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USS ''Segundo'' (SS-398), a ''Balao''-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the segundo, a cavalla fish of Caribbean waters. ''Segundo'' was laid down on 14 October 1943 by the Portsmouth Navy Yard in Kittery, Maine; launched on 5 February 1944; sponsored by Mrs. John L. Sullivan; and commissioned on 9 May 1944, Lieutenant Commander James D. Fulp, Jr., in command. ''Segundo'' completed fitting out and contract trials then moved to New London, Conn., on 15 June and began training. The submarine stood out of New London on 26 June for the Panama Canal Zone en route to the Pacific war zone. She departed Balboa on 9 July and arrived at Pearl Harbor on 25 July. The next several weeks were spent in training exercises and weapons firing. The ship was combat loaded on 19 August and 20 August and, the next day, sailed on her first war patrol. == First and second patrols, August 1944 – January 1945 == ''Segundo'', together with submarines , and formed a wolf pack. They refueled at Saipan on 3 September and departed the next day for their patrol area in the Philippines near Surigao Strait. No worthwhile targets were found, and ''Segundo'' ended her patrol at Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands, on 21 October without having fired a shot. The second patrol, from 16 November 1944 to 5 January 1945, was more profitable. ''Segundo'', and sister ships , and were cruising between Luzon Strait and the South China Sea. On the evening of 6 December, a convoy of seven escorted merchant ships was sighted. The three submarines made night attacks which sank all of the merchantmen. 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 Segundo (SS-398)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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