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USS Pipefish at Mare Island, 1946

USS Pipefish - Official U.S. Navy photo

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Patrol 1

24 May 1944 - 16 Jul 1944

No sinkings

Patrol 2

6 Aug 1944 - 27 Sep 1944

第7博鉄丸 Hakutetsu Maru No. 7

Patrol 3

28 Oct 1944 - 6 Jan 1945

JANAC and many other sources credit Pipefish with sinking 第64号海防艦 Coast Defense Vessel No. 64 on 3 December 1944, but Alden believes this vessel was sunk by USS Searaven (SS-196) in earlier attack on the same day.

Patrol 4

28 Oct 1945 - 6 Jan 1945

No sinkings

Patrol 5

28 Oct 1945 - 6 Jan 1945

No sinkings

Patrol 6

28 Oct 1945 - 6 Jan 1945

No sinkings
Totals

Current research credits Pipefish with sinking 1 ship of 1,019 tons plus the probable siking of CD-64, 740 tons.

Alden-McDonald.credit Pipefish with sinking one ship of 1,018 tons.

JANAC credits Pipefish with sinking 2 ships of 1,818 tons.

SORG credits Pipefish with 2 ships and 5,700 tons sunk.

Sources

Japanese Naval and Merchant Ship Losses - JANAC on the NHHC website

JANAC on the Hyperwar website - https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/Japan/IJN/JANAC-Losses/JANAC-Losses-6.html

SORG- http://archive.hnsa.org/doc/subreports-sorg.htm (Excel spreadsheet download)

Archives of the Pacific Fleet Submarine Museum (PFSM)

War Patrol Reports - USS Pipefish

Monthly Losses of Combatant and Non-Combatant Vessels

太平洋戦争時の喪失船舶明細表(汽船主体)- Lost Vessel table during the Pacific War (merchant vessels)

Alden, John D., and McDonald, Craig R. - U.S. & Allied Sub Successes in the Pacific & Far East during WWII - Fourth Edition, 2009

Cressman, Robert - The Official Chronology of the U.S. Navy in World War II, Naval Institute Press, 2000.

Wrecksite - https://www.wrecksite.eu/wrecksite.aspx

Miramar Ship Index - https://www.miramarshipindex.nz/

Imperial Japanese Navy Page - http://www.combinedfleet.com/

Wikipedia Japan - https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/

Japan Center for Asian Historical Records - National Archives of Japan - https://www.jacar.go.jp/index.html

Photo Sources

Official U.S. Navy Photos - Naval History & Heritage Command

Archives of the Pacific Fleet Submarine Museum (PFSM)

Imperial Japanese Navy Page - http://www.combinedfleet.com/

Japanese Merchant Ship photos - Wrecksite - copyright owners retain all rights. Photos used on this site will be taken down should the owner request their removal.

 

Sinkings by Selected Submarines

List of Ships Sunk by Selected Submarines

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