Allied Warships

Dragonet (SS-293)

Submarine of the Balao class

USS Dragonet as completed.

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Submarine
Class	Balao
Pennant	293
Built by	Cramp Shipbuilding Co. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.)
Ordered	24 Dec 1941
Laid down	26 Apr 1942
Launched	18 Apr 1943
Commissioned	6 Mar 1944
End service	14 Apr 1946
History	Decommissioned 14 April 1946. Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet. Stricken 1 June 1961. Sunk by explosive tests in Chesapeake Bay.

Commands listed for USS Dragonet (293)

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	Commander	From	To
1	T/Cdr. Jack Hayden Lewis, USN	6 Apr 1944	25 Jun 1945
2	Lt.Cdr. Gerald Guy Hinman, USN	25 Jun 1945	27 Aug 1945

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Notable events involving Dragonet include:

9 Oct 1944
USS Dragonet (Cmdr Jack Hayden Lewis) arrived at Pearl Harbor from New London.

1 Nov 1944
USS Dragonet (Cmdr Jack Hayden Lewis) departed from Pearl Harbor for her 1st war patrol, and was ordered to patrol off the Kurile Islands.

15 Dec 1944
USS Dragonet (Cmdr Jack Hayden Lewis) is damaged when she runs aground off Matsuwa Island, Kuriles; and is forced to terminate her patrol.

20 Dec 1944
USS Dragonet (Cdr. J.H. Lewis) ended her 1st war patrol at Midway. She was ordered to the Mare Island Navy Yard to make repairs.

2 Apr 1945
With her repairs completed USS Dragonet (Cdr. J.H. Lewis) arrived at Pearl Harbor.

19 Apr 1945
USS Dragonet (Cdr. J.H. Lewis) departed from Pearl Harbor for her 2nd war patrol.

1 May 1945
USS Dragonet (Cdr. J.H. Lewis) arrived at Guam to take on additional fuel. She departed from again on 3 May to patrol south of Japan.

10 Jun 1945
USS Dragonet (Cdr. J.H. Lewis) ended her 2nd war patrol at Guam.

8 Jul 1945
USS Dragonet (Lt.Cdr. Gerald Guy Hinman) departed from Guam for her 3rd war patrol, and was ordered to patrol in the Bungo Straits area.

17 Aug 1945
USS Dragonet (Lt.Cdr G.G. Hinman) ended her 3rd war patrol at Saipan.