USS Bullhead
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United States | |
Name | Bullhead |
Builder | Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut[1] |
Laid down | 21 October 1943[1] |
Launched | 16 July 1944[1] |
Commissioned | 4 December 1944[1] |
Fate | Sunk by Japanese aircraft in the Java Sea, 6 August 1945[2] |
Notes | One of the last vessels to be sunk in World War II |
Badge | |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | |
Displacement | |
Length | 311 ft 9 in (95.02 m)[2] |
Beam | 27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)[2] |
Draft | 16 ft 10 in (5.13 m) maximum[2] |
Propulsion |
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Speed | |
Range | 11,000 nmi (20,000 km; 13,000 mi) surfaced at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)[3] |
Endurance |
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Test depth | 400 ft (120 m)[3] |
Complement | 10 officers, 70–71 enlisted[3] |
Armament |
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USS Bullhead (SS-332), a
Construction and commissioning
Bullhead′s
Operations
Bullhead served in the
First patrol
During the greater portion of her first war patrol Bullhead performed lifeguard services and on two occasions bombarded
Second patrol
On her second patrol, in May and June 1945 in the
Third patrol and sinking
On 31 July 1945 Bullhead left Fremantle submarine base, Western Australia to commence her third war patrol. Her orders were to patrol in a "wolfpack" with Capitaine and Puffer in the Java Sea until 5 September and then head for Subic Bay in the Philippines.[citation needed]
Bullhead reported on 6 August that she had passed through Lombok Strait. That was the last word received from Bullhead. On 12 August, Capitaine, planning to arrive on 13 August, ordered Bullhead to take position the following day in a scouting line with Capitaine and Puffer. Receiving no reply, Capitaine reported on 15 August, "Have been unable to contact Bullhead by any means since arriving in area."[citation needed]
Since the British submarines
Honors and awards
Bullhead received two
Commemoration
In August 2022, on the 76th anniversary of the submarine's sinking, a new memorial for USS Bullhead was unveiled at the
See also
- List of U.S. Navy losses in World War II
Notes
References
- ^ ISBN 1-55750-263-3.
- ^ ISBN 0-313-26202-0.
- ^ a b c d e f g U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 305–311
- ^ Sheridan (1947) p.127
- ^ Hinman & Campbell, pp. 30–31.
- ^ Hinman & Campbell, p. 31.
- ^ Mastrangelo, Joseph (24 December 2023). "Haunted Survivors of the USS Bullhead". Washington Post.
- ^ "New U.S. Submarine Memorial Unveiled in Perth". U.S. Embassy in Canberra. Canberra. 6 August 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
Bibliography
- Hinman, Charles R., and Douglas E. Campbell. The Submarine Has No Friends: Friendly Fire Incidents Involving U.S. Submarines During World War II. Syneca Research Group, Inc., 2019. ISBN 978-0-359-76906-3.
- Sheridan, Martin (1947). Overdue and Presumed Lost: The Story of the U.S.S. Bullhead. New Hampshire: Marshall Jones Company.
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