Submarine Peto (SS-265)

Peto

Country	United States
Ship Class	Gato-class Submarine
Hull Number	SS-265

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Peto Operational Timeline

31 Jan 1945	Submarines USS Thresher, USS Peto, and USS Shad departed Pearl Harbor, Hawaiʻi as a wolfpack bound initially for Saipan in the Mariana Islands. Thresher was starting her fifteenth war patrol, Peto her eighth, and Shad her ninth. Commander John Middleton aboard Thresher was the wolfpack commander. The wolfpack would be known as "Middleton's Mobsters." Submarine USS Tilefish sailed with the wolfpack bound for Saipan but would not be a part of the wolfpack after that.
12 Feb 1945	Submarines USS Thresher, USS Peto, USS Shad, and USS Tilefish arrived at Saipan in the Mariana Islands and moored alongside submarine tender USS Fulton.
13 Feb 1945	Aboard submarine tender USS Fulton in Saipan Harbor, the commanding officers of submarines USS Thresher, USS Peto, USS Shad, and USS Tilefish were briefed about upcoming operations by Vice Admiral Charles Lockwood, Pacific Fleet Submarine Commander. Thresher, Peto, Shad, and Tilefish then departed Saipan bound for their respective patrol areas.
16 Feb 1945	Submarine USS Tilefish parted company with submarines USS Thresher, USS Peto, and USS Shad.
18 Feb 1945	Submarines USS Thresher, USS Peto, and USS Shad arrived in their patrol area of the Luzon Strait.
22 Feb 1945	Submarine USS Peto rendezvoused with submarine USS Burrfish, returning from her patrol, to transfer a sailor with a burst appendix for transportation to Saipan for medical treatment.
17 Mar 1945	The wolfpack consisting of submarines USS Thresher, USS Peto, and USS Shad was dissolved with Peto and Shad assigned to lifeguard duties and Thresher assigned to join a neighboring wolfpack consisting of submarines USS Piranha, USS Sea Owl, and USS Puffer.

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