Allied Warships

Stickleback (SS-415)

Submarine of the Balao class


USS Stickleback as modified after World War Two.

NavyThe US Navy
TypeSubmarine
ClassBalao 
Pennant415 
Built byMare Island Navy Yard (Vallejo, California, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down1 Mar 1944 
Launched1 Jan 1945 
Commissioned29 Mar 1945 
Lost28 May 1958 
Loss position
 
History

Decommissioned 26 June 1946.
Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet.
Recommissioned 6 September 1951.
Rammed by USS Silverstein (DE 534) 28 May 1958 of Hawaii, while conducting training operations.
The ship sank from damage sustained in collision.

 

Commands listed for USS Stickleback (415)

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CommanderFromTo
1Cdr. Lawrence George Bernard, USN29 Mar 19451 May 1945
2Lt.Cdr. Harley Kent Nauman, USN1 May 19459 Sep 1945

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Noteable events involving Stickleback include:


6 Aug 1945
USS Stickleback (Cmdr Lawrence G. Bernard) departs Guam for her 1st war patrol,and is ordered to patrol in the Sea of Japan.

9 Sep 1945
USS Stickleback (Cmdr Lawrence G. Bernard) ends her 1st war patrol at Guam.

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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