- USS Cabezon (SS-334)
USS "Cabezon" (SS-334) was a "Balao"-class
submarine of theUnited States Navy , named for thecabezon , a saltwater fish ofsculpin family inhabiting the North Atlantic and North Pacific Oceans (cabezon means "big head" in Spanish)."Cabezon" was launched
27 August 1944 byElectric Boat Co.,Groton, Conn. ; sponsored by Mrs. T. R. Cooley; and commissioned30 December 1944 , Commander G. W. Lautrup in command."Cabezon" departed New London, Conn.,
19 February 1945 forKey West , Fla., where she underwent 3 weeks of training and providing services for the Fleet Sound School. She then sailed via thePanama Canal , toPearl Harbor , arriving15 March 1945 .From
25 May to11 July 1945 "Cabezon" conducted her first war patrol in theSea of Okhotsk , sinking a 2,631-tonJapan ese cargo vessel on19 June . She refitted at Midway until4 August , then departed forSaipan to serve as target ship for surface force training exercises. From7 September 1945 until12 January 1946 she engaged in local operations and training in Philippine waters, based atSubic Bay .On
6 February 1946 "Cabezon" arrived atSan Diego , operating from that port until her base was changed to Pearl Harbor. Subsequent to her arrival there on20 November 1946 , she participated in local operations and training cruises for submariners of the Naval Reserve there and on the west coast with intervening cruises to the South Pacific, the North Pacific, and across theArctic Circle . She also made two cruises to the Far East (18 March –29 July 1950 and21 April –16 October 1952 ), the second of which included a reconnaissance patrol in the vicinity ofLa Perouse Strait , betweenHokkaidō , Japan, andSakhalin ,U.S.S.R ."Cabezon" sailed for Mare Island
21 April 1953 to start inactivation and was placed out of commission in reserve there24 October 1953 and laid up in thePacific Reserve Fleet . Struck from theNaval Register ,15 May 1970 , she was sold for scrapping,28 December 1971 .Awards
"Cabezon" received one
battle star for service inWorld War II . Her single war patrol was designated "successful". She is credited with having sunk a total of 2,631 tons of shipping.References
*DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/c1/cabezon.htm|http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss334.htm
External links
*navsource|08/08334|Cabezon
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