Allied Warships

Stickleback (SS-415)

Submarine of the Balao class

USS Stickleback as modified after World War Two.

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Submarine
Class	Balao
Pennant	415
Built by	Mare Island Navy Yard (Vallejo, California, U.S.A.)
Ordered	8 Jun 1942
Laid down	1 Mar 1944
Launched	1 Jan 1945
Commissioned	29 Mar 1945
Lost	28 May 1958
History	Decommissioned 26 June 1946. Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet. Recommissioned 6 September 1951. Rammed by USS Silverstein (DE 534) 28 May 1958 of Hawaii, while conducting training operations. The ship sank from damage sustained in collision.

Commands listed for USS Stickleback (415)

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	Commander	From	To
1	T/Cdr. Harley Kent Nauman, USN	1 May 1945	Oct 1945

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Notable events involving Stickleback include:

8 Jul 1945
USS Catfish (Lt.Cdr. W.A. Overton, USNR) conducted exercises off Pearl Harbour together with USS Coolbaugh (Lt.Cdr. S.E. Zimmerman, USNR), USS Pruitt (Lt. D.B. Harby, USNR), USS Howard (Lt.Cdr. F.W. Diehl, USNR), USS Stickleback (Cdr. H.K. Nauman, USN), USS Plaice (Cdr. R.S. Andrews, USN), USS Torsk (Cdr. B.E. Lewellen, USN) and USS Sargo (Lt.Cdr. J.M. Hingson, USN).

9 Jul 1945
USS Catfish (Lt.Cdr. W.A. Overton, USNR) conducted exercises off Pearl Harbour together with USS Howard (Lt.Cdr. F.W. Diehl, USNR), USS Chew (Lt.Cdr. J.J. Mannion, USNR), USS Florikan (Lt. D. Hima, USN) and USS Stickleback (Cdr. H.K. Nauman, USN).

10 Jul 1945
USS Catfish (Lt.Cdr. W.A. Overton, USNR) conducted exercises off Pearl Harbour together with USS Howard (Lt.Cdr. F.W. Diehl, USNR), USS Chew (Lt.Cdr. J.J. Mannion, USNR), USS Florikan (Lt. D. Hima, USN) and USS Stickleback (Cdr. H.K. Nauman, USN).

15 Jul 1945
USS Catfish (Lt.Cdr. W.A. Overton, USNR) conducted exercises off Pearl Harbour together with USS Harmon (Lt. R.W. Steel, USNR), USS Seagull and USS Stickleback (Cdr. H.K. Nauman, USN).

6 Aug 1945
USS Stickleback (Cmdr Lawrence G. Bernard) departed from Guam for her 1st war patrol, and was ordered to patrol in the Sea of Japan.

9 Sep 1945
USS Stickleback (Cmdr Lawrence G. Bernard) ended her 1st war patrol at Guam.