| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Submarine |
| Class | Balao |
| Pennant | 384 |
| Built by | Portsmouth Navy Yard (Kittery, Maine, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 9 Apr 1943 |
| Launched | 24 Jul 1943 |
| Commissioned | 20 Nov 1943 |
| End service | 1969 |
| Loss position | |
| History | Decommissioned 11 December 1946. |
Commands listed for USS Parche (384)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Cdr. Lawson Paterson Ramage, USN | 20 Nov 1943 | 11 Dec 1944 |
| 2 | Lt.Cdr. Woodrow Wilson McCrory, USN | 11 Dec 1944 | 28 Jul 1945 |
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Noteable events involving Parche include:
6 Mar 1944
With her trials and initial training completed USS Parche (Lt.Cdr. L.P. Ramage) arrives at Pearl Harbor.
29 Mar 1944
USS Parche (Lt.Cdr. L.P. Ramage) departs Pearl Harbor for her 1st war patrol. She is ordered to patrol in Luzon Strait.
4 May 1944
USS Parche (Lt.Cdr. L.P. Ramage) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese merchant cargo ships Shoryu Maru (6475 GRT) and Taiyoku Maru (5244 GRT) west of Luzon Strait in position 20º48'N, 118º03'E. (see map)
23 May 1944
USS Parche (Lt.Cdr. L.P. Ramage) ends her 1st war patrol at Midway.
17 Jun 1944
USS Parche (Cdr. L.P. Ramage) departs Midway for her 2nd war patrol. Once again she is ordered to patrol in Luzon Strait.
24 Jun 1944
USS Parche (Cdr. L.P. Ramage) sinks a Japanese guardboat with gunfire in the North Pacific Ocean in position 30º14'N, 152º33'E.
29 Jul 1944
While operating near the Bashi Channel off the north-west coast of Luzon USS Parche (Cdr. L.P. Ramage) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese Army cargo ship Manko Maru (4471 GRT) in position 19º08'N, 120º51'E, the Japanese merchant tanker Koei Maru (10238 GRT) in position 19º00'N, 122º55'E, and torpedoes and damages the Japanese merchant tanker Ogura Maru No.1 (7270 GRT) in position 19º10'N, 120º58'E, and the Japanese army cargo ship Fuso Maru (8195 GRT). Parche also teams up with USS Steelhead to sink the Japanese army cargo ship Yoshino Maru (8990 GRT) in position 19º05'N, 120º50'E. (see map)
5 Aug 1944
USS Parche (Cdr. L.P. Ramage) calles at Saipan. She departs bound for Pearl Harbor the next day.
16 Aug 1944
USS Parche (Cdr. L.P. Ramage) ends her 2nd war patrol at Pearl Harbor.
10 Sep 1944
USS Parche (Cdr. L.P. Ramage) departs Pearl Harbor for her 3rd war patrol. She is ordered to patrol in the Philippines and in Luzon Strait.
2 Dec 1944
USS Parche (Cdr. L.P. Ramage) ends her 3rd war patrol at Midway.
11 Dec 1944
Lt.Cdr. W.W. McCrory takes over command from Cdr. L.P. Ramage.
30 Dec 1944
USS Parche (Lt.Cdr. W.W. McCrory) departs Pearl Harbur for her 4th war patrol. She is ordered to patrol off the Ryukyu Islands.
7 Feb 1945
USS Parche (Lt.Cdr. W.W. McCrory) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese army cargo ship Okinoyama Maru (984 GRT) off the Ryukyu Islands in position 29º09'N, 129º45'E. (see map)
20 Feb 1945
USS Parche (Lt.Cdr. W.W. McCrory) ends her 4th war patrol at Pearl Harbor.
19 Mar 1945
USS Parche (Lt.Cdr. W.W. McCrory) departs Pearl Harbor for her 5th war patrol. She is ordered to patrol in Japanese home waters east of Honshu and Hokkaido.
9 Apr 1945
USS Parche (Lt.Cdr. W.W. McCrory) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese minesweeper W 3 (615 tons, offsite link) northeast of Sendai, Honshu, Japan in position 39º07'N, 141º57'E. (see map)
11 Apr 1945
USS Parche (Lt.Cdr. W.W. McCrory) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese auxiliary minesweeper Togo Maru (302 GRT) off Todogasaki, Honshu, Japan in position 38º53'N, 142º05'E. (see map)
13 Apr 1945
While operating near Todogasaki, USS Parche (Lt.Cdr. W.W. McCrory) sinks the Japanese auxiliary minesweeper Misago Maru No.1 (265 GRT) with gunfire in position 38º36'N, 141º41'E and the Japanese guardboat Kosho Maru (302 GRT) also with gunfire in position 38º27'N, 142º13'E. (see map)
30 Apr 1945
USS Parche (Lt.Cdr. W.W. McCrory) ends her 5th war patrol at Midway.
25 May 1945
USS Parche (Lt.Cdr. W.W. McCrory) departs Midway for her 6th war patrol. She is ordered to patrol south and east of Honshu, Japan.
21 Jun 1945
USS Parche (Lt.Cdr. W.W. McCrory) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese merchant cargo ship Hizen Maru (947 GRT) off the east coast of Honshu, Japan in position 41º19'N, 141º28'E.
(see map)
22 Jun 1945
USS Parche (Lt.Cdr. W.W. McCrory) sinks two small Japanese vessels with gunfire off Tsugaru Strait in position 42º10'N, 140º56'E. (see map)
23 Jun 1945
USS Parche (Lt.Cdr. W.W. McCrory) sinks three small Japanese fishing vessels with gunfire off Tsugaru Strait in position 41º54'N, 142º58'E. (see map)
26 Jun 1945
USS Parche (Lt.Cdr. W.W. McCrory) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese auxiliary gunboat Kamitsu Maru (2721 GRT) and the Japanese merchant cargo ship Eikan Maru (6903 GRT) about 7 nautical miles from Todozaki, Honshu, Japan in position 39º25'N, 142º04'E. (see map)
28 Jul 1945
USS Parche (Lt.Cdr. W.W. McCrory) ends her 6th war patrol at Pearl Harbor.
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