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USS ''Sunfish'' (SS-281), a ''Gato''-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the ocean sunfish, ''Mola Mola'', a plectognath marine fish, having a deep body truncated behind, and high dorsal and anal fins. The first ''Sunfish'' (SS-281) was laid down on 25 September 1941 by the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, Calif.; launched on 2 May 1942; sponsored by Mrs. J. W. Fowler; and commissioned on 15 July 1942, Comdr. R. W. Peterson in command. ''Sunfish'' held her shakedown in the San Diego Bay area and returned to San Francisco for post-shakedown availability. On 26 October, she stood out to sea en route to the Pacific war zone. == First and second war patrols, November 1942 – April 1943 == She arrived at Pearl Harbor, T.H., on 1 November, and departed on her first war patrol on 23 November. Her assigned patrol area was off the coasts of Honshū and Hokkaidō, Japan. The submarine laid a minefield at the entrance to Iseno Imi on the night of 16 December – 17 December. On 18 December, she fired a spread of torpedoes at a transport ''Kyowa Maru'' and damaged her. The patrol ended, on 14 January 1943, upon her return to Midway Island. ''Sunfish'' began her second patrol on 4 February which took her into the East China Sea. She attacked a ship on the night of 4 March, but the first spread missed the target. Three stern shots gave her the satisfaction of seeing flames shoot up from the target. Two days later, a transport was fired at with a four-torpedo spread; and three explosions were heard. When the submarine raised her periscope, destroyer screws passed over the conning tower. Close depth charges loosened bolts and temporarily extinguished the lights, but no serious damage was suffered. On the night of 13 March, ''Sunfish'' launched three torpedoes at a cargo ship in the approaches to Toro Shima. They ran true and the 3,262-ton ''Kosei Maru'' went under. The submarine returned to Pearl Harbor on 3 April. 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 Sunfish (SS-281)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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