Allied Warships

Tigrone (SS-419)

Submarine of the Tench class

USS Tigrone shortly after the Second World War.

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Submarine
Class	Tench
Pennant	419
Built by	Portsmouth Navy Yard (Kittery, Maine, U.S.A.)
Ordered	22 Feb 1943
Laid down	8 May 1944
Launched	20 Jul 1944
Commissioned	25 Oct 1944
End service	27 Jun 1975
History	Decommissioned 30 March 1946. Recommissioned 1 November 1948. Decommissioned 1 November 1957. Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet. Recommissioned 10 March 1962. Decommissioned and stricken 27 June 1975. Sunk as a target on 25 October 1976.

Commands listed for USS Tigrone (419)

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	Commander	From	To
1	T/Cdr. Hiram Cassedy, USN	25 Oct 1944	12 Jul 1945
2	T/Lt.Cdr. Vincent Edward Schumacher, USN	12 Jul 1945	12 Sep 1945

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Notable events involving Tigrone include:

6 Dec 1944
USS Tigrone (Cdr. H. Cassedy, USN) arrived at Newport, Rhode Island from the Portsmouth Navy Yard for her torpedo trials.

9 Dec 1944
With her torpedo trials completed, USS Tigrone (Cdr. H. Cassedy, USN), arrived at New London, Connecticut from Newport, Rhode Island.

15 Dec 1944
USS Bugara (Cdr. A.F. Schade, USN) conducted exercises in Long Island Sound together with USS Richey (Cdr. J.H Forney, USCG), USS Decatur (Lt. B.B. Kirkland, USNR) and USS Tigrone (Cdr. H. Cassedy, USN).

16 Dec 1944
USS Bugara (Cdr. A.F. Schade, USN) conducted exercises in Long Island Sound together with USS Burke (Lt.Cdr. W.L. Dommerich, USNR), USS Richey (Cdr. J.H Forney, USCG), USS Decatur (Lt. B.B. Kirkland, USNR) and USS Tigrone (Cdr. H. Cassedy, USN).

17 Dec 1944
USS Bugara (Cdr. A.F. Schade, USN) conducted exercises in Long Island Sound together with USS Burke (Lt.Cdr. W.L. Dommerich, USNR), USS Richey (Cdr. J.H Forney, USCG), USS Decatur (Lt. B.B. Kirkland, USNR) and USS Tigrone (Cdr. H. Cassedy, USN).

31 Dec 1944
With her trials and initial training completed USS Tigrone (Cdr. H. Cassedy) departed from New London bound for the sound school at Key West.

31 Dec 1944
USS Tigrone (Cdr. H. Cassedy, USN) departed New London, Connecticut for Key West, Florida.

6 Jan 1945
USS Tigrone (Cdr. H. Cassedy, USN) arrived at Key West, Florida.

16 Jan 1945
USS Tigrone (Cdr. H. Cassedy, USN) departed from Key West bound for the Panama Canal Zone.

16 Jan 1945
USS Tigrone (Cdr. H. Cassedy, USN) departed Key West, Florida for the Panama Canal Zone.

20 Jan 1945
USS Tigrone (Cdr. H. Cassedy, USN) arrived in the Panama Canal Zone.

31 Jan 1945
USS Tigrone (Cdr. H. Cassedy, USN) departed the Panama Canal Zone for Pearl Harbor.

16 Feb 1945
USS Tigrone (Cdr. H. Cassedy) arrived at Pearl Harbor.

9 Mar 1945
USS Tigrone (Cdr. H. Cassedy) departed from Pearl Harbor for her 1st war patrol. She was ordered to proceed to Guam.

19 Mar 1945
USS Tigrone (Cdr. H. Cassedy) arrived at Guam.

21 Mar 1945
USS Tigrone (Cdr. H. Cassedy) departed from Guam for her patrol area in the South China Sea.

24 Apr 1945
USS Tigrone (Cdr. H. Cassedy) ended her 1st war patrol at Guam.

19 May 1945
USS Tigrone (Cdr. H. Cassedy) departed from Guam bound for Saipan.

20 May 1945
USS Tigrone (Cdr. H. Cassedy) departed from Saipan for her 2nd war patrol. She was ordered to patrol south of Honshu, Japan.

27 May 1945
USS Tigrone (Cdr. H. Cassedy) sank the Japanese guard boat Yawata Maru No.3 (19 GRT) with gunfire off Tori Jima in position 29°24'N, 141°01'E.

3 Jul 1945
USS Tigrone (Cdr. H. Cassedy) ended her 2nd war patrol at Guam

28 Jul 1945
During 28/29 July 1945, USS Devilfish (T/Lt.Cdr. S.S. Mann, Jr., USN) and USS Tigrone (Lt.Cdr. Vincent Edward Schumacher, USN) conducted attack exercises off Guam with USS Steele (Lt. Seymour, USNR), USS Crouter (Lt. C.F. Braught, USNR) and USS Seid (Lt. A.F. Craft, USNR). These exercises included night exercises.

31 Jul 1945
USS Tigrone (Lt.Cdr. V.E. Schumacher) departed from Guam for her 3rd war patrol. She was ordered to patrol east of Honshu, Japan.

31 Aug 1945
USS Tigrone (Lt.Cdr. V.E. Schumacher) enters Tokyo Bay.

2 Sep 1945
USS Tigrone (Lt.Cdr. V.E. Schumacher) departed from Tokyo Bay bound for Pearl Harbor.