Six of them were used as scouts for Operation Torch: the invasion of North Africa. The fact that all Gatos served in the Pacific doesn’t mean that they were not encountered in other seas or oceans. A book dedicated to her story was published in 2011 “USS Dorado (SS-248): on eternal patrol”. Some historians believe that she was sunk by a PBM Mariner, others believe that she was victim of an internal fire. There is still some controversy about what happened to her. While on her way to the Panama Canal, she disappeared. This larger size would affect their operations and the time needed to submerge them.Īll Gatos but one served in the Pacific. Therefore, they were larger than their German and British counterparts, and were assumed to stay at sea for up to 75 days. The Gatos were built for extensive patrols. In contrast, 77 Gatos would be built, and most of them would survive the war (57 out of 77), and be kept in operations until 1969. The Gato-class became the bulk of the US Navy submarine fleet, replacing the Tambor-class that had been built as a development concept, and only accounted for 12 units.
However, and unlike what many people (including me) think, she was not the first Gato-class submarine to be completed. The baby was born in Connecticut, weighed 1,529 tons (surfaced), and was 311 feet tall (… or long …). On October 5, 1940, the lead ship of the Gato-class was laid down, USS Gato. 6 Allies ships were sunk, while the Axis didn’t report any casualty for surface ships.35 ships were laid down by the Allies, 35 were launched, and 36 were commissioned.1 ship was launched by the Japanese: AV Kiyokawa Maru.2 ships were launched by the Germans: CL Dresden (1907) and CL Cöln (1916).
Considering the number of U-boats at sea (114 in 1942 – 1 ship sunk, 93 in 1943 – 1 ship sunk), you can really tell that things were not going too well anymore, or that the Allies had found a way to defend themselves. 3 ships, totaling 24,000 tons were sunk by U-boats on an October 5.Oh, and yes, that means that if anybody is seriously interested to join us, this is not an exclusive club … The keyword is “seriously”. Considering that we gathered the information manually, I’ll give ourselves a pat in the back. That will probably double or triple the size of our database, which is now about 200-250 ships strong. Next step will be to bring it down one notch, and include destroyers (JeeWeeJ thinks I'm crazy. Our database is growing, and the Japanese tree should be completed by tomorrow. Again, compiling data of some nations’ submarine activities is quite difficult. The only ones who didn’t seem to have received the message were the submariners, or at least the German ones (114 U-boats were at sea on October 5, 1942). It’s (so far) as if all navies decided to have an unwritten settlement that things should slow down for a bit. The Spanish submarine Peral at the Cartagena Naval Museum.I’m not sure what’s up with October. Sang-O class submarine – 1996 Gangneung submarine infiltration incident – located at Gangneung Unification Park.SAS Assegaai in Simon's Town, South Africa.P-913 ZETA – the Pivka Military History Park, Pivka, Slovenija – Una type midget submarine.BAP Abtao – Peruvian Naval Museum, Callao, Peru – BAP Abtao (SS-42) Abtao-class submarine of the Peruvian Navy.She was the first (and one of only two) submarine after World War II which sank enemy warship – Indian Navy's anti-submarine frigate INS Khukri, in the 1971 Indo-Pakistani War. PNS Hangor (S131) – Pakistan Maritime Museum, Karachi, Pakistan – Daphné class submarine (French built) that served in the Pakistan Navy from 1970 to 2006.HNoMS Utstein (S-203) – Norwegian Naval Museum, Horten, Norway – Kobben-class sub.HNLMS Tonijn (S-805) – Dutch Naval Museum, Den Helder, The Netherlands – Potvis-class sub.FS Ouessant (S623) Agosta-class submarine – Submarine Museum in Klebang, Malaysia.KRI Pasopati (410) – Indonesian Navy Submarine Monument, Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia – Early Cold War Soviet Whiskey-class submarine.INS Kursura (S20) – Ramakrishna Mission Beach, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.EML Lembit – Estonian Maritime Museum, Tallinn, Estonia – Kalev class submarine.CB-20 – On display at Technical museum in Zagreb, Croatia.
SS-22 O'Brien – Oberon class – sold to Municipality in Valdivia, Chile in October 2008, and currently open for guided visits.Site historique maritime de la Pointe-au-Père
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