


Triton
Country | United States |
Ship Class | Tambor-class Submarine |
Hull Number | SS-201 |
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Triton Operational Timeline
25 Nov 1941 | American submarines Triton and Tambor arrived at Wake Island on "simulated" war patrols. |
11 Dec 1941 | US submarine Triton successfully attacked a Japanese ship south of Wake Island. |
17 Feb 1942 | USS Triton sank Japanese freighter Shinyo Maru No. 5 and damaged another ship off Kyushu island, Japan. |
1 May 1942 | USS Triton sank Japanese auxiliary transport Calcutta Maru in the western Pacific Ocean east of China at 1645 hours. |
6 May 1942 | USS Triton attacked a Japanese convoy off China, sinking freighters Taiei Maru and Taigen Maru. |
17 May 1942 | USS Triton sank Japanese submarine I-64 south of Japan, killing all 81 aboard. |
4 Jul 1942 | USS Triton sank Japanese destroyer Nenohi 5 miles south of Agattu, Aleutian Islands; 188 were killed, 38 survived. |
15 Mar 1943 | The US submarine Triton was sunk by Japanese destroyers whilst on patrol off the Admiralty Islands. |
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