Allied Warships

Jallao (SS-368)

Submarine of the Balao class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeSubmarine
ClassBalao 
Pennant368 
Built byManitowoc Shipbuilding Co. (Manitowoc, Wisconsin, U.S.A.) 
Ordered6 Jun 1942 
Laid down29 Sep 1943 
Launched12 Mar 1944 
Commissioned8 Jul 1944 
End service26 Jun 1974 
History

Decommissioned 30 September 1946.
Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet.
Decommissioned at an unknown date.
Recommissioned 4 December 1953.
Decommissioned, stricken and transferred to Spain 26 June 1974 being renamed Narciso Monturiol.

 

Commands listed for USS Jallao (368)

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1T/Cdr. Joseph Bryan Icenhower, USN2 Jul 19449 Sep 1945

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Notable events involving Jallao include:


22 Sep 1944
With her trials and initial training completed USS Jallao (Lt.Cdr. Joseph Bryan Icenhower) arrived at Pearl Harbor.

9 Oct 1944
USS Jallao (Lt.Cdr. J.B. Icenhower) departed from Pearl Harbor for her 1st war patrol. She was ordered to patrol in the Philippines.

25 Oct 1944
USS Jallao (Lt.Cdr. J.B. Icenhower) torpedoed and sank the Japanese light cruiser Tama (offsite link) east of Luzon Strait in position 21°23'N, 127°19'E.

10 Dec 1944
USS Jallao (Lt.Cdr. J.B. Icenhower) ended her 1st war patrol at Majuro.

6 Jan 1945
USS Jallao (Lt.Cdr. J.B. Icenhower) ended departed from Majuro for her 2nd war patrol. She was ordered to patrol in the Yellow Sea.

26 Mar 1945
USS Jallao (Lt.Cdr. J.B. Icenhower) ended her 2nd war patrol at Midway.

20 Apr 1945
USS Jallao (Lt.Cdr. J.B. Icenhower) departed from Midway for her 3rd war patrol. She was ordered to patrol off Marcus Island and later in Japanese home waters.

13 Jun 1945
USS Jallao (Lt.Cdr. J.B. Icenhower) ended her 3rd war patrol at Pearl Harbor.

7 Jul 1945
USS Catfish (Lt.Cdr. W.A. Overton, USNR), USS Jallao (T/Cdr. J.B. Icenhower, USN) and USS Searaven (T/Lt.Cdr. R.C. Smallwood, Jr., USN) conducted exercises off Pearl Harbour together with USS Coolbaugh (Lt.Cdr. S.E. Zimmerman, USNR). (1)

31 Jul 1945
USS Jallao (Lt.Cdr. J.B. Icenhower) departed from Guam for her 4th war patrol. She was ordered to patrol in the Sea of Japan.

11 Aug 1945
USS Jallao (Lt.Cdr. J.B. Icenhower) torpedoed and sank the Japanese merchant cargo ship Teihoku Maru (5794 GRT) in the Sea of Japan in position 38°03'N, 133°12'E.

Media links


U. S. Submarines in World War II

Kimmett, Larry and Regis, Margaret


U.S. Submarines Through 1945

Friedman, Norman


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Sources

  1. War diary USS Coolbaugh for July 1945

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