26 Dec, 1941
USS Tautog (Lt.Cdr. J. H. Willingham) leaves Pearl Harbour for her first war patrol. She was to patrol off the Marshall Islands.

4 Feb, 1942
USS Tautog (Lt.Cdr. J. H. Willingham) returns to Pearl Harbour after conducting her first war patrol. She was sent to the Mare Island Navy yard for a refit.

9 Apr, 1942
Her refit completed, USS Tautog (Lt.Cdr. J. H. Willingham) leaves the Mare Island Navy Yard and heads for Pearl Harbour.

24 Apr, 1942
USS Tautog (Lt.Cdr. J. H. Willingham) leaves Pearl Harbour for her second war patrol. Once again she was ordered to patrol in the Marshall Islands area. Shortly after arriving in her assigned patrol area she was ordered to patrol off Truk to intercept ships returning from the Battle of the Coral Sea.

17 May, 1942
USS Tautog (Lt.Cdr. J. H. Willingham) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese submarine I-28 (offsite link) south of Truk in position 06º30'N, 152º00'E. (see map)

22 May, 1942
USS Tautog (Lt.Cdr. J. H. Willingham) torpedoes and damages the Japanese merchant ship Sanko Maru (5461 GRT) south-west of Truk in position 07º00'N, 151º00'E. (see map)

25 May, 1942
USS Tautog (Lt.Cdr. J. H. Willingham) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese merchant ship Shoka Maru (4467 GRT) about 385 nautical miles south-west of Ulithi, Caroline Islands in position 04º07'N, 143º32'E. (see map)

11 Jun, 1942
USS Tautog (Lt.Cdr. J. H. Willingham) ends her second war patrol at Fremantle, Australia.

17 Jul, 1942
USS Tautog (Lt.Cdr. J. H. Willingham) leaves Fremantle, Australia on her third war patrol. She was to patrol of Indo-China.

6 Aug, 1942
USS Tautog (Lt.Cdr. J. H. Willingham) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese troop transport Ohio Maru (5873 GRT) in the South China Sea about 250 miles east-north-east of Cam Ranh Bay, French Indochina in position 13º51'N, 113º15'E. (see map)

10 Sep, 1942
USS Tautog (Lt.Cdr. J. H. Willingham) returnes from her third war patrol. She is refitted at Albany, Australia.

8 Oct, 1942
USS Tautog (Lt.Cdr. J. H. Willingham) leaves Australia for her fourth war patrol. Once again she was to patrol off Indo-China. She also embarked mines.

20 Oct, 1942
USS Tautog (Lt.Cdr. J. H. Willingham) sinks the Japanese fishing vessel Nanshin Maru (33 GRT) with gunfire in the Sulu Sea in position 06º59'N, 119º20'E. (see map)

2 Nov, 1942
USS Tautog (Lt.Cdr. J. H. Willingham) laid a minefield off Haiphong, Indochina.

21 Nov, 1942
USS Tautog (Lt.Cdr. J. H. Willingham) returnes to Fremantle, Australia.

28 Nov, 1942
Lt.Cdr W.B. Sieglaff relieves Lt.Cdr. J.H. Willingham as Commanding Officer of USS Tautog.

30 Nov, 1942
The Vichy-French merchant Canton (1581 GRT) sinks off Cape Padaran, Indo-China in position 11º10'N, 108º47'E. The mine was laid on 2 November 1942 by the US submarine USS Tautog (Lt.Cdr. J. H. Willingham). (see map)

15 Dec, 1942
USS Tautog (Lt.Cdr W.B. Sieglaff) leaves Fremantle for her fifth war patrol. She is to patrol in the Java Sea.

