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USS ''Queenfish'' (SS/AGSS-393), a ''Balao''-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the queenfish, a small food fish found off the Pacific coast of North America. The first ''Queenfish'' was laid down by the Portsmouth Navy Yard in Kittery, Maine, 27 July 1943; launched 30 November 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Robert A. Theobald; and commissioned 11 March 1944, Lieutenant Commander Charles E. Loughlin in command. == First patrol: August – October 1944 == After shakedown off the east coast and further training in Hawaiian waters, ''Queenfish'' set out on her first patrol 4 August 1944, in Luzon Strait. She joined "Ed's Eradicators", a wolf pack which also included and . The wolfpack was under the command of E.R. Swinburne who rode aboard Eugene B. Fluckey's "Barb" ''Tunny'' had to withdraw after being damaged by air attack, but on 31 August, ''Queenfish'' made her first kill, 4,700-ton tanker ''Chiyoda Maru''. On 9 September she scored twice more, on 7,097-ton passenger-cargo ship ''Toyooka Maru'' and 3,054-ton transport ''Manshu Maru''. ComSubPac ordered the Eradicators to assist another wolf pack in rescuing Allied POWs who had been on transports in another convoy. The Japanese had picked up their own survivors from the wreckage, but they made no attempt to save any survivors from among the 2,100 British and Australian POWs embarked in the transports. The submarines managed to get 127 out of the water. An approaching typhoon terminated the hunt and the patrol. ''Queenfish'' put into Majuro for refit 3 October. 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 Queenfish (SS-393)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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