Allied Warships
Guavina (SS-362)
Submarine of the Gato class
USS Guavina about to touch the water for the first time.
| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Submarine |
| Class | Gato |
| Pennant | 362 |
| Built by | Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co. (Manitowoc, Wisconsin, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 3 Mar 1943 |
| Launched | 29 Aug 1943 |
| Commissioned | 23 Dec 1943 |
| End service | 27 Mar 1959 |
| Loss position | |
| History | Ordered as a Balao-class submarine but the yard was not ready to start construction of this class after completion of her previous contract so she was built as a Gato-class submarine. Decommissioned 6 December 1945. |
Commands listed for USS Guavina (362)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. Carl Tiedeman, USN | 23 Dec 1943 | 15 Jan 1945 |
| 2 | Cdr. Ralph Huntington Lockwood, USN | 15 Jan 1945 | 8 May 1945 |
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Noteable events involving Guavina include:
6 Apr 1944
USS Guavina (Lt.Cdr. C. Tiedeman) departs Pearl Harbor for her 1st war patrol. She is ordered to patrol off the Bonin Islands.
22 Apr 1944
USS Guavina (Lt.Cdr. C. Tiedeman) sinks a Japanese trawler with gunfire off the Bonin Islands in position 27º37'N, 141º46'E. (see map)
25 Apr 1944
USS Guavina (Lt.Cdr. C. Tiedeman) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese army cargo ship Tetsuyo Maru (2130 GRT) north-west of Chichi Jima in position 28º55'N, 140º28'E. (see map)
26 Apr 1944
USS Guavina (Lt.Cdr. C. Tiedeman) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese army cargo ship Noshiro Maru (2333 GRT) off Miko Jima in position 28º42'N, 141º26'E. (see map)
28 May 1944
USS Guavina (Lt.Cdr. C. Tiedeman) ends her 1st war patrol at Majoro.
20 Jun 1944
USS Guavina (Lt.Cdr. C. Tiedeman) departs Majuro for her 2nd war patrol. She is ordered to patrol off the Palau's.
4 Jul 1944
USS Guavina (Lt.Cdr. C. Tiedeman) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese troop transport Tama Maru (3052 GRT) about 60 nautical miles northwest of Palau in position 07º44'N, 133º17'E. (see map)
31 Jul 1944
USS Guavina (Lt.Cdr. C. Tiedeman) ends her 2nd war patrol at Brisbane, Australia.
16 Aug 1944
USS Guavina (Lt.Cdr. C. Tiedeman) departs Brisbane for her 3rd war patrol. She is ordered to patrol in the Philippines.
15 Sep 1944
USS Guavina (Lt.Cdr. C. Tiedeman) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese landing ship T 3 (1500 tons) off Pagubas, Mindanao, Philippines in position 05º35'N, 125º24'E. (see map)
29 Sep 1944
USS Guavina (Lt.Cdr. C. Tiedeman) ends her 3rd war patrol at Brisbane.
27 Oct 1944
USS Guavina (Lt.Cdr. C. Tiedeman) departs Brisbane for her 4th war patrol. She is ordered to patrol in the South China Sea.
15 Nov 1944
USS Guavina (Lt.Cdr. C. Tiedeman) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese army cargo ship Toyo Maru (2704 GRT) off Mindoro, Philippines in position 12º25'N, 120º55'E. (see map)
22 Nov 1944
USS Guavina (Lt.Cdr. C. Tiedeman) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese army cargo ship Dowa Maru (1916 GRT) north-west of Borneo in position 10º23'N, 114º21'E. (see map)
27 Dec 1944
USS Guavina (Lt.Cdr. C. Tiedeman) ends her 4th war patrol at Fremantle.
23 Jan 1945
USS Guavina (Cdr. R.H. Lockwood) departs Fremantle for her 5th war patrol. She is ordered to patrol in the South China Sea.
7 Feb 1945
USS Guavina (Cdr. R.H. Lockwood) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese merchant tanker Taigyo Maru (6892 GRT) about 250 nautical miles south of Saigon, French Indo-China in position 06º45'N, 106º00'E. (see map)
20 Feb 1945
USS Guavina (Cdr. R.H. Lockwood) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese merchant tanker Eiyo Maru (8673 GRT, offsite link) off Cape Padaran, French Indo-China in position 11º22'N, 109º22'E. (see map)
5 Mar 1945
USS Guavina (Cdr. R.H. Lockwood) ends her 5th war patrol at Subic Bay.
21 Mar 1945
USS Guavina (Cdr. R.H. Lockwood) departs Subic Bay for her 6th war patrol. Once agian she is ordered to patrol in the South China Sea.
8 May 1945
USS Guavina (Cdr. R.H. Lockwood) ends her 6th war patrol at Pearl Harbor. She is now ordered to the Bethlehem Steel Shipyard at San Francisco for a major overhaul.
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