Allied Warships

Irex (SS-482)

Submarine of the Tench class

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Submarine
Class	Tench
Pennant	482
Built by	Portsmouth Navy Yard (Kittery, Maine, U.S.A.)
Ordered
Laid down	2 Oct 1944
Launched	26 Jan 1945
Commissioned	14 May 1945
End service	17 Nov 1969
History	Decommissioned and stricken 17 November 1969. Sold 13 September 1971 and broken up for scrap.

Commands listed for USS Irex (482)

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	Commander	From	To
1	T/Cdr. John Daniel Crowley, USN	14 May 1945	2 Jan 1946

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Notable events involving Irex include:

19 Jun 1945
USS Irex (Cdr. J.D. Crowley, USN), arrived Newport, Rhode Island from Porthsmouth, New Hampshire for torpedo trials.

22 Jun 1945
Having comleted her torpedo trials, USS Irex (Cdr. J.D. Crowley, USN), arrived at New London, Connecticut from Newport, Rhode Island.

3 Jul 1945
USS Irex (Cdr. J.D. Crowley, USN) departed New London, Connecticut for Port Everglades, Florida.

7 Jul 1945
USS Irex (Cdr. J.D. Crowley, USN) arrived at Port Everglades, Florida from New London, Connecticut.

29 Jul 1945
USS Irex (Cdr. J.D. Crowley, USN) departed Port Everglades, Florida for the Panama Canal Zone.

3 Aug 1945
USS Irex (Cdr. J.D. Crowley, USN) arrived in the Panama Canal Zone from Port Everglades, Florida.

24 Aug 1945
USS Irex (Cdr. J.D. Crowley, USN) departed the Panama Canal Zone for Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. With the war over she was ordered to remain in the Atlantic.

26 Aug 1945
USS Irex (Cdr. J.D. Crowley, USN) arrived at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba from the Panama Canal Zone.