Allied Warships

Macabi (SS-375)

Submarine of the Balao class

USS Macabi during the war.

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Submarine
Class	Balao
Pennant	375
Built by	Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co. (Manitowoc, Wisconsin, U.S.A.)
Ordered	6 Jun 1942
Laid down	1 May 1944
Launched	19 Sep 1944
Commissioned	29 Mar 1945
End service	11 Aug 1960
History	Decommissioned, 16 March 1946. Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet. Recommissioned 1 June 1960. Decommissioned 11 August 1960 and transferred to Argentina being renamed Santiago del Estero (S-12). Stricken by the Argentine Navy in 1972 and used for spare parts.

Commands listed for USS Macabi (375)

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	Commander	From	To
1	T/Cdr. Anthony Henry Dropp, USN	29 Mar 1945	16 Jun 1946

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Notable events involving Macabi include:

29 Apr 1945
USS Macabi (Cdr. A.H. Dropp, USN) departed New Orleans for the Panama Canal Zone.

4 May 1945
USS Macabi (Cdr. A.H. Dropp, USN) arrived in the Panama Canal Zone from New Orleans.

4 Jun 1945
After a period of training, USS Macabi (Cdr. A.H. Dropp, USN), departed the Panama Canal Zone for Pearl Harbour.

9 Jul 1945
USS Macabi (Cdr. A.H. Dropp, USN) departed from Pearl Harbor for her 1st war patrol. She was ordered to patrol of Truk.

26 Aug 1945
At 1955X/26, USS Dragonet (T/Lt.Cdr G.G. Hinman, USN) joined USS Billfish (Lt.Cdr. L.C. Farley, Jr., USNR) and USS Macabi (T/Cdr. A.H. Dropp, USN).

27 Aug 1945
Around 1015W/27, USS Billfish (Lt.Cdr. L.C. Farley, Jr., USNR), USS Dragonet (T/Lt.Cdr G.G. Hinman, USN) and USS Macabi (T/Cdr. A.H. Dropp, USN) arrived at Pearl Harbour ending their 8th, 3rd and 1st war patrols.

They had been joined around 0520W/27, by USS PC-485 (Lt. J.D. Swan, USNR) which escorted them in.