Submarine Tambor (SS-198)

Tambor

Country	United States
Ship Class	Tambor-class Submarine
Hull Number	SS-198
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Tambor Operational Timeline

16 Dec 1941	US submarine Tambor, damaged, departed from Wake Island area for repairs.
16 Apr 1942	USS Tambor sank Japanese freighter Kitami Maru 50 miles southeast of Kavieng, New Ireland, Bismarck Archipelago.
5 Jun 1942	Japanese cruiser Kumano was leading a column of sister Mogami-class cruisers Suzuya, Mikuma, and Mogami withdrawing from Midway. Kumano spotted the surfaced American submarine USS Tambor and ordered an emergency 45-degree turn to starboard, but Mikuma mistakenly made a 90-degree turn. Mogami rammed Mikuma on the portside below the bridge crumpling 40-feet of Mogami’s bow and piercing Mikuma’s fuel tanks, causing her to leak oil uncontrollably. This trailing oil slick led to Mikuma’s demise the following day.
7 Aug 1942	USS Tambor sank Japanese auxiliary net layer Shofuku Maru off Wotje, Marshall Islands.
21 Aug 1942	USS Tambor sank Japanese collier Shinsei Maru No. 6 off Ponape, Senyavin Islands, Caroline Islands.

Photographs

USS Tambor, USS Ray, USS Greenling, USS Cero (barely visible), and USS Raton (barely visible) at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States, 24 Feb 1945

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