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USS ''Tambor'' (SS-198), the lead ship of her class of submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the tambor. Her keel was laid down on 16 January 1939 by the Electric Boat Company in Groton, Connecticut. She was launched on 20 December 1939 sponsored by Miss Lucia Ellis, and commissioned on 3 June 1940 with Lieutenant Commander John M. Murphy, Jr. (Class of 1925),〔Blair, ''Silent Victory'' (Lippincott, 1975), p.901.〕 in command. After fitting out at New London, ''Tambor'' got underway on 6 August 1940 for her shakedown cruise which took her to New York City, Washington, D.C., Morehead City, North Carolina, and Houston, Texas. Following further training off Colón, Panama, the submarine returned to New London, Connecticut, before holding her acceptance trials and undergoing a post-shakedown overhaul at the Portsmouth Navy Yard in Kittery, Maine. After conducting live-fire trials on the effectiveness of depth charges, the first of their kind in the U.S. Navy, ''Tambor'' reported in May 1941 to the Submarine Force, Pacific Fleet, and the command of Rear Admiral Thomas W. Withers, Jr. (COMSUBPAC).〔Blair, p.83.〕 ''Tambor'' began a routine peacetime patrol in late November 1941 and was off Wake Island when hostilities with Japan broke out. However, she was forced to return to Pearl Harbor with one engine out of commission. Routed back to Mare Island, where the damage was repaired, the submarine returned to Pearl Harbor in March 1942. ==First war patrol== ''Tambor'' began her first war patrol〔With Raymond A. Spruance, Jr., aboard. Blair, p.215.〕 on 15 March when she stood out of Pearl Harbor to reconnoiter the areas around Wake Island, Truk, New Ireland, New Britain, and Rabaul. In all, she made nine attacks;〔Blair, p.215.〕 on 16 April, she fired two torpedoes at tanker ''Kitami Maru''.〔(Uboatnet )〕 One hit, and she was credited with a sinking;〔Blair, p.216.〕 this was not verified by postwar examination of Japanese records.〔This, known as the Joint Army–Navy Assessment Committee (JANAC), was, however, filled with mistakes.〕 ''Tambor'' returned to Pearl Harbor on 12 May, where her skipper criticized the torpedoes.〔 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 Tambor (SS-198)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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