Allied Warships

Irex (SS-482)

Submarine of the Tench class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeSubmarine
ClassTench 
Pennant482 
Built byPortsmouth Navy Yard (Kittery, Maine, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down2 Oct 1944 
Launched26 Jan 1945 
Commissioned14 May 1945 
End service17 Nov 1969 
Loss position
 
History

Decommissioned and stricken 17 November 1969.
Sold 13 September 1971 and broken up for scrap.

 

Commands listed for USS Irex (482)

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1Cdr. John Daniel Crowley, USN14 May 19452 Jan 1946

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U. S. Submarines in World War II

Kimmett, Larry and Regis, Margaret


U.S. Submarines Through 1945

Friedman, Norman

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