Allied Warships

Golet (SS-361)

Submarine of the Gato class

USS Golet on sea trials in Lake Michigan.

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Submarine
Class	Gato
Pennant	361
Built by	Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co. (Manitowoc, Wisconsin, U.S.A.)
Ordered
Laid down	27 Jan 1943
Launched	1 Aug 1943
Commissioned	30 Nov 1943
Lost	14 Jun 1944
Loss position	41° 04'N, 141° 31'E

History	Ordered as a Balao-class submarine but the yard was not ready to start construction of this class after completion of her previous contract so she was built as a Gato-class submarine. USS Golet (Cmdr James Seerley Clark) is most likely sunk by the Japanese guardboat Miya Maru, the Japanese auxiliary submarine chaser Bunzan Maru, and naval aircraft off northern Honshu, Japan in position 41º04'N, 141º31'E. All hands (82) were lost with the ship.

Commands listed for USS Golet (361)

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	Commander	From	To
1	T/Cdr. James Markland Clement, USN	30 Nov 1943	8 Mar 1944
2	Lt.Cdr. Philip Harold Ross, USN	8 Mar 1944	3 May 1944
3	T/Cdr. James Seerley Clark, USN	28 May 1944	14 Jun 1944 (+)

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Notable events involving Golet include:

18 Mar 1944
USS Golet (Cdr. P.H. Ross) departed from Pearl Harbor for her 1st war patrol. She was ordered to patrol off the Kuril Islands and off southern Hokkaido and eastern Honshu.

3 May 1944
USS Golet (Cdr. P.H. Ross) ended her 1st war patrol at Midway.

28 May 1944
USS Golet (Lt.Cdr. J.S. Clark) departed from Midway for her 2nd war patrol. She was ordered to patrol off northern Honshu in Japanese home waters.

4 Jun 1944
USS Golet (Lt.Cdr. J.S. Clark) most likely sank the Japanese guard boat Shinko Maru No.10 (72 GRT) east of Japan in position 35°47'N, 154°54'E.