Allied Warships
Razorback (SS-394)
Submarine of the Balao class
USS Razorback as modified after the war.
| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Submarine |
| Class | Balao |
| Pennant | 394 |
| Built by | Portsmouth Navy Yard (Kittery, Maine, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 9 Sep 1943 |
| Launched | 27 Jan 1944 |
| Commissioned | 3 Apr 1944 |
| End service | 30 Nov 1970 |
| Loss position | |
| History | Decommissioned 1 August 1952. The submarine returned to the United States in June 2004 to be put on permanent display at the North Little Rock maritime museum (offsite link) |
Commands listed for USS Razorback (394)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. Albert Marion Bontier, USN | 3 Apr 1944 | 5 Jun 1944 |
| 2 | Lt.Cdr. Roy Stanley Benson, USN | 5 Jun 1944 | 21 Oct 1944 |
| 3 | Lt.Cdr. Charles Donald Brown, USN | 21 Oct 1944 | 2 Sep 1945 |
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Noteable events involving Razorback include:
25 Aug 1944
USS Razorback (Cdr. R.S. Benson) departs Pearl Harbor for her 1st war patrol. She is ordered to patrol east of Luzon.
19 Oct 1944
USS Razorback (Cdr. R.S. Benson) ends her 1st war patrol at Midway.
15 Nov 1944
USS Razorback (Lt.Cdr. C.D. Brown) departs Midway for her 2nd war patrol. She is ordered to patrol in Luzon Strait.
7 Dec 1944
USS Razorback (Lt.Cdr. C.D. Brown) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese army cargo ship Kenjo Maru (6933 GRT) off the north coast of Luzon, Philippines in position 18º57'N, 120º58'E. (see map)
30 Dec 1944
USS Razorback (Lt.Cdr. C.D. Brown) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese torpedo boat Kuretake (900 tons, offsite link) in the Bashii Channel in position 21º00'N, 121º24'E. (see map)
5 Jan 1945
USS Razorback (Lt.Cdr. C.D. Brown) ends her 2nd war patrol at Guam.
1 Feb 1945
USS Razorback (Lt.Cdr. C.D. Brown) departs Guam for her 3rd war patrol. She is ordered to patrol in the East China Sea.
5 Mar 1945
USS Razorback (Lt.Cdr. C.D. Brown) sinks two small Japanese vessels with gunfire in the East China Sea in position 31º51'N, 127º27'E. (see map)
6 Mar 1945
USS Razorback (Lt.Cdr. C.D. Brown) sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with gunfire in the East China Sea in position 33º50'N, 128º00'E. (see map)
9 Mar 1945
USS Razorback (Lt.Cdr. C.D. Brown) sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with gunfire east of the Ryukyu Island in position 29º40'N, 133º20'E. (see map)
26 Mar 1945
USS Razorback (Lt.Cdr. C.D. Brown) ends her 3rd war patrol at Pearl Harbor.
7 May 1945
USS Razorback (Lt.Cdr. C.D. Brown) departs Pearl Harbor for her 4th war patrol. She is ordered to patrol to the east and south of Honshu, Japan
27 Jun 1945
USS Razorback (Lt.Cdr. C.D. Brown) ends her 4th war patrol at Midway.
22 Jul 1945
USS Razorback (Lt.Cdr. C.D. Brown) departs Midway for her 5th war patrol. She is ordered to patrol in the Sea of Okhotsk.
2 Aug 1945
USS Razorback (Lt.Cdr. C.D. Brown) sinks 8 small Japanese vessels with gunfire off the Kuril Islands in position 44º37'N, 146º55'E. (see map)
31 Aug 1945
USS Razorback (Lt.Cdr. C.D. Brown) enters Tokyo Bay.
3 Sep 1945
After the formal Japanese surrender USS Razorback (Lt.Cdr. C.D. Brown) departs Tokyo Bay bound for Pearl Harbor.
11 Sep 1945
USS Razorback (Lt.Cdr. C.D. Brown) ends her 5th war patrol at Pearl Harbor.
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