Allied Warships

Tullibee (SS-284)

Submarine of the Gato class

USS Tullibee as completed.

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Submarine
Class	Gato
Pennant	284
Built by	Mare Island Navy Yard (Vallejo, California, U.S.A.)
Ordered	29 Apr 1941
Laid down	1 Apr 1942
Launched	11 Nov 1942
Commissioned	15 Feb 1943
Lost	26 Mar 1944
Loss position	9° 30'N, 134° 45'E

History	USS Tullibee (Cdr. Charles Frederic Brindupke) is sunk by a circular run of one of its own torpedo's, north of the Palaus in position 134º45'E, 09º30'N. One surivor is picked up by the Japanese destroyer Wakatake (offsite link).

Commands listed for USS Tullibee (284)

Please note that we're still working on this section
and that we only list Commanding Officers for the duration of the Second World War.

	Commander	From	To
1	T/Cdr. Charles Frederic Brindupke, USN	15 Feb 1943	26 Mar 1944 (+)

You can help improve our commands section
Click here to Submit events/comments/updates for this vessel.
Please use this if you spot mistakes or want to improve this ships page.

Notable events involving Tullibee include:

8 May 1943
With her trials and initial training completed USS Tullibee (Cdr. C.F. Brindupke) departed from the US west coast bound for Pearl Harbor.

15 May 1943
USS Tullibee (Cdr. C.F. Brindupke) arrived at Pearl Harbor.

19 Jul 1943
USS Tullibee (Cdr. C.F. Brindupke) departed from Pearl Harbor for her 1st war patrol. She was ordered to patrol in the Caroline Islands area.

22 Aug 1943
USS Tullibee (Cdr. C.F. Brindupke) torpedoed and sank the Japanese troop transport Kaisho Maru (4164 GRT) north of the Caroline Islands in position 10°09'N, 147°25'E.

6 Sep 1943
USS Tullibee (Cdr. C.F. Brindupke) ended her 1st war patrol at Midway.

28 Sep 1943
USS Tullibee (Cdr. C.F. Brindupke) departed from Midway for her 2nd war patrol. She was ordered to patrol in the East China Sea.

15 Oct 1943
USS Tullibee (Cdr. C.F. Brindupke) torpedoed and sank the Japanese transport Chicago Maru (5866 GRT) off the west coast of Formosa in position 24°35'N, 120°30'E.

16 Nov 1943
USS Tullibee (Cdr. C.F. Brindupke) ended her 2nd war patrol at Pearl Harbor.

14 Dec 1943
USS Tullibee (Cdr. C.F. Brindupke) departed from Pearl Harbor for her 3rd war patrol. She was ordered to patrol in the Mariana Islands area.

31 Jan 1944
USS Tullibee (Cdr. C.F. Brindupke) torpedoed and sank the Japanese auxiliary net layer Hiro Maru (549 GRT) north-north-west of Saipan in position 15°23'N, 145°35'E.

10 Feb 1944
USS Tullibee (Cdr. C.F. Brindupke) ended her 3rd war patrol at Pearl Harbor.

5 Mar 1944
USS Tullibee (Cdr. C.F. Brindupke) departed from Pearl Harbor for her 4th war patrol. She was ordered to patrol off the Palaus.

14 Mar 1944
USS Tullibee (Cdr. C.F. Brindupke) topped up with fuel at Midway.

26 Mar 1944
Tullibee launched a surface attack on a small Japanese convoy. As she closed the target, she fired two torpedoes. One of the torpedoes made a circular run and struck the Tullibee. She sank with all hands except for one survivor who was rescued and spent the rest of the war labouring in Japan's copper mines. (1)