Allied Warships

Cutlass (SS-478)

Submarine of the Tench class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeSubmarine
ClassTench 
Pennant478 
Built byPortsmouth Navy Yard (Kittery, Maine, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down10 Jul 1944 
Launched5 Nov 1944 
Commissioned17 Mar 1945 
End service15 Dec 1971 
History

Decommissioned and stricken 15 December 1971.
Transferred to Taiwan 4 December 1973 being renamed Hai Shih (791).

 

Commands listed for USS Cutlass (478)

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1Cdr. Herbert Lollis Jukes, USN17 Mar 1945

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Noteable events involving Cutlass include:


17 Jul 1945
USS Cutlass (Cdr. H.L. Jukes) departed from Pearl Harbor for her 1st war patrol. She was ordered to patrol of the Kuril Islands.

21 Jul 1945
USS Cutlass (Cdr. H.L. Jukes) arrived at Midway for further training and some minor repairs

9 Aug 1945
USS Cutlass (Cdr. H.L. Jukes) departed from Midway for her patrol area of the Kurils.

27 Aug 1945
USS Cutlass (Cdr. H.L. Jukes) arrived at Midway. She departed from for Pearl Harbour the same day.

31 Aug 1945
USS Cutlass (Cdr. H.L. Jukes) ended her 1st war patrol at Pearl Harbour.

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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