Eugene Bradley McKinney, USN
| Born | 31 Jul 1903 | Eugene, Lane County, Oregon, USA | |
| Died | 15 Aug 1986 | (83) | San Diego, San Diego County, California, USA |
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Warship Commands listed for Eugene Bradley McKinney, USN
| Ship | Rank | Type | From | To |
| USS Salmon (182) | Lt. | Submarine | Aug 1941 | 3 Feb 1943 |
| USS Skate (305) | Lt.Cdr. | Submarine | 15 Apr 1943 | 24 Jan 1944 |
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Submarine USS Salmon (182)
27 Nov 1941
USS Salmon (Lt.Cdr Eugene Bradley McKinney) left Manila for a defensive patrol of the west coast of Luzon, when the Japanese attacked this patrol became her first war patrol.
13 Feb 1942
USS Salmon (Lt.Cdr. E.B. McKinney) ended her first war patrol at Tjilatjap, Java, Netherlands East Indies.
20 Feb 1942
USS Salmon (Lt.Cdr. E.B. McKinney) left Tjilatjap for her second war patrol. She was ordered to patrol in the Java Sea.
23 Mar 1942
USS Salmon (Lt.Cdr. E.B. McKinney) ended her second war patrol at Fremantle, Australia.
3 May 1942
USS Salmon (Lt.Cdr. E.B. McKinney) left Fremantle for her third war patrol. She was ordered to patrol in the South China Sea.
26 May 1942 (position 10.00, 110.00)
USS Salmon (Lt.Cdr. E.B. McKinney) torpedoed and sank the Japanese repair ship Asahi (11441 tons) about 180 nautical miles south-south-east of Cam Ranh Bay, French Indochina in position 10°00'N, 110°00'E.
28 May 1942 (position 9.00, 111.00)
USS Salmon (Lt.Cdr. E.B. McKinney) torpedoed and sank the Japanese merchant Ganges Maru (4382 GRT) in the South China Sea about 250 nautical miles south-south-east of Cam Ranh Bay, French Indochina in position 09°00'N, 111°00'E.
24 Jun 1942
USS Salmon (Lt.Cdr. E.B. McKinney) ended her third war patrol when she returned to Fremantle.
21 Jul 1942
USS Salmon (Lt.Cdr. E.B. McKinney) left Fremantle for her 4th war patrol. She was ordered to patrol in the South China Sea / Sulu Sea area.
8 Sep 1942
USS Salmon (Lt.Cdr. E.B. McKinney) ended her 4th war patrol at Fremantle.
10 Oct 1942
USS Salmon (Lt.Cdr. E.B. McKinney) left Fremantle for her 5th war patrol. She was ordered to patrol in the vicinity of Subic Bay, Philippines.
10 Nov 1942 (position 15.10, 119.42)
USS Salmon (Lt.Cdr. E.B. McKinney) sank a Japanese sampan with gunfire off Subic Bay in position 15°10'N, 119°42'E.
17 Nov 1942 (position 14.16, 119.44)
USS Salmon (Lt.Cdr. E.B. McKinney) torpedoed and sank the Japanese repair ship Oregon Maru (5873 GRT) about 65 nautical miles north-west of Manila in position 14°16'N, 119°44'E.
7 Dec 1942
USS Salmon (Lt.Cdr. E.B. McKinney) ended her 5th war patrol at Pearl Harbor. She was ordered to the Mare Islands Navy Yard for an overhaul.
Submarine USS Skate (305)
9 Jul 1943 (position 0.00, 0.00)
During 9/10 July 1943, USS Skate (T/Cdr. E.B. McKinney, USN) conducted trials and / or exercises in the San Francisco area.
18 Jul 1943 (position 0.00, 0.00)
During 18/19 July 1943, USS Skate (T/Cdr. E.B. McKinney, USN) conducted trials and / or exercises in the San Francisco area.
