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Allied Warships

Capitaine (SS-336)

Submarine of the Balao class


USS Capitaine after the war.

NavyThe US Navy
TypeSubmarine
ClassBalao 
Pennant336 
Built byElectric Boat Co. (Groton, Connecticut, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down2 Dec, 1943 
Launched1 Oct, 1944 
Commissioned26 Jan, 1945 
End service4 Mar, 1966 
Loss position
 
HistoryDecommissioned 10 February 1950.
Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet.
Recommissioned 23 February 1957.
Decommissioned 4 March 1966.
Transferred to Italy 5 March 1966.

Noteable events involving Capitaine include:

7 Mar, 1945
With her trials and initial training completed USS Capitaine (Lt.Cdr. E. S. Friedrick) departs New London bound for Pearl Harbour.

15 Apr, 1945
USS Capitaine (Lt.Cdr. E. S. Friedrick) arrives at Pearl Harbour.

6 May, 1945
USS Capitaine (Lt.Cdr. E. S. Friedrick) departs Pearl Harbour for her 1st war patrol. She is ordered to patrol in the South China Sea along the French Indo-China coast.

6 Jul, 1945
USS Capitaine (Lt.Cdr. E. S. Friedrick) ends her 1st war patrol at Fremantle, Australia.


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