Allied Warships

Perch (i) (SS-176)

Submarine of the Perch class

USS Perch as completed

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Submarine
Class	Perch
Pennant	176
Built by	Electric Boat Co. (Groton, Connecticut, U.S.A.)
Ordered
Laid down	25 Feb 1935
Launched	9 May 1936
Commissioned	19 Nov 1936
Lost	3 Mar 1942
Loss position	6° 30'S, 113° 50'E

History	USS Perch (Lt.Cdr. David Albert Hurt) was sunk during her 2nd war patrol east of Soerabaya. On 1 March she was depth-charged and damaged by Japanese destroyers Amatsukaze and Hatsukaze (both offsite links), about 75 nautical miles west of Bawean Island, in the Java Sea, in position 06º30'S, 113º50'E. On 2 March she was depth-charged and damaged by Japanese destroyer Ushio (offsite link), in the Java Sea. On 3 march she was scuttled by her own crew after being further damaged by the Japanese destroyers Ushio and Sazanami (both offsite links) The entire crew (5 officers and 54 men) were rescued by the Japanese destroyers. The wreck of Perth was discovered in November 2006 by a team of divers, see this website (offsite link) for more information.

Commands listed for USS Perch (i) (176)

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	Commander	From	To
1	George Clifford Crawford, USN	19 Nov 1936	June 1939
2	David Albert Hurt, USN	Jun 1939	3 Mar 1942

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Notable events involving Perch (i) include:

10 Dec 1941
USS Perch (Lt.Cdr. David Albert Hurt) left Manila for her first war patrol.

27 Dec 1941
USS Perch (Lt.Cdr. David Albert Hurt) torpedoed and damaged the Japanese supply ship Noshima (7190 GRT) in the South China Sea in position 22°14'N, 115°13'E. Perch was damaged by depth charges during this attack and she went to Darwin, Australia to repair the damage.