25 Dec, 1942
USS Tautog (Lt.Cdr W.B. Sieglaff) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese transport ship Banshu Maru No.2 (998 GRT) about 15 nautical miles north of Dili, Timor in position 08º40'S, 124º30'E. (see map)

9 Jan, 1943
USS Tautog (Lt.Cdr W.B. Sieglaff) torpedoes and damages the Japanese light cruiser Natori (offsite link) 18 nautical miles south-east off Ambon in position 04º07'S, 128º32'E. (see map)

22 Jan, 1943
USS Tautog (Lt.Cdr W.B. Sieglaff) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese passenger ship Hasshu Maru (1873 GRT) five miles east of Salier Strait, off the southern tip of Celebes in positon 05º40'S, 120º30'E. (see map)

30 Jan, 1943
USS Tautog (Lt.Cdr W.B. Sieglaff) arrives back at Fremantle, Australia.

24 Feb, 1943
USS Tautog (Lt.Cdr W.B. Sieglaff) Leaves Fremantle for her sixth was patrol. She was to patrol in the Makassar Strait.

9 Apr, 1943
USS Tautog (Lt.Cdr W.B. Sieglaff) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese destroyer Isonami (offsite link) and the Japanese transport ship Penang Maru (5214 GRT) in the Celebes Sea in position 05º31'S, 123º09'E. (see map)

19 Apr, 1943
USS Tautog (Lt.Cdr W.B. Sieglaff) returns to Fremantle.

11 May, 1943
USS Tautog (Lt.Cdr W.B. Sieglaff) leaved Fremantle for her seventh war patrol. She is to patrol in the Flores / Celebes sea.

6 Jun, 1943
USS Tautog (Lt.Cdr W.B. Sieglaff) sinks the Japanese transport Shinei Maru (970 GRT) off Basalin Strait in position 07º00'N, 123º37'E. (see map)

20 Jun, 1943
USS Tautog (Lt.Cdr W.B. Sieglaff) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese troop transport Meiten Maru (4474 GRT) west of the Mariana Islands in position 15º57'N, 140º55'E. (see map)

2 Jul, 1943
USS Tautog (Lt.Cdr W.B. Sieglaff) arrives at Pearl Harbour. She was sent to the Hunter's Point Navy Yard for a refit. She held refresher training when the yard work was completed and got back underway for Hawaii.

7 Oct, 1943
USS Tautog (Lt.Cdr W.B. Sieglaff) leaves Pearl Harbour for her 8th war patrol. She is to patrol off the Palau Islands.

22 Oct, 1943
USS Tautog (Lt.Cdr W.B. Sieglaff) shells a phosphate plant on Fais Island.

18 Nov, 1943
USS Tautog (Lt.Cdr W.B. Sieglaff) arrived at Midway Island.

12 Dec, 1943
USS Tautog (Lt.Cdr W.B. Sieglaff) left base for her 9th war patrol. She was to patrol in Japanese home waters of Sikoku Island and along the southern coast of the Japanese main island Honshu.

3 Jan, 1944
USS Tautog (Lt.Cdr W.B. Sieglaff) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese troop transport Saisho Maru (2073 GRT) south of Honshu in position 33º44'N, 136º02'E. (see map)

4 Jan, 1944
USS Tautog (Lt.Cdr W.B. Sieglaff) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese merchant Usa Maru (3943 GRT) south of Honshu in position 34º09'N, 136º50'E. (see map)

30 Jan, 1944
USS Tautog (Lt.Cdr W.B. Sieglaff) arrived at Pearl Harbour for a refit.

5 Mar, 1944
USS Tautog (Lt.Cdr W.B. Sieglaff) arrived her patrol area (10th war patrol) in the north Pacific off the Kuril Islands.

13 Mar, 1944
USS Tautog (Lt.Cdr W.B. Sieglaff) sinks the Japanese merchants Ryua Maru (1915 GRT) and Shojin Maru (1942 GRT) some 20 miles west of Rashuwa Island, Kuril Islands in position 47º38'N, 152º38'E. (see map)

16 Mar, 1944
USS Tautog (Lt.Cdr W.B. Sieglaff) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese transport ship Nichiren Maru (5460 GRT) and the Japanese destroyer Shirakumo (offsite link) east off Muroran, Hokkaido, Japan in position 42º25'N, 144º55'E. (see map)

23 Mar, 1944
USS Tautog (Lt.Cdr W.B. Sieglaff) ended her 10th war patrol when she returned to Midway.

8 Apr, 1944
Lt.Cdr. T.S. Baskett relieves Lt.Cdr W.B. Sieglaff as Commanding Officer of USS Tautog.

17 Apr, 1944
USS Tautog (Lt.Cdr. T.S. Baskett) left base for her 11th war patrol. Once again her patrol area was off the Kuril Islands.

