Allied Warships

Diablo (SS-479)

Submarine of the Tench class

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Submarine
Class	Tench
Pennant	479
Built by	Portsmouth Navy Yard (Kittery, Maine, U.S.A.)
Ordered
Laid down	11 Aug 1944
Launched	1 Dec 1944
Commissioned	31 Mar 1945
End service	1 Jun 1964
History	Decommissioned and stricken 1 June 1964. Transferred to Pakistan 1 June 1964 being renamed Ghazi. Lost with all hands (82) off Vishakhaptnam, India on 3 December 1971.

Commands listed for USS Diablo (479)

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	Commander	From	To
1	T/Lt.Cdr. Gordon Graham Matheson, USN	31 Mar 1945	27 Nov 1946

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Notable events involving Diablo include:

7 May 1945
Having completed a period of trials and training in the Portsmouth area, USS Diablo (Lt.Cdr. G.G. Matherson, USN) arrived at Newport, Rhode Island for torpedo trials.

10 May 1945
Having completed her torpedo trials, USS Diablo (Lt.Cdr. G.G. Matherson, USN), departed Newport for New London, Connecticut.

29 May 1945
USS Diablo (Lt.Cdr. G.G. Matherson, USN) departed from New London, Connecticut bound for Key West, Florida.

4 Jun 1945
USS Diablo (Lt.Cdr. G.G. Matherson, USN) arrived at Key West, Florida.

5 Jun 1945
USS Diablo conducted exercises off Key West.

6 Jun 1945
USS Diablo conducted exercises off Key West.

7 Jun 1945
USS Diablo conducted exercises off Key West.

8 Jun 1945
USS Diablo conducted exercises off Key West.

9 Jun 1945
USS Diablo conducted exercises off Key West.

11 Jun 1945
USS Diablo conducted exercises off Key West.

12 Jun 1945
USS Diablo conducted exercises off Key West.

13 Jun 1945
USS Diablo conducted exercises off Key West.

14 Jun 1945
USS Diablo conducted exercises off Key West.

15 Jun 1945
USS Diablo (Lt.Cdr. G.G. Matherson, USN) departed Key West, Florida for the Panama Canal Zone.

19 Jun 1945
USS Diablo (Lt.Cdr. G.G. Matherson, USN) arrived in the Panama Canal Zone.

4 Jul 1945
USS Diablo (Lt.Cdr. G.G. Matherson, USN) departed the Panama Canal Zone for Pearl Harbour.

21 Jul 1945
USS Diablo (Lt.Cdr. G.G. Matherson) arrived at Pearl Harbor.

10 Aug 1945
USS Diablo (Lt.Cdr. G.G. Matherson) departed from Pearl Harbor for her 1st war patrol. She was ordered to proceed to Saipan.

22 Aug 1945
After the end of hostilities USS Diablo (Lt.Cdr. G.G. Matherson) was ordered to proceed to Guam, where she arrived on this day.

1 Sep 1945
The submarine tender USS Fulton (T/Capt. A.R. St. Angelo, USN) and the submarines USS Manta (T/Lt.Cdr. E.P. Madley, USN), USS Dentuda (T/Lt.Cdr. E.E. Conrad, USN), USS Argonaut (T/Cdr. J.S. Schmidt, USN) and USS Diablo (T/Cdr. G.G. Matheson, USN) departed Guam for Pearl Harbour where they arrived on 10 September 1945.