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Haddock (SS-231)

Radio Call Sign: November - Alpha - Echo - Golf

Unit Awards, Campaign and Service Medals and Ribbons

Presidential Unit Citation

Gato Class Submarine: Laid down, 31 March 1941, at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, ME, Launched, 20 October 1941; Commissioned USS Haddock (SS-231), 14 March 1942; Decommissioned 12 February 1947, at New London, CT.; Placed in service in August 1948 as a Naval Reserve Training Vessel in the 6th Naval District; Placed out of service in May 1952; Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, New London; Placed in service in June 1956 as a Naval Reserve Training Vessel, at Portsmouth, NH; Placed out of service and struck from the Naval register in 1960; Final Disposition, sold for scrapping 23 August 1960, to Jacob Checkoway. Haddock was awarded 4 Presidential Unit Citations and earned 11 battle stars for World War II service.

Specifications: Displacement, Surfaced: 1,526 t., Submerged: 2,410 t.; Length 311' 10"; Beam 27' 3"; Draft 15' 2"; Speed, Surfaced 20.25 kts, Submerged 8.75 kts; Complement 6 officers, 54 enlished; Operating Depth, 300 ft; Submerged Endurance, 48 hrs at 2 kts; Patrol Endurance 75 days; Cruising Range, 11,000 miles surfaced at 10 kts; Armament, ten 21" torpedo tubes, six forward, four aft, 24 torpedoes, one 3"/50 deck gun, two .50 cal. machine guns, two .30 cal. machine guns; Propulsion, diesel electric reduction gear with four Fairbanks-Morse diesel engines, 5400 hp, Fuel Capacity, 94,400 gals., four Elliot Motor Co., electric motors, 2740 hp, two 126-cell main storage batteries, twin screws.

Size	Image Description	Source
23k	Commemorative post mark on the occasion of the keel laying of the Haddock (SS-231), 31 March 1941, at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, ME.	Courtesy of Jack Treutle.
152k	Haddock (SS-231) slides down the launching ways at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, ME, 20 October 1941.	US Navy photo, courtesy of ussubvetsofworldwarii.org.
113k	Signal flags flutter from Haddock's (SS-231) yardarm following her launching at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, ME, 20 October 1941.	US Navy photo, courtesy of ussubvetsofworldwarii.org.
62k	U.S. Naval Submarine Base, New London, Groton, Connecticut: Members of the 4th Command Class at the Submarine Base, February 1942. Those present are, bottom row left to right: Lieutenant Commander Mannert L. Abele; first command would be the Grunion (SS-216). He would be K.I.A. while commmanding the *Grunion, 30 July 1942. Lieutenant Commander Thomas B. Klakring; first command would be the Guardfish* (SS-217), Commander Karl G. Hensel, Officer in Charge; Lieutenant Commander George W. Patterson, Jr., Senior Assistant; and Lieutenant Commander Jesse L. Hull; first command would be the Finback (SS-230). Top row, left to right: Lieutenant Commander Howard W. Gilmore; first command would be the Growler (SS-215). He was postumously awarded the Medal of Honor after he was K.I.A. on the bridge of the *Growler, 7 February 1943. Lieutenant Commander Philip H. Ross; first command would be the Halibut* (SS-232), Lieutenant Commander Arthur H. Taylor; first command would be the Haddock (SS-231), Lieutenant Commander Albert C. Burrows; first command would be the Swordfish (SS-193) and Lieutenant Commander Leonard S. Mewhinney; first command would be the Saury (SS-189).	Official U.S. Navy Photograph # 80-G-88577, now in the collections of the National Archives. Courtesy of the USNHC.
153k	"Logistics. Submarine Diesels are thirsty. Motormacs fuel up a fleet-type sub, (possibly the) Haddock (SS-231) before she sets out on war patrol." Circa mid 1942.	Text & photo courtesy of Theodore Roscoe, from his book "U.S. Submarine Operations of WW II", published by USNI.
112k	Port side view of the Haddock (SS-231) circa 1944.	US Navy photo, courtesy of ussubvetsofworldwarii.org.
101k	Haddock (SS-231), starboard side view, at New London, CT., date unknown.	Courtesy of John Hummel.
72k	WWII battle flag of the Haddock (SS-231).	Courtesy of US Sub Vets of World War II
273k	Painting of Haddock's (SS-231) emblem by Harold F. (Carl) Carlson.	Submitted by Gary Carlson.
53k	His Specialty is Knocking Out Jap Ships.At a Pacific base – Lt. Comdr. Roy M. Davenport (above) of Los Angeles, Calif., wears the Navy cross recently presented to him for sinking “many thousands of tons” of enemy shipping. Davenport, a submarine commander, stands beside his vessel’s conning tower, on which are painted Jap flags indicating the enemy victims.	Official U.S. Navy Photo from ACME New York Bureau, dated 11-10-43, courtesy of Bill Gonyo. Photo added 05/10/08.

View the Haddock (231)
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
Full Fathom Five, U.S. Submarine War Against Japan

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