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26-403: USS Haddo has been the name of more than one United States Navy ship, and may refer to: USS  Haddo  (SS-255) , a submarine in commission from 1942 to 1946 USS  Haddo  (SSN-604) , a submarine in commission from 1964 to 1991 [REDACTED] [REDACTED] List of ships with the same or similar names This article includes

52-468: A list of ships with the same or similar names. If an internal link for a specific ship led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended ship article, if one exists. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USS_Haddo&oldid=1056559541 " Categories : Set index articles on ships United States Navy ship names Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description

78-401: A sampan 8 September and 21 September found a convoy and maneuvered into position ahead of it. While turning to avoid a destroyer, Haddo lost depth control, and was not able to regain it in time to effectively attack the cargo ships. She subsequently headed for Subic Bay , and lifeguard duty, but on the way detected a hospital ship ( Takasago Maru ) and survey ship in company. Disregarding

104-472: A disappointing attack 8 March in which two torpedoes exploded prematurely, she made an attack on a tanker and escort 14 March which produced unconfirmed results. Moving to the Indochina coast, she sank a small craft with gunfire the night of 23 March and damaged freighter Nichian Maru 29 March before returning to Fremantle 22 April 1944. Haddo departed Fremantle 18 May 1944 to conduct her sixth war patrol in

130-563: A new station off Port Arthur . She sank a trawler 3 July, survived a furious depth charge attack by patrol vessels, and proceeded to Guam arriving 16 July 1945. Haddo departed on her 10th and last war patrol 10 August 1945 but it was soon terminated by the surrender of Japan. She then headed for Tokyo Bay , where she witnessed the signing of the surrender on board the battleship Missouri and departed for home. Touching at Hawaii , Haddo arrived at Panama 28 September and New London 6 October 1945. Decommissioning 16 February 1946, Haddo

156-749: A single ethnic group . The region is mostly populated by the Austronesians , who first expanded from the island of Taiwan , and later on during the early modern period , when East Asians such as the Han Chinese started to migrate south and became known as the Peranakans or Straits Chinese. Buddhism , Christianity , Islam and Hinduism are the most popular religions throughout the region, while Sikhism , Jainism , Chinese folk religion and various other traditional beliefs and practices are also prominent in some areas. The major languages in this area draw from

182-451: A small convoy with escorts, and Haddo succeeded in sending escort ship Sado to the bottom. Following a lone destroyer and awaiting her opportunity. Haddo was suddenly turned upon by the Japanese ship. She launched a four-torpedo spread "down the throat" of the destroyer, which veered off and headed for Manila . Cruising off Cape Bolinao 23 August, the submarine was about to torpedo

208-420: A tanker close to shore when she detected a pursuing destroyer. With four torpedoes she ripped off the warship's bow. Haddo then maneuvered to finish off her antagonist, but her last torpedo missed. Despite the efforts of two Japanese trawlers and another destroyer, Asakaze soon sank, giving Haddo another kill. Diverting to New Guinea to refuel and rearm, Haddo continued her seventh war patrol. She sank

234-668: A wide variety of language families such as the Austronesian and Sino-Tibetan languages , and should not be confused with the term Indo-Aryan , a group of languages spoken in the Indian subcontinent . Regions of the East Indies are sometimes known by the colonial empire they once belonged to, hence, Spanish East Indies means the Philippines , Dutch East Indies means Indonesia , and British East Indies refers to Malaysia . Historically,

260-650: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles USS Haddo (SS-255) USS Haddo (SS-255) , a Gato -class submarine , was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the haddo . Haddo ′s keel was laid down by the Electric Boat Company at Groton , Connecticut . She was launched on 21 June 1942, sponsored by Mrs. Charles F. Russell, and commissioned on 9 October 1942. After conducting shakedown off New England , Haddo departed New London 9 April 1943 to patrol

286-582: The British East India Company and Dutch East India Company , among others, in the 17th century. The New World was initially thought to be the easternmost part of the Indies by explorer Christopher Columbus , who had grossly underestimated the westerly distance from Europe to Asia. Later, to avoid confusion, the New World came to be called the "West Indies", while the original Indies came to be called

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312-552: The Dutch East Indies until Indonesian independence . The East Indies may also include the former French Indochina , former British territories Brunei , Hong Kong and Singapore and former Portuguese Macau and Timor . It does not, however, include the former Dutch New Guinea , which is geographically considered to be part of Melanesia . The inhabitants of the East Indies are never called East Indians , as they are not linguistically related to South Asia, most specifically

338-560: The East Indies . After suffering an air attack off Morotai 30 May, she sighted heavy smoke and proceeded to investigate. The smoke was a lure that concealed a Japanese patrol boat. After evading this one, Haddo encountered six more of the smoking lures. Haddo sank two small craft 11 June and scouted the Tawi Tawi anchorage on 14 June. Shortly thereafter she was detected by a patrol airplane and pursued for almost 10 days. Her sixth war patrol

