USS Pintado (SS-387)

USS Pintado (SS-387)

USS "Pintado" (SS-387), a on 14 November and escorted the damaged submarine to Saipan, arriving Tanapag Harbor five days later. After a week in port, she resumed her war patrol south of Takao. On the night of 12 December – 13 December, she sank two enemy landing craft, "Transport No. 12" and "Transport No. 104", and claimed she had sunk a third, "Transport No. 106", but apparently missed."Transport No. 106" continued on towards Manila and was sunk on 15 December 1944 by planes from TF 38 (See: cite book| url = http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/USN-Chron/| title = The official chronology of the U.S. Navy in World War II | chapter = Chapter VI: 1944 | chapterurl = http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/USN-Chron/USN-Chron-1944.html | first = Robert | last = Cressman | location = Annapolis, Maryland | publisher = Naval Institute Press | year = 2000 | isbn = 9781557501493 | oclc = 41977179 | accessdate = 2007-12-13 )] Two days later she headed for Australia and arrived Brisbane on New Year's Day 1945. She won the Presidential Unit Citation for extraordinary skill and heroism on her first three war patrols.

Fourth–sixth patrols, January – August 1945

The veteran submarine departed Brisbane 27 January but found no targets as she patrolled the Singapore-Saigon shipping lanes. Throughout the patrol, she played hide and go seek with Japanese aircraft and, on 20 February, barely escaped when a plane appeared from the clouds and dropped two depth charges which jarred the submarine. She made temporary repairs and continued to patrol until returning to Fremantle 30 March.

"Pintado" sailed to Pearl Harbor before getting underway 1 June for her fifth war patrol on lifeguard station for bomber raids on Tokyo. On 26 June, just south of Honshū, a smoking B-29 bomber crossed her bow at about convert|2000|ft|-2, dropped a dozen parachutes, and exploded. In less than an hour the submarine had rescued the entire crew which she took to Guam, arriving Apra Harbor a fortnight later.

The submarine departed Guam 7 August for her sixth and last war patrol, and took station off Tokyo Bay until hearing that hostilities had ended on 15 August. She returned to Pearl Harbor on 25 August and reached San Francisco 5 September. She remained there until decommissioning 6 March 1946.

Postwar

While in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, "Pintado" was reclassified AGSS-387 on 1 December 1962. She was struck from the Naval Vessel Register 1 March 1967 and sold for scrapping to Zidell Explorations, Inc., Portland, Oregon, 20 January 1969.

"Pintado" is credited with sinking 8 ships of 42,956 tons. Her conning tower is on display at the National Museum of the Pacific War in Fredericksburg, Texas.

References

*DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/p7/pintado-i.htm|http://hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss387.txt

External links

*navsource|08/08387|Pintado
* [http://www.rddesigns.com/ww2/ww2sinkings.html Sinkings by boat: USS "Pintado"]
*http://www.nimitz-museum.org/veterans_walk.htm


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