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Trutta (SS-421)

Submarine of the Tench class

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Submarine
Class	Tench
Pennant	421
Built by	Portsmouth Navy Yard (Kittery, Maine, U.S.A.)
Ordered	22 Feb 1943
Laid down	22 May 1944
Launched	18 Aug 1944
Commissioned	16 Nov 1944
End service	1 Jun 1972
History	Decommissioned in March 1946. Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet. Recommissioned 1 March 1951. Decommissioned, stricken and transferred to Turkey being renamed Cerbe (S-340) on 1 June 1972.

Commands listed for USS Trutta (421)

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	Commander	From	To
1	T/Cdr. Arthur Chester Smith, USN	16 Nov 1944	18 May 1945
2	Lt.Cdr. Franz Perkins Hoskins, USNR	18 May 1945

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Notable events involving Trutta include:

27 Dec 1944
USS Trutta (Cdr. A.C. Smith, USN), arrived at Newport, Rhode Island from Portsmouth, New Hampshire for her torpedo trials.

2 Jan 1945
Having completed her torpedo trials, USS Trutta (Cdr. A.C. Smith, USN), arrived at New London, Connecticut from Newport, Rhode Island.

18 Jan 1945
USS Trutta (Cdr. A.C. Smith, USN) departed New London, Connecticut for the Panama Canal Zone.

26 Jan 1945
USS Trutta (Cdr. A.C. Smith, USN) arrived in the Panama Canal Zone.

2 Feb 1945
USS Lionfish (T/Lt.Cdr. E.D. Spruance, USN) and USS Trutta (T/Cdr. A.C. Smith, USN) conducted exercises in the Gulf of Panama with USS Paul Jones (Lt.Cdr. H.M. Payne, USNR) and USS Bulmer (Lt. T.C. Farrell, USNR).

8 Feb 1945
USS Lionfish (T/Lt.Cdr. E.D. Spruance, USN) and USS Trutta (T/Cdr. A.C. Smith, USN) departed Balboa, Panama Canal Zone for Pearl Harbour.

25 Feb 1945
USS Lionfish (T/Lt.Cdr. E.D. Spruance, USN) and USS Trutta (T/Cdr. A.C. Smith, USN) arrived at Pearl Harbour from Balboa. They were then taken in hand for voyage repairs and some modifications.

19 Mar 1945
Around 1400VW/19, USS Lionfish (T/Lt.Cdr. E.D. Spruance, USN), USS Parche (T/Lt.Cdr. W.W. McCrory, USN) and USS Trutta (T/Cdr. A.C. Smith, USN) departed from Pearl Harbor for their 1st, 5th and 1st war patrols respectively. All were to proceed to Saipan to top off with fuel and provisions before proceeding to their patrol area. They were escorted until around 2045VW/19 by USS PC-580 (Lt. A.L. Anderson, USNR).

All were originally ordered to patrol as a coordinated attack group in the Yellow Sea but soon after depature from Saipan orders were changed as follows;

USS Lionfish was ordered to patrol south of Bongo Suido. Later she was ordered to patrol in the East China and Yellow Seas.

USS Parche was ordered to patrol in Japanese home waters east of Honshu and Hokkaido.

USS Trutta was ordered to patrol in the East China and Yellow Seas.

30 Mar 1945
USS Trutta (Cdr. A.C. Smith) arrived at Saipan.

30 Mar 1945
At 0530K/30, USS Lionfish (T/Lt.Cdr. E.D. Spruance, USN), USS Parche (T/Lt.Cdr. W.W. McCrory, USN) and USS Trutta (T/Cdr. A.C. Smith, USN) made rendezvous with USS LCI(L)-1062 (Lt.(jg) J.M. Burns, Jr., USNR) which then escorted them to Saipan where they arrived around 1230K/30. The submarines were then taken in hand for voyage repairs by USS Fulton (T/Capt. A.A. Clarkson, USN).

3 Apr 1945
USS Trutta (Cdr. A.C. Smith) departed from Saipan for her patrol area.

19 Apr 1945
USS Trutta (Cdr. A.C. Smith) sank the Japanese merchant vessel Kaiyo Maru (approx. 400 GRT) and the Japanese merchant fishing boats Kinshu Maru and Mitsuyama Maru with gunfire in the Yellow Sea in position 37°52'N, 122°24'E.

4 May 1945
USS Trutta (Cdr. A.C. Smith) ended her 1st war patrol at Guam.

2 Jun 1945
USS Trutta (Lt.Cdr. F.P. Hoskins, USNR) departed from Guam for her 2nd war patrol. Once again she was ordered to patrol in the East China and Yellow Seas.

1 Jul 1945
USS Trutta (Lt.Cdr. F.P. Hoskins, USNR) sank eight Japanese sailing vessels with gunfire in the Yellow Sea in position 36°30'N, 125°50'E.

6 Jul 1945
USS Trutta (Lt.Cdr. F.P. Hoskins, USNR) sank one tug and three Japanese sailing vessels with gunfire in the Yellow Sea in position 37°37'N, 125°04'E.

8 Jul 1945
USS Trutta (Lt.Cdr. F.P. Hoskins, USNR) sank five Japanese sailing vessels with gunfire in the Yellow Sea in position 38°11'N, 124°41'E.

18 Jul 1945
USS Trutta (Lt.Cdr. F.P. Hoskins, USNR) ended her 2nd war patrol at Guam.

12 Aug 1945
USS Trutta (Lt.Cdr. F.P. Hoskins, USNR) departed from Guam for her 3rd war patrol.

24 Aug 1945
Due to the end of hostilities USS Trutta (Lt.Cdr. F.P. Hoskins, USNR) ended her 3rd war patrol at Midway.