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, a ''Gato''-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the lapon, a scorpionfish of the Pacific coast of the United States of America. Her keel was laid down by the Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut 21 February 1942. She was launched 27 October 1942 (sponsored by Mrs. J. B. Oldendorf, wife of Rear Admiral Jesse B. Oldendorf), and commissioned 23 January 1943, Commander (CDR) Oliver G. Kirk (Class of 1929) in command. == First and second war patrols, June – November 1943 == Completing trials and training in Long Island Sound, ''Lapon'' departed New London for the Pacific 4 May 1943, arriving at Pearl Harbor 1 June. She departed 24 June for her first war patrol which was spent in the Sea of Okhotsk and Sea of Japan. On 3 July, ''Lapon'', along with and became the first U.S. submarines to slip through a mined strait into the Sea of Japan, the enemy’s own backyard. The entire time ''Lapon'' operated in the Sea of Japan, she was surrounded by thick fog and had problems with her radar. After she exited the Sea of Japan through La Perouse Strait, she patrolled off the east coast of Hokkaidō and Honshū. There she saw an aircraft carrier and a pair of destroyers. The escorts kept ''Lapon'' pinned down with the assistance of aircraft, and the carrier escaped.〔Blair, Clay (1975). ''Silent Victory, the U.S. Submarine War against Japan''. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Lippincott. pp. 436–440.〕 The submarine, CDR Lowell T. "Steamy" Stone (Class of 1929) in command, departed 26 September for a close inshore patrol off the south coast of Honshū. After sinking cargo ship ''Taichu Maru'' 18 October, ''Lapon'' returned to Pearl Harbor 4 November 1943 and departed for the West Coast 7 November for an overhaul at Mare Island Navy Yard. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「USS Lapon (SS-260)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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