2 May, 1944
USS Tautog (Lt.Cdr. T.S. Baskett) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese troop transport Ryuyo Maru (5973 GRT) off Matsuwa Jima in the Kuril Island in position 48º04'N, 153º16'E. (see map)

3 May, 1944
USS Tautog (Lt.Cdr. T.S. Baskett) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese transport Fushimi Maru (4935 GRT) south off Urup Island, Kuril Islands in position 45º28'N, 149º56'E. (see map)

8 May, 1944
USS Tautog (Lt.Cdr. T.S. Baskett) sinks the Japanese transport Miyazaki Maru (3943 GRT) in the Tsugaru-Strait off Ominato, northern Honshu, Japan in position 41º52'N, 141º12'E. (see map)

12 May, 1944
USS Tautog (Lt.Cdr. T.S. Baskett) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese collier Banei Maru No.2 (1186 GRT) north-east of Honshu, Japan in position 40º01'N, 141º58'E. (see map)

21 May, 1944
USS Tautog (Lt.Cdr. T.S. Baskett) ended her very successful 11th war patrol when she returned to base.

23 Jun, 1944
USS Tautog (Lt.Cdr. T.S. Baskett) leaves Pearl Harbour for her 12th war patrol. she was to patrol in Japanese home waters of Honshu and Hokkaido.

8 Jul, 1944
USS Tautog (Lt.Cdr. T.S. Baskett) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese transport Matsu Maru (886 GRT) off Honshu, Japan in position 41º17'N, 141º30'E. (see map)

9 Jul, 1944
USS Tautog (Lt.Cdr. T.S. Baskett) sinks the Japanese fishing vessel Yamata Maru (18 GRT) with gunfire south-west of Kushiro, Japan in position 43º06'N, 144º08'E. (see map)

19 Jul, 1944
USS Tautog (Lt.Cdr. T.S. Baskett) sinks the Japanese guardship Hokuriku Maru No.1 (148 GRT) northeast of Tori Jima in position 31º30'N, 140º00'E. (see map)

2 Aug, 1944
USS Tautog (Lt.Cdr. T.S. Baskett) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese transport Konei Maru (1992 GRT) off Miki Saki, Honshu, Japan in position 33º57'N, 136º20'E. (see map)

10 Aug, 1944
USS Tautog (Lt.Cdr. T.S. Baskett) ends her 12th war patrol at Midway. She was sent to the United States for an overhaul.

17 Dec, 1944
Her refit completed USS Tautog (Lt.Cdr. T.S. Baskett) left Pearl Harbour for her 13th war patrol. She was to patrol in the East China Sea.

17 Jan, 1945
USS Tautog (Lt.Cdr. T.S. Baskett) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese fast transport T-15 (1500 GRT) off southern Kyushu, Japan in position 31º09'N, 130º29'E. (see map)

20 Jan, 1945
USS Tautog (Lt.Cdr. T.S. Baskett) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese torpedo recovery vessel Shuri Maru (1857 GRT) at the southern end of Tsushima Strait in position 33º37'N, 128º40'E. (see map)

26 Jan, 1945
USS Tautog (Lt.Cdr. T.S. Baskett) sinks the Japanese sailing vessel Naga Maru No.11 (43 GRT) with gunfire in position 30º00'N, 136º20'E. (see map)

1 Feb, 1945
USS Tautog (Lt.Cdr. T.S. Baskett) ended her patrol at Midway Island. She was now retired from front line service and assigned to training duties.

10 Feb, 1945
Lt.Cdr. A.H. Higgs relieves Lt.Cdr. T.S. Baskett as Commanding Officer of USS Tautog.