| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Submarine |
| Class | Tench |
| Pennant | 475 |
| Built by | Portsmouth Navy Yard (Kittery, ME, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 28 Jun 1944 |
| Launched | 1 Oct 1944 |
| Commissioned | 15 Jan 1945 |
| End service | 2 Dec 1968 |
| Loss position | |
| History | Decommissioned and struck from the Naval Register and sold to Canada on 2 December 1968, renamed HMCS Rainbow (SS-75). Decommissioned by the Royal Canadian Navy on 31 December 1974. Sold for scrapping on 24 March 1977, to Zidell Ship Dismantlers, Portland, OR, U.S.A. |
Commands listed for USS Argonaut (ii) (475)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. John Sneed Schmidt, USN | 15 Jan 1945 |
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Noteable events involving Argonaut (ii) include:
14 Apr 1945
USS Argonaut (ii) (Lt.Cdr. J.S. Schmidt) departs Portsmouth bound for Key West.
13 May 1945
USS Argonaut (ii) (Lt.Cdr. J.S. Schmidt) departs Key West bound for Pearl Harbor.
11 Jun 1945
USS Argonaut (ii) (Lt.Cdr. J.S. Schmidt) arrives at Pearl Harbor.
28 Jun 1945
USS Argonaut (ii) (Lt.Cdr. J.S. Schmidt) departs Pearl Harbor for her 1st war patrol. She is ordered to Saipan.
10 Jul 1945
USS Argonaut (ii) (Lt.Cdr. J.S. Schmidt) toppes off at Saipan. She then proceeds to her patrol area in the East China and Yellow Seas.
12 Aug 1945
USS Argonaut (ii) (Lt.Cdr. J.S. Schmidt) sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with gunfire at the entrence to the Yellow Sea in position 34º22'N, 125º33'E. (see map)
21 Aug 1945
USS Argonaut (ii) (Lt.Cdr. J.S. Schmidt) ends her 1st war patrol at Guam.
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