364-534: The Indies . Eventually, the region would be broken up into a series of Indies : The East Indies, which was also called "Old Indies" or "Great Indies", consisting of India , and the West Indies, also called "New Indies" or "Little Indies", consisting of the Americas . These regions were important sources of trading goods, particularly cotton , indigo and spices after the establishment of European trading companies:

390-658: The Indo-Aryan languages . It distinguishes them both from inhabitants of the Caribbean (which is also called the West Indies ) and from the indigenous peoples of the Americas who are often called American Indians . However, in colonial times, the non-Indian Southeast Asians were also called "Indians". Peoples of the East Indies comprise a wide variety of cultural diversity, and the inhabitants do not consider themselves as belonging to

416-589: The Panama Canal to Mare Island, Calif. Assigned to the Pacific Fleet , she reached Pearl Harbor 25 November and put to sea 14 December on her fourth war patrol, in Philippine waters. The submarine made few contacts and terminated the patrol at Fremantle, Australia , 4 February 1944. Sailing from Fremantle 29 February, Haddo embarked on her fifth war patrol in waters off Borneo , Java , and Indochina . After

442-738: The public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships . The entry can be found here . East Indies During the era of European colonization , territories of the Spanish Empire in Asia were known as the Spanish East Indies for 333 years before the American conquest and later the independence of the Philippines . Dutch occupied colonies in the area were known for about 300 years as

468-399: The area, she heard automatic gunfire, and soon saw a frigate bearing down hard upon her. Haddo' s skipper decided not to dive and instead turned on a parallel but opposite course, and the frigate shot by with her guns blazing. Haddo suffered little damage, and was able to avoid a companion escort and finally reach deep water. That evening she sank two sailing junks and then set course for

494-537: The first P-51 pilot to shoot down an enemy aircraft. Haddo returned to Fremantle 3 October 1944. For this outstanding patrol the submarine received the Navy Unit Commendation . Haddo returned to the waters off Manila for her eighth war patrol. Departing Fremantle 20 October she sank oiler Hishi Maru No. 2 on 9 November, Serving as lifeguard boat for aircraft, she was credited with sinking No.3 Kyoei Maru on 6 December 1944, (but postwar accounting showed

520-651: The former, she sent the survey ship, Katsuriki , to the bottom. On 22 September, while serving on lifeguard station in Subic Bay,"Haddo" rescued Hollis Hills, a US Navy pilot shot down by antiaircraft fire. Hills was an American who joined the Royal Canadian Air Force before the United States entered the war, after which he joined the USN. Notably, while flying an RCAF P-51 Mustang over France in 1942, he had become

546-511: The king of Abyssinia (modern Ethiopia ) was identified with " Prester John of the Indies", since that part of the world was imagined to be one of "Three Indias". Exploration of the East Indies by European powers began in the last three years of the 15th century and continued into the 16th century, led by the Portuguese explorers . The Portuguese described the entire region they discovered as

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572-508: The shipping lanes to Rosneath , Scotland . She arrived 30 April and joined Submarine Squadron 50 (Subron 50), which was assigned to patrol off Norway and Iceland and stand ready in case of a breakthrough of the German fleet from Norway. When it became clear after three patrols that targets were scarce in this region, Haddo and her sister submarines were sent back to the United States. Haddo returned to New London 29 July 1943 and steamed via

598-460: The submarines closed for the attack. As the convoy headed out to sea before daylight 21 August, Ray sank one transport while the escort vessels pursued Harder . At this point Haddo entered the fray, launched six torpedoes at three targets, and dived to avoid air attack. Over one hundred depth charges churned the sea, but Haddo had already sunk cargo ships Kinryu Maru and Norfolk Maru . Next day Haddo followed Harder in for an attack on

624-525: The target was only damaged) before terminating her eighth war patrol at Pearl Harbor 27 December. From there she was sent to Mare Island shipyard for much-needed repairs, arriving 5 January 1945. Haddo departed on her ninth war patrol 16 May 1945. Cruising the East China and Yellow Seas , she attacked a convoy emerging from the fog 1 July and quickly sank a small coastal defense vessel ( Type D escort ship CD-72 ) and cargo ship, Taiun Maru No. 1 . Clearing

650-472: Was kept in reserve until her name was stricken from the Navy List 1 August 1958. She was sold for scrap 30 April 1959 to Luria Brothers & Co., Philadelphia, Pa. In addition to the Navy Unit Commendation , Haddo received six battle stars for her World War II service. Her fifth, seventh, eighth, and ninth war patrols were designated successful. [REDACTED]   This article incorporates text from

676-474: Was terminated 16 July at Fremantle. For her seventh war patrol Haddo joined a coordinated attack group with five other submarines to cruise Philippine waters. Japanese convoys ventured into the Palawan area with strong air cover during the day, but usually anchored with escort protection for the night. Learning from Harder that a convoy had been attacked by Ray 4 days before and trailed to Paluan Bay ,

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