USS Mingo (SS-261)
Mingo off San Francisco, July 1945
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Mingo |
Builder | Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut[1] |
Laid down | 21 March 1942[1] |
Launched | 30 November 1942[1] |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Henry L. Pence |
Commissioned | 12 February 1943[1] |
Decommissioned | January 1947[1] |
Recommissioned | 20 May 1955[1] |
Decommissioned | 15 August 1955[1] |
Stricken | 20 February 1971[1] |
Fate | Transferred to Japan unmodified, 15 August 1955[1] |
Japan | |
Name | Kuroshio |
Acquired | 15 August 1955 |
Decommissioned | 31 March 1966 |
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Class overview | |
Preceded by | N/A |
Succeeded by | Oyashio class |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | |
Displacement | |
Length | 311 ft 9 in (95.02 m)[3] |
Beam | 27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)[3] |
Draft | 17 ft (5.2 m) maximum[3] |
Propulsion |
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Speed | |
Range | 11,000 nmi (13,000 mi; 20,000 km) at 10 kn (12 mph; 19 km/h) (surfaced)[2] |
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Test depth | 300 ft (91 m)[2] |
Complement | 6 officers, 54 enlisted[2] |
Armament |
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Construction and commissioning
Mingo′s
Operational history
After
First and second war patrols
After further training at
Her second war patrol — from 29 September-20 November — took her to the
Third and fourth war patrols
For her third war patrol, Mingo joined the
Mingo left Manus for the
Fifth and sixth war patrols
Mingo began her fifth war patrol on 27 August 1944. Although her primary operation was lifeguard duty in support of the US
Her sixth war patrol, mostly reconnaissance duty, took place west of Borneo. On 25 December, Mingo made a night torpedo attack on a Japanese convoy on a run between Singapore and Brunei, Borneo. Beside damaging an escort gunboat, she sank loaded 9,486-ton tanker Manila Maru. The sinking of a maru of that name was prophetic, for the Japanese were only three months away from losing their hold completely on the ship's namesake, the Philippine capital. After assisting two other submarines in successful attacks, she returned to Fremantle on 29 December for repairs.
Seventh war patrol
Mingo took station at the
En route to Hawaii on 14 August, Mingo received word of the end of hostilities. After a short stay at Pearl Harbor, she sailed for the West Coast.
Japanese service, 1955–1966
On 1 January 1947 Mingo decommissioned at Mare Island and entered the
Awards
Mingo received five battle stars for World War II service. Five of her seven war patrols were designated "successful".
References
- ^ ISBN 1-55750-263-3.
- ^ a b c d e f U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 305-311
- ^ ISBN 0-313-26202-0.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-313-26202-9.
- ^ a b c U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 305–311
- ISBN 1-55750-263-3.
- ^ Hinman & Campbell, p. 123.
Bibliography
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
- Wright, C. C. (2005). "Question 17/03: Replacement of US Submarine Diesel Engines". Warship International. XLII (4): 431–434. ISSN 0043-0374.
- 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.
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