Allied Warships

S-28 (SS-133)

Submarine of the S-1 class

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Submarine
Class	S-1
Pennant	133
Built by	Bethlehem Steel Corp. (Quincy, Massachusetts, U.S.A.)
Ordered
Laid down	16 Apr 1919
Launched	20 Sep 1922
Commissioned	13 Dec 1923
Lost	4 Jul 1944
History	USS S-28 (Lt.Cdr. J.G. Campbell) went missing during training exercises off Oahu, Hawaii with Coast Guard cutter USCGC Reliance. A Court of inquiry was unable to determine the cause of her loss.

Commands listed for USS S-28 (133)

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	Commander	From	To
1	Lt. Edward Clark Stephan, USN	May 1939	Jul 1941
2	Lt. John Daniel Crowley, USN	Jul 1941	20 Mar 1943
3	Lt. Vincent Ambrose Sisler, Jr., USN	20 Mar 1943	Oct 1943
4	Guy Frank Gugliotta, USN	Oct 1943	20 Jun 1944
5	T/Lt.Cdr. Jack Gordon Campbell, USN	20 Jun 1944	4 Jul 1944 (+)

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Notable events involving S-28 include:

22 Jan 1942
USS S-28 (Lt. J.D. Crowley) ended a refit at the Mare Island Navy Yard. She now returns to San Diego for further service at the Underwater Sound Training School there.

20 May 1942
USS S-28 (Lt. J.D. Crowley) departed from San Diego bound for Dutch Harbour. En-route S-28 was ordered to proceed to patrol off Cold Bay. So the transit voyage to Dutch Harbour actually became her 1st war patrol.

12 Jun 1942
USS S-28 (Lt. J.D. Crowley) enters Dutch Harbour for fuel and provisions and then resumed her 1st war patrol in the waters around Kiska and Attu.

28 Jun 1942
USS S-28 (Lt. J.D. Crowley) ended her 1st war patrol at Dutch Harbour.

15 Jul 1942
USS S-28 (Lt. J.D. Crowley) departed from Dutch Harbour for her 2nd war patrol. She was ordered to patrol off Kiska.

18 Aug 1942
USS S-28 (Lt. J.D. Crowley) end her 2nd war patrol at Dutch Harbour.

16 Sep 1942
USS S-28 (Lt. J.D. Crowley) departed from Dutch Harbour for her 3rd war patrol. She was ordered to patrol off Kiska.

10 Oct 1942
USS S-28 (Lt. J.D. Crowley) end her 3rd war patrol at Dutch Harbour. She is now sent to San Diego for an overhaul.

9 Dec 1942
With her overhaul completed USS S-28 (Lt. J.D. Crowley) departed from San Diego bound for Dutch Harbour.

21 Dec 1942
USS S-28 (Lt. J.D. Crowley) arrived at Dutch Harbour.

26 Dec 1942
USS S-28 (Lt. J.D. Crowley) departed from Dutch Harbour for her 4th war patrol. She was ordered to patrol off the Kurils.

20 Jan 1943
USS S-28 (Lt. J.D. Crowley) departed from her patrol area to return to base at Dutch Harbour.

6 Feb 1943
USS S-28 (Lt. J.D. Crowley) departed from Dutch Harbour for her 5th war patrol. She was ordered to patrol off the western Aleutians.

28 Feb 1943
USS S-28 (Lt. J.D. Crowley) ended her 5th war patrol at Dutch Harbour.

4 Mar 1943
USS S-28 (Lt. J.D. Crowley) departed from Dutch Harbour bound for Esquimalt, Canada. At Esquimalt she is used for AS warfare training with units of the Royal Canadian Navy.

15 Apr 1943
USS S-28 (Lt. J.D. Crowley) departed from Esquimalt for the Puget Sound Navy Yard for an overhaul.

27 Jun 1943
With her overhaul completed USS S-28 (Lt. V.A. Sisler, Jr.) departed from the Puget Sound Navy Yard bound for Dutch Harbour.

13 Jul 1943
USS S-28 (Lt. V.A. Sisler, Jr.) departed from Dutch Harbour for her 6th war patrol. She was ordered to patrol off the Kurils.

16 Aug 1943
USS S-28 (Lt. V.A. Sisler, Jr.) ended her 6th war patrol at Attu.

8 Sep 1943
USS S-28 (Lt. V.A. Sisler, Jr.) departed from Attu for her 7th war patrol. She was ordered to patrol off the Kurils.

20 Sep 1943
USS S-28 (Lt. V.A. Sisler, Jr.) sank the Japanese auxiliary gunboat Katsura Maru (1368 GRT) about 165 nautical miles south-west of Paramushiro, Kurile Islands in position 49°05'N, 151°45'E.

13 Oct 1943
USS S-28 (Lt. V.A. Sisler, Jr.) ended her 7th war patrol at Attu. She is now assigned to training duties at Pearl Harbor.