29 Jul 1943 (position 0.00, 0.00)
USS Skate (T/Cdr. E.B. McKinney, USN) conducted trials and / or exercises in the San Francisco area.
30 Jul 1943 (position 0.00, 0.00)
USS Skate (T/Cdr. E.B. McKinney, USN) conducted trials and / or exercises in the San Francisco area.
31 Jul 1943 (position 0.00, 0.00)
USS Skate (T/Cdr. E.B. McKinney, USN) conducted trials and / or exercises in the San Francisco area.
1 Aug 1943 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around 0900T/1, USS Skate (T/Cdr. E.B. McKinney, USN) departed San Francisco for San Diego. She is escorted by USS Lawrence (T/Cdr. T.B. Hutchins, 3rd, USN) until 1930T/1 when USS Crane (T/Cdr. H.N. Coffin, USN) took over.
2 Aug 1943 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around 1500T/2, USS Skate (T/Cdr. E.B. McKinney, USN) arrived at San Diego from San Francisco.
3 Aug 1943 (position 0.00, 0.00)
USS Skate (T/Cdr. E.B. McKinney, USN) conducted exercises off San Diego.
4 Aug 1943 (position 0.00, 0.00)
USS Skate (T/Cdr. E.B. McKinney, USN) conducted exercises off San Diego.
5 Aug 1943 (position 0.00, 0.00)
During 5/6 August 1943, USS Skate (T/Cdr. E.B. McKinney, USN) conducted exercises off San Diego during which she was escorted / assisted by USS Williamson (T/Lt.Cdr. J.A. Pridmore, USN).
7 Aug 1943 (position 0.00, 0.00)
During 7/8 August 1943, USS Skate (T/Cdr. E.B. McKinney, USN) conducted exercises off San Diego during which she was escorted / assisted by USS Williamson (T/Lt.Cdr. J.A. Pridmore, USN).
9 Aug 1943 (position 0.00, 0.00)
USS Skate (T/Cdr. E.B. McKinney, USN) conducted exercises off San Diego.
10 Aug 1943 (position 0.00, 0.00)
During 10/11 August 1943, USS Skate (T/Cdr. E.B. McKinney, USN) conducted exercises off San Diego during which she was escorted / assisted by USS Williamson (T/Lt.Cdr. J.A. Pridmore, USN).
12 Aug 1943 (position 0.00, 0.00)
USS Skate (T/Cdr. E.B. McKinney, USN) conducted exercises off San Diego.
13 Aug 1943 (position 0.00, 0.00)
During 13/14 August 1943, USS Skate (T/Cdr. E.B. McKinney, USN) conducted exercises off San Diego during which she was escorted / assisted by USS Williamson (T/Lt.Cdr. J.A. Pridmore, USN).
15 Aug 1943 (position 0.00, 0.00)
USS Skate (T/Cdr. E.B. McKinney, USN) conducted exercises off San Diego.
16 Aug 1943 (position 0.00, 0.00)
USS Skate (T/Cdr. E.B. McKinney, USN) conducted exercises off San Diego during which she was escorted / assisted by USS Williamson (T/Lt.Cdr. J.A. Pridmore, USN).
18 Aug 1943 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around 0800T/18, USS Skate (T/Cdr. E.B. McKinney, USN) departed San Diego for San Francisco.
19 Aug 1943 (position 0.00, 0.00)
USS Skate (T/Cdr. E.B. McKinney, USN) arrived at the Mare Island Navy Yard from San Diego.
20 Aug 1943 (position 0.00, 0.00)
USS Skate (T/Cdr. E.B. McKinney, USN) conducted exercises in the San Francisco area.
30 Aug 1943 (position 0.00, 0.00)
USS Skate (T/Cdr. E.B. McKinney, USN) departed San Francisco for Pearl Harbour.
5 Sep 1943 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around 1025VW/5, USS Skate (T/Cdr. E.B. McKinney, USN) arrived at Pearl Harbour from San Francisco.
