USS Pike (SS-173)
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History | |
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United States | |
Builder | Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine[1] |
Laid down | 20 December 1933[1] |
Launched | 12 September 1935[1] |
Commissioned | 2 December 1935[1] |
Decommissioned | 15 November 1945[1] |
Stricken | 17 February 1956[1] |
Fate | Sold for breaking up, 14 January 1957[1] |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | |
Displacement | 1,310 long tons (1,330 t) standard, surfaced,[2] 1,934 long tons (1,965 t) submerged[2] |
Length | 283 ft 0 in (86.26 m) (waterline),[9] 301 ft 0 in (91.74 m)[2] (overall)[10] |
Beam | 24 ft 11+3⁄4 in (7.614 m)[2] |
Draft | 13 ft 10 in (4.22 m)[2] |
Propulsion | (as built) 4 × batteries,[8] 4 × high-speed Elliott electric motors,[6] total 2,085 hp (1,555 kW) 3 × General Motors six-cylinder four-cycle 6-228 auxiliary diesels,[5] (re-engined 1942) 4 × GM two-cycle Model 12-278A diesels, 1,200 hp (890 kW) each,[5] 2 shafts[6] |
Speed | 19 knots (35 km/h) surfaced,[2] 8 knots (15 km/h) submerged[2] |
Range | 6,000 nautical miles (11,000 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h),[2] 22,000 nautical miles (41,000 km) at 8 knots (15 km/h) with fuel in the main ballast tanks,[2] (bunkerage 93,129 US gallons (352,530 L) maximum, 89,945 US gallons (340,480 L) typical, 1944)[3] |
Endurance | 10 hours at 5 knots (9.3 km/h), 36 hours at minimum speed submerged[2] |
Test depth | 250 ft (76 m)[2] |
Complement | 5 officers, 9 chief petty officers, 42 enlisted (1944)[3] |
Armament | 6 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (four forward, two aft, 16 torpedoes),[2] (two external bow tubes added 1942),[3] 1 × 3-in (76 mm)/50 cal deck gun,[2] 2 × .30 cal (7.62 mm) machine guns[10] |
USS Pike (SS–173), a
Service history
After a shakedown in the Atlantic, Pike departed Newport, Rhode Island on 10 February 1937, and proceeded via the
War patrol #1
In response to the Japanese attack upon Pearl Harbor, she put to sea on 8 December, to guard sea lanes between Manila and Hong Kong.[11]
War patrol #2
Pike sailed from Manila on 31 December 1941.[11]
On 1 January 1942 she sighted the hospital ship
On 10 January she sighted USS Shark (SS-174).[13]
On 12 January she sighted the Japanese minelayer Shirataka. Shirataka was heard "pinging" in the supersonic range.[14]
On 18 January she possibly sighted the USS Salmon (SS-182), although there was no positive identification.[15]
During this patrol she reported numerous aircraft sightings.[16]
She moored at Port Darwin, Australia, 24 January 1942.
War patrol #3
On her third war patrol from 5 February-28 March, she detected enemy craft off the
War patrol #4
On her fourth war patrol, she sailed from
War patrol #5
From 30 May – 9 June 1942, she patrolled north of Oahu.[11]
War patrol #6
Overhauled at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, she guided bombers to Wake Island in December, and escaped a severe depth-charging on 14 January 1943 during an attempted attack off Japan.[17]
War patrol #7
Departing Pearl Harbor on 31 March 1943, she fired torpedoes at targets off Truk from 12–14 April, and shelled Satawan Island on the 25th.[11]
War patrol #8
Getting under way from Pearl Harbor on 22 July 1943 for her eighth war patrol, Pike sank 2,022-ton Japanese cargo ship Shoju Maru near
On 6 August, Pike attacked and damaged a 22,500 ton Kasuga-class aircraft carrier under escort by a Fubuki-class destroyer.[18][19]
On 22 August, Pike sighted a Japanese convoy consisting of six cargo vessels with a Chidori-class torpedo boat escort. Pike attacked the convoy at night, damaging two ships, one of which was determined to be a 2,500 ton Gosei-class freighter, the other was an unidentified 4,000 ton freighter.[20][19]
Sailing from Pearl Harbor on 28 September, she arrived at New London, Connecticut, 3 November 1943. During the remainder of World War II, she trained submarine crews at the Naval Submarine Base New London.
Decommissioned
Pike was decommissioned on 15 November 1945 at
War patrol totals
Total number of ships damaged and sunk by Pike during her time in service:[19][21]
War patrol number | Ships damaged; number and type | Ships sunk; number and type |
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1 | 0 | 0 |
2 | 0 | 0 |
3 | 0 | 0 |
4 | 0 | 0 |
5 | 0 | 0 |
6 | 0 | 0 |
7 | 2 - AK | 0 |
8 | 2 - AK, 1 - ACV | 1 - AO |
Awards
- Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with four battle stars for World War IIservice
References
- ^ ISBN 1-55750-263-3.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 305–311
- ^ a b c Alden, p.58.
- ^ Alden, John D., Commander, USN (retired). The Fleet Submarine in the U.S. Navy (Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1979), p.210.
- ^ a b c Alden, p.210.
- ^ ISBN 0-313-26202-0.
- ^ U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp.261–263
- ^ Alden, p.211.
- ^ Lenton, H. T. American Submarines (New York: Doubleday, 1973), p.39.
- ^ a b Lenton, p.39.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Pike ii". Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
- ^ "National Archives NextGen Catalog". catalog.archives.gov. p. 35. Archived from the original on 28 April 2023. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
- ^ "National Archives NextGen Catalog". catalog.archives.gov. p. 37. Archived from the original on 26 April 2023. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
- ^ "National Archives NextGen Catalog". catalog.archives.gov. p. 38. Archived from the original on 28 April 2023. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
- ^ "National Archives NextGen Catalog". catalog.archives.gov. p. 41. Archived from the original on 28 April 2023. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
- ^ "National Archives NextGen Catalog". catalog.archives.gov. p. 47. Archived from the original on 28 April 2023. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
- ^ "National Archives NextGen Catalog". catalog.archives.gov. pp. 65, 66, 67. Archived from the original on 28 April 2023. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
- ^ "National Archives NextGen Catalog". catalog.archives.gov. p. 13. Archived from the original on 28 April 2023. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
- ^ a b c "National Archives NextGen Catalog (USS Pike, July 1943 - September 1943)". catalog.archives.gov. p. 5. Archived from the original on 28 April 2023. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
- ^ "National Archives NextGen Catalog". catalog.archives.gov. p. 17. Archived from the original on 28 April 2023. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
- ^ "National Archives NextGen Catalog (USS PIKE - War History)". catalog.archives.gov. p. 5. Archived from the original on 28 April 2023. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
External links
- "The Saga of the Submarine". Archived from the original on 3 August 2015.
- "The American Submarine" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 February 2012.
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
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