Allied Warships

Conger (SS-477)

Submarine of the Tench class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeSubmarine
ClassTench 
Pennant477 
Built byPortsmouth Navy Yard (Kittery, Maine, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down11 Jul 1944 
Launched17 Oct 1944 
Commissioned14 Feb 1945 
End service29 Jul 1963 
History

Decommissioned 29 July 1963.
Stricken 1 August 1963.
Sold in May 1964 and broken up for scrap.

 

Commands listed for USS Conger (477)

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1Lt.Cdr. Henry Draper Sipple, USN14 Feb 1945???

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Noteable events involving Conger include:


21 Jul 1945
With her trials and initial training completed USS Conger (Lt.Cdr. H.D. Sipple) departed from New London bound for Pearl Harbor. She was en-route from Balboa (Panama Canal Zone) to Pearl Harbor when hostilities ended.

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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