8 Sep 1943 (position 0.00, 0.00)
From 8 to 10 September 1943, USS Cabrilla (T/Cdr. D.T. Hammond, USN) and USS Skate (T/Cdr. E.B. McKinney, USN) conducted exercises off Pearl Harbour during which they were escorted / assisted by USS Litchfield (T/Cdr. J.R. McKnight, Jr., USN).
During 9/10 September exercises were carried out with an incoming convoy. This was convoy 2295 which had departed San Francisco on 31 August and arrived at Pearl Harbour on 10 September. This convoy was made up of the following merchant vessels; Maliko (American, 6847 GRT, built 1918), Mericos H. Whittier (American (tanker), 6972 GRT, built 1919), Nira Luckenbach (American, 5591 GRT, built 1919), Philippa (American, 9606 GRT, built 1902) and Thomas Ewing (American, 7180 GRT, built 1943). The convoy was escorted by USS Le Hardy (Lt.Cdr. J.H. Prause, USN).
15 Sep 1943 (position 0.00, 0.00)
USS Grayback (T/Cdr. J.A. Moore, USN), USS Tinosa (T/Cdr. L.R. Daspit, USN) and USS Skate (T/Cdr. E.B. McKinney, USN) conducted exercises off Pearl Harbour with and / or assisted by USS Allen (T/Lt.Cdr. H.H. Nielsen, USN).
16 Sep 1943 (position 0.00, 0.00)
During 16/17 September 1943, USS Grayback (T/Cdr. J.A. Moore, USN) and USS Skate (T/Cdr. E.B. McKinney, USN) conducted exercises off Pearl Harbour with USS Allen (T/Lt.Cdr. H.H. Nielsen, USN).
On the 16th USS Halford (T/Cdr. G.N. Johansen, USN) and USS Charles R. Greer (Lt.Cdr. W.T. Denton, USNR) also participated in the exercises.
18 Sep 1943 (position 0.00, 0.00)
USS Grayback (T/Cdr. J.A. Moore, USN) and USS Skate (T/Cdr. E.B. McKinney, USN) conducted exercises off Pearl Harbour with USS Litchfield (T/Cdr. J.R. McKnight, Jr., USN).
19 Sep 1943 (position 0.00, 0.00)
USS Seadragon ( T/Cdr. R.L. Rutter, USN) and USS Skate (T/Cdr. E.B. McKinney, USN) conducted exercises off Pearl Harbour with USS Allen (T/Lt.Cdr. H.H. Nielsen, USN).
21 Sep 1943 (position 0.00, 0.00)
During 21/22 September 1943, USS Skate (T/Cdr. E.B. McKinney, USN) conducted exercises off Pearl Harbour.
On 22 September she was joined by USS Cero (T/Cdr. D.C. White, USN) and USS Allen (T/Lt.Cdr. H.H. Nielsen, USN).
25 Sep 1943
USS Skate (Lt.Cdr. Eugene Bradley McKinney) departed from Pearl Harbor for her first war patrol, and was ordered to patrol off Wake Island.
29 Oct 1943
USS Skate (Lt.Cdr. E.B. McKinney) ended her first war patrol, during which not a single enemy ship was sighted, at Midway.
15 Nov 1943
USS Skate (Lt.Cdr. E.B. McKinney) departed from Midway for her 2nd war patrol. She was ordered to patrol off Truk.
21 Dec 1943 (position 9.45, 151.56)
USS Skate (Lt.Cdr. E.B. McKinney) torpedoed and sank the Japanese fleet tanker Terukawa Maru (6433 GRT) north-west of Truk, Caroline Islands in position 09°45'N, 151°56'E.
25 Dec 1943 (position 10.05, 150.32)
USS Skate (Lt.Cdr. E.B. McKinney) torpedoed and damaged the battleship Yamato (offsite link) northeast of Truk, Caroline Islands in position 10°05'N, 150°32'E.
7 Jan 1944
USS Skate (Lt.Cdr. E.B. McKinney) ended her 2nd war patrol at Midway.
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