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The first USS ''Parche'' (SS-384/AGSS-384) was a United States Navy submarine. She bore the name (pronounced with two equal syllables: ) of a butterfly fish, ''Chaetodon capistratus''. ''Parche'' was built by the Portsmouth Navy Yard. Her keel was laid on 9 April 1943 and was christened on 24 July, when Miss Betty Russell smashed the traditional bottle of champagne across the bow as she slid into the water for the first time. Miss Russell is the daughter of the U.S. District Judge Robert Lee Russell, formerly Judge Advocate General of the Navy. ''Parche'' was later commissioned on 20 November 1943 with Commander Lawson P. Ramage commanding. ==First and Second War Patrols== On 29 March 1944 the submarine left Pearl Harbor with and for her first war patrol. After topping off at Midway Island, the three reached the sea lanes south of Formosa 16 April. On 29 April ''Bang'' reported a large convoy away, and the wolf pack attacked, ''Parche'' sinking one ship. ''Tinosa'' reported a seven-ship convoy on the morning of 3 May and ''Parche'' headed north at full speed to intercept. An hour after midnight ''Parche'' was in position and scored three torpedo hits on the leading ship and two hits on the second freighter, sinking both. ''Parche'' scored two hits on the third freighter, which settled by the stern and began to list to port. Post-war records credited the trio of submarines with five sinkings and 30,542 tons, ''Parche'' getting credit for ''Taiyoku Maru'' and ''Shoryu Maru''. ''Parche'' returned to Midway 23 May 1944, after making a thorough photo reconnaissance of military installations on the island of Ishi Gaki Jima. ''Parche's'' second patrol was again south of Formosa, forming with and , a coordinated attack group. ''Parche'' went to sea 17 June, following her refit. A week later she sighted and sank a patrol vessel with gunfire. On 4 July a Japanese cruiser and destroyer bombarded and depth charged ''Parche''. ''Parche'' sighted a convoy 29 July and, cooperating with ''Steelhead'', closed in, sinking 4,471 ton cargo ship ''Manko Maru'' and 10,238-ton tanker ''Koei Maru''. During this daring night surface action ''Parche'' barely avoided being rammed by one ship. ''Parche'' collaborated with ''Steelhead'' in sinking an 8,990 ton transport, the Yoshino Maru (originally the Kleist, built in Danzig, 1906 for North German LLoyd, surrendered to the British in 1919, and acquired by the Nippon Yusen Kaisha in 1922.) ''Steelhead'' sank two other ships, a transport and a cargo vessel. Another tanker and a cargo ship were damaged. For this action ''Parche'' received the Presidential Unit Citation and her commander, Ramage, received the Medal of Honor. In this engagement Ramage's aggression had made the sub the 1st to reload the torpedoes while still fighting. On 1 August the sub departed for Saipan where she moored 5 August, arriving Pearl Harbor 16 August. 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 Parche (SS-384)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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