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USS Scamp (SS-277)
USS ''Scamp'' (SS-277), a Gato class submarine, ''Gato''-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the scamp grouper, a member of the family Serranidae. Construction and commissioning ''Scamp''′s keel was Keel-laying, laid down on 6 March 1942 at the Portsmouth Navy Yard in Kittery, Maine, Kittery, Maine. She was Ship naming and launching, launched on 20 July 1942, sponsored by Miss Katherine Eugenia McKee, and Ship commissioning, commissioned on 18 September 1942. Service history On 19 January 1943, after training from New London, Connecticut, New London, Connecticut, ''Scamp'' set course for Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, via the Panama Canal. She arrived in Hawaii on 13 February 1943 and commenced final training in the local operating area. First war patrol ''Scamp'' began her first war patrol by departing Pearl Harbor on 1 March 1943. She stopped at Midway Atoll in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands on 5 March 1943, debarked her passenger, Rear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Scamp (SS-277)
USS ''Scamp'' (SS-277), a Gato class submarine, ''Gato''-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the scamp grouper, a member of the family Serranidae. Construction and commissioning ''Scamp''′s keel was Keel-laying, laid down on 6 March 1942 at the Portsmouth Navy Yard in Kittery, Maine, Kittery, Maine. She was Ship naming and launching, launched on 20 July 1942, sponsored by Miss Katherine Eugenia McKee, and Ship commissioning, commissioned on 18 September 1942. Service history On 19 January 1943, after training from New London, Connecticut, New London, Connecticut, ''Scamp'' set course for Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, via the Panama Canal. She arrived in Hawaii on 13 February 1943 and commenced final training in the local operating area. First war patrol ''Scamp'' began her first war patrol by departing Pearl Harbor on 1 March 1943. She stopped at Midway Atoll in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands on 5 March 1943, debarked her passenger, Rear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
