| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Submarine |
| Class | Tench |
| Pennant | 417 |
| Built by | Portsmouth Navy Yard (Kittery, Maine, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 1 Apr 1944 |
| Launched | 7 Jul 1944 |
| Commissioned | 6 Oct 1944 |
| End service | 8 May 1970 |
| Loss position | |
| History | Decommissioned in March 1946. |
Commands listed for USS Tench (417)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Cdr. William Bernard Sieglaff, USN | Dec 1944 | May 1945 ? |
| 2 | Lt.Cdr. Thomas Slack Baskett, USN | May 1945 | Sep 1945 ? |
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Noteable events involving Tench include:
20 Dec 1944
With her initial training completed USS Tench (Cdr. W.B. Sieglaff) departs New London bound for Pearl Harbour. She arrives at Pearl Harbour in late January 1945.
7 Feb 1945
USS Tench (Cdr. W.B. Sieglaff) departs Pearl Harbour for her 1st war patrol. She is ordered to patrol in the East China and Yellow Seas. She is to call at Saipan before heading to her patrol area.
27 Feb 1945
USS Tench (Cdr. W.B. Sieglaff) departs Saipan for her patrol area.
28 Mar 1945
USS Tench (Cdr. W.B. Sieglaff) sinks two small Japanese fishing trawlers with gunfire in the Yellow Sea in position 34º44'N, 122º46'E. (see map)
14 Apr 1945
USS Tench (Cdr. W.B. Sieglaff) ends her 1st war patrol at Guam.
27 May 1945
While on her 2nd war patrol USS Tench (Lt.Cdr. T.S. Baskett) sinks the small Japanese merchant cargo ship Kinei Maru (100 GRT) with gunfire off Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan in position 42º54'N, 144º18'E. (see map)
30 May 1945
While on her 2nd war patrol USS Tench (Lt.Cdr. T.S. Baskett) sinks a small Japanese vessel with gunfire off the north-east coast of Honshu, Japan in position 41º19'N, 141º35'E. (see map)
2 Jun 1945
While on her 2nd war patrol USS Tench (Lt.Cdr. T.S. Baskett) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese merchant cargo ship Mikamasan Maru (861 GRT) south-east of Shiriyazaki, Honshu, Japan in position 41º22'N, 141º28'E. (see map)
4 Jun 1945
While on her 2nd war patrol USS Tench (Lt.Cdr. T.S. Baskett) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese transport ship Ryujin Maru (517 GRT) off Hachinohe, Honshu, Japan in position 40º54'N, 141º29'E. (see map)
7 Jun 1945
While on her 2nd war patrol USS Tench (Lt.Cdr. T.S. Baskett) sinks the Japanese guardboat Hanshin Maru (92 GRT) with gunfire off the east coast of Hokkaido, Japan in position 42º41'N, 143º53'E. (see map)
9 Jun 1945
While on her 2nd war patrol USS Tench (Lt.Cdr. T.S. Baskett) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese transport Kamishika Maru (2857 GRT) off southern Hokkaido in position 41º49'N, 141º11'E. (see map)
11 Jun 1945
While on her 2nd war patrol USS Tench (Lt.Cdr. T.S. Baskett) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese merchant tanker Shoei Maru No.6 (834 GRT) off the north-east coast of Honshu, Japan in position 41º15'N, 141º31'E. (see map)
12 Jun 1945
While on her 2nd war patrol USS Tench (Lt.Cdr. T.S. Baskett) sinks two Japanese trawlers with gunfire off the east coast of Honshu, Japan, one in position 39º17'N, 144º07'E and the other one in position 39º17'N, 143º30'E. (see map)
30 Jul 1945
While on her 3rd war patrol USS Tench (Lt.Cdr. T.S. Baskett) sinks a small Japanese vessel with gunfire in the Yellow Sea in position 34º57'N, 124º59'E. (see map)
6 Aug 1945
While on her 3rd war patrol USS Tench (Lt.Cdr. T.S. Baskett) sinks 4 Japanese sailing vessels with gunfire in the Yellow Sea in position 36º07'N, 125º59'E. (see map)
2 Sep 1945
USS Tench (Lt.Cdr. T.S. Baskett) ends her 3rd war patrol at Guam.
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