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Allied Warships

Lamprey (SS-372)

Submarine of the Balao class


USS Lamprey as completed

NavyThe US Navy
TypeSubmarine
ClassBalao 
Pennant372 
Built byManitowoc Shipbuilding Co. (Manitowoc, Wisconsin, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down22 Feb, 1944 
Launched18 Jun, 1944 
Commissioned17 Nov, 1944 
End service3 Jun, 1946 
Loss position
 
HistoryDecommissioned 3 June 1946.
Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet.
Transferred to Argentina 21 July 1960 being renamed Santa Fe (S-11).
Santa Fe was broken up in 1971 for use as spare parts. 

Noteable events involving Lamprey include:

17 Feb, 1945
USS Lamprey (Cdr. W.T. Nelson) departs Pearl Harbour for her 1st war patrol. She is ordered to patrol in off Formosa and in the South China Sea.

22 Apr, 1945
USS Lamprey (Cdr. W.T. Nelson) ends her 1st war patrol at Fremantle, Australia.

21 May, 1945
USS Lamprey (Lt.Cdr. L.B. McDonald) departs Fremantle for her 2nd war patrol. She is ordered to patrol in the Gulf of Siam.

28 May, 1945
USS Lamprey (Lt.Cdr. L.B. McDonald) damages an unidentified Japanese vessel in a surface gunnery action off Japara, Netherlands East Indies in position 06.28S, 110.37E. (see map)

29 Jun, 1945
USS Lamprey (Lt.Cdr. L.B. McDonald) ends her 2nd war patrol at Subic Bay, Philippines.

26 Jul, 1945
USS Lamprey (Lt.Cdr. L.B. McDonald) departs Subic Bay for her 3rd war patrol. She is ordered to patrol in the Gulf of Siam.

8 Aug, 1945
USS Lamprey (Lt.Cdr. L.B. McDonald) sinks a small Japanese vessel with gunfire off Singapore.

12 Aug, 1945
USS Lamprey (Lt.Cdr. L.B. McDonald) sinks a small Japanese vessel with gunfire off the north coast of Java in approximate position 06.00S, 108.00E. (see map)

20 Aug, 1945
USS Lamprey (Lt.Cdr. L.B. McDonald) ends her 3rd war patrol at Subic Bay.


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