Allied Warships

Mackerel (SS-204)

Submarine of the Mackerel class

USS Mackerel during the war

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Submarine
Class	Mackerel
Pennant	204
Built by	Electric Boat Co. (Groton, Connecticut, U.S.A.)
Ordered	15 Jun 1939
Laid down	6 Oct 1939
Launched	28 Sep 1940
Commissioned	31 Mar 1941
End service	9 Nov 1945
History	Decommissioned 9 November 1945. Stricken 28 November 1945. Sold 24 April 1947 to be broken up for scrap.

Commands listed for USS Mackerel (204)

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	Commander	From	To
1	Lt. John Frederick Davidson, USN	31 Mar 1941	mid 1942
2	Lt. Frederick Henry Wahlig, USN	mid 1942	mid 1943
3	T/Lt.Cdr. Romondt Budd, USN	mid 1943	late 1944
4	T/Lt.Cdr. Raymond Francis DuBois, USN	late 1944	mid 1945
5	Francis T. Cooper, Jr., USN	mid 1945	Jul 1945
6	T/Rear-Admiral Charles Wilkes Styer, Jr., USN	Jul 1945	Oct 1945

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Notable events involving Mackerel include:

12 Apr 1942
USS Mackerel departed New London, Connecticut for the Chesapeake Bay area.

15 Apr 1942
USS Mackerel arrived at Hampton Roads, Virginia from New London, Connecticut.

4 May 1942
USS Mackerel was attacked in error with gunfire by the Panamanian merchant El Lago off Watch Hill, Rhode Island (Block Island Sound). She was not hit.

2 Oct 1942
USS Mackerel departed New London, Connecticut for the Portsmouth Navy Yard for repairs.

3 Oct 1942
USS Mackerel arrived at the Portsmouth Navy Yard from New London, Connecticut for repairs and refit.

18 Dec 1942
With her refit completed, USS Mackerel, departed the Portsmouth Navy Yard for New London, Connecticut.

14 Aug 1943
USS Capelin (Cdr. E.E. Marshall, USN) conducted exercises in Long Island Sound together with USS Semmes (Lt.Cdr. W.I. Bull, USN) and USS Mackerel.

6 Jul 1945
USS Mackerel shifted from Casco Bay, Maine to Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

7 Jul 1945
USS Mackerel departed Portsmouth, New Hampshire for New London, Connecticut.

8 Jul 1945
USS Mackerel arrived at New London, Connecticut from Portsmouth, New Hampshire.