 1945
USS Boarfish (Lt.Cdr. E.C. Blonts, Jr.) ends her 4th war patrol at Subic Bay.

Media links


U. S. Submarines in World War II

Kimmett, Larry and Regis, Margaret


U.S. Submarines Through 1945

Friedman, Norman

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