Allied Warships

S-28 (SS-133)

Submarine of the S-1 class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeSubmarine
ClassS-1 
Pennant133 
Built byBethlehem Steel Corp. (Quincy, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down16 Apr 1919 
Launched20 Sep 1922 
Commissioned13 Dec 1923 
Lost4 Jul 1944 
History

USS S-28 (Lt.Cdr. J.G. Campbell) went missing during training exercises off Oahu, Hawaii with Coast Guard cutter USCGC Reliance. A Court of inquiry was unable to determine the cause of her loss.

 

Commands listed for USS S-28 (133)

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CommanderFromTo
1Lt. Edward Clark Stephan, USNMay 1939Jul 1941
2Lt. John Daniel Crowley, USNJul 194120 Mar 1943
3Lt. Vincent Ambrose Sisler, Jr., USN20 Mar 1943Oct 1943
4Guy Frank Gugliotta, USNOct 194320 Jun 1944
5Jack Godon Campbell, USN20 Jun 19444 Jul 1944 (+)

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Notable events involving S-28 include:


22 Jan 1942
USS S-28 (Lt. J.D. Crowley) ended a refit at the Mare Island Navy Yard. She now returns to San Diego for further service at the Underwater Sound Training School there.

20 May 1942
USS S-28 (Lt. J.D. Crowley) departed from San Diego bound for Dutch Harbour. En-route S-28 was ordered to proceed to patrol off Cold Bay. So the transit voyage to Dutch Harbour actually became her 1st war patrol.

12 Jun 1942
USS S-28 (Lt. J.D. Crowley) enters Dutch Harbour for fuel and provisions and then resumed her 1st war patrol in the waters around Kiska and Attu.

28 Jun 1942
USS S-28 (Lt. J.D. Crowley) ended her 1st war patrol at Dutch Harbour.

15 Jul 1942
USS S-28 (Lt. J.D. Crowley) departed from Dutch Harbour for her 2nd war patrol. She was ordered to patrol off Kiska.

18 Aug 1942
USS S-28 (Lt. J.D. Crowley) end her 2nd war patrol at Dutch Harbour.

16 Sep 1942
USS S-28 (Lt. J.D. Crowley) departed from Dutch Harbour for her 3rd war patrol. She was ordered to patrol off Kiska.

10 Oct 1942
USS S-28 (Lt. J.D. Crowley) end her 3rd war patrol at Dutch Harbour. She is now sent to San Diego for an overhaul.

9 Dec 1942
With her overhaul completed USS S-28 (Lt. J.D. Crowley) departed from San Diego bound for Dutch Harbour.

21 Dec 1942
USS S-28 (Lt. J.D. Crowley) arrived at Dutch Harbour.

26 Dec 1942
USS S-28 (Lt. J.D. Crowley) departed from Dutch Harbour for her 4th war patrol. She was ordered to patrol off the Kurils.

20 Jan 1943
USS S-28 (Lt. J.D. Crowley) departed from her patrol area to return to base at Dutch Harbour.

6 Feb 1943
USS S-28 (Lt. J.D. Crowley) departed from Dutch Harbour for her 5th war patrol. She was ordered to patrol off the western Aleutians.

28 Feb 1943
USS S-28 (Lt. J.D. Crowley) ended her 5th war patrol at Dutch Harbour.

4 Mar 1943
USS S-28 (Lt. J.D. Crowley) departed from Dutch Harbour bound for Esquimalt, Canada. At Esquimalt she is used for AS warfare training with units of the Royal Canadian Navy.

15 Apr 1943
USS S-28 (Lt. J.D. Crowley) departed from Esquimalt for the Puget Sound Navy Yard for an overhaul.

27 Jun 1943
With her overhaul completed USS S-28 (Lt. V.A. Sisler, Jr.) departed from the Puget Sound Navy Yard bound for Dutch Harbour.

13 Jul 1943
USS S-28 (Lt. V.A. Sisler, Jr.) departed from Dutch Harbour for her 6th war patrol. She was ordered to patrol off the Kurils.

16 Aug 1943
USS S-28 (Lt. V.A. Sisler, Jr.) ended her 6th war patrol at Attu.

8 Sep 1943
USS S-28 (Lt. V.A. Sisler, Jr.) departed from Attu for her 7th war patrol. She was ordered to patrol off the Kurils.

20 Sep 1943
USS S-28 (Lt. V.A. Sisler, Jr.) sank the Japanese auxiliary gunboat Katsura Maru (1368 GRT) about 165 nautical miles south-west of Paramushiro, Kurile Islands in position 49°05'N, 151°45'E.

13 Oct 1943
USS S-28 (Lt. V.A. Sisler, Jr.) ended her 7th war patrol at Attu. She is now assigned to training duties at Pearl Harbor.

Media links


The Last Patrol

Holmes, Harry


U. S. Submarines in World War II

Kimmett, Larry and Regis, Margaret


U.S. Submarines Through 1945

Friedman, Norman


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