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Patch on left contributed by Harold F.(Carl) Carlson, middle by Mike Smolinski, on right Artwork by Lawton, courtesy of USNHC # NH 63790-KN

Tautog (SS-199)

Radio Call Sign: November - Alpha - Lima - Zulu

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon - Navy Unit Commendation - American Defense Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (14) - World War II Victory Medal

Tambor Class Submarine: Laid down, 1 March 1939, at the Electric Boat Co., Groton, CT.; Launched, 27 January 1940; Commissioned, USS Tautog (SS-199), 3 July 1940; Decommissioned, 8 December 1945, at Portsmouth, NH; Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet; Assigned to Naval Reserve Training Center, Milwaukee, WI., from 9 May 1947 to 1959; Struck from the Naval Register, 11 September 1959; Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 15 November 1959, to Bultema Dock & Dredge Co., Manistee, MI. Tautog received 14 battle stars and the Navy Unit Commendation for World War II service.

Specifications: Displacement, Surfaced: 1,475 t., Submerged: 2,370 t.; Length 307' 2" ; Beam 27' 3"; Draft 13' 3"; Speed, Surfaced 20 kts, Submerged 8 kts; Max. Depth Limit 250'; Complement 5 Officers 54 Enlisted; Armament, ten 21" torpedo tubes, six forward, four aft, 24 torpedoes, one 3"/50 deck gun, two .50 caliber machine guns, two .30 caliber machine guns; Propulsion, diesel-electric, four General Motors diesel engines, 5,400 hp, Fuel Capacity 93.993 gal., four General Electric motors, 2,740 hp, Battery Cells, 252, two propellers.

Size	Image Description	Source
26k	Commemorative postal cover marking the laying of the keel of the Tautog (SS-199) on 1 March 1939, at the Electric Boat Co., Groton, CT.	Courtesy of Richard Leonhardt.
129k	Tautog (SS-199), sliding down the ways at the Electric Boat Co., Groton, CT., on 27 January 1940.	Official U.S. Navy Photograph, USNHC # NH 98661, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.
23k	Commemorative postal cover marking the launching of the Tautog (SS-199) on 27 January 1940.	Courtesy of Jack Treutle.
18k	Commemorative postal cover marking the commissioning of the Tautog (SS-199) on 3 July 1940 at the Electric Boat Co., Groton, CT.	Courtesy of Jack Treutle.
90k	Ship's Historical Data Plaque, 1940. This photograph was received on 18 July 1940, shortly after Tautog (SS-199) went into commission.	Photograph USNHC # 19-N-21887, from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.
90k	Tautog (SS-199), surfaced and underway, probably shortly after she was commissioned on 3 July 1940 off the Atlantic coast.	U.S. Navy Photo courtesy of Robert Hall.
180k	Starboard bow view of the Tautog (SS-199), sometime between July 1940 - December 1941,	USN photo courtesy of ussubvetsofwwii.org.
75k	Pen and ink drawing of Tautog (SS-199) based on the photo above, sometime between July 1940 - December 1941, by Cdr. Budd Arrington USN (Ret.)	Bob Daly/PC-1181.
58k	Commemorative postal cover and photo showing the Tautog (SS-199) and FDR on 12 October 1940.	Courtesy of Jack Treutle.
46k	Commemorative post mark on the occasion of Navy Day, 27 October 1940, commemorating the participation of: Sailfish (SS-192), Seadragon (SS-194), Sealion (SS-195), Searaven (SS-196), Seawolf (SS-197), Tambor (SS-198), Tautog (SS-199), Thresher (SS-200), & Triton (SS-201). Note: YN1 Loyal Day was a plankowner of *Sealion* and aboard when she was bombed on 10 Dec. 1941.	Courtesy of Ric Hedman.
31k	Rear Admiral William Bernard “Barney” Sieglaff was a member of the Naval Academy graduating class of 1931 with a degree in Engineering. He also received a Master’s Degree from MIT in Naval Engineering prior to the war. On submarines during WWII he was the commanding officer of the Tautog (SS-199) from 28 November 1942 to 8 April 1944 and the Tench (SS-417) from 6 October 1944 to March 1945. His record in the Pacific gained him two Navy Crosses, three Silver Stars, and two Legions of Merit.	USN photo courtesy of Bill Gonyo. Photo added 08/21/09.
415k	Starboard bow view of the Tautog (SS-199), taken 21 April 1945 by an airship of squadron ZP-31.	USN photo by J.W. Neilson, USMC, courtesy of David Buell.
135k	Underway at sea, 29 May 1945. Note the scoreboard painted on her conning tower, representing Japanese ships sunk by Tautog (SS-199).	Official U.S. Navy Photograph, USNHC # 80-G-323879, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.
106k	Signal flags flutter from the Tautog (SS-199), possibly when she was about to be decommissioned, 8 December 1945, at Portsmouth, NH.	US Navy photo courtesy of oneternalpatrol.com. Photo i.d. courtesy of Marty Danford.

View the Tautog (SS-199)
DANFS history entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site.

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
USS Tautog (SS-199)
Through the Looking Glass, A Historic Look at Submarines
Victory at Sea: Full Fathom Five 2 of 3

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