Please report any broken links or trouble you might come across to the Webmaster. Please take a moment to let us know so that we can correct any problems and make your visit as enjoyable and as informative as possible.

NavSource Online: Submarine Photo Archive

Patch on left contributed by Mike Smolinski, patch on right by Don McGrogan, BMCS, USN (ret.)

Hammerhead (SS-364)
Keel Laying - Commissioning

Radio Call Sign: November - Juliet - Tango - Whiskey

To Additional Pages

Active Service

Gato Class Submarine: Laid down, 5 May 1943, at Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co., Manitowoc, WI.; Launched, 24 October 1943; Commissioned USS Hammerhead (SS-364), 1 March 1944; After a month of training on Lake Michigan, Hammerhead was placed in a floating dry-dock and towed down the Illinois and Mississippi River system to Algiers Naval Station at New Orleans, LA for minor reassembled and provisioning for combat.
Decommissioned on 9 February 1946 and laid up at the Mare Island Group of the Pacific Reserve Fleet. Recommissioned again on 6 February 1952 for overhaul and training exercise. Decommissioned on 21 August 1953 for Guppy (snorkel) configuration in preparation for loan under provisions of the Military Assistance Program. Commissioned on 16 July 1954 and departed for North Island, San Diego, CA. After training Turkish Naval personnel, Hammerhead Decommissioned on 23 October 1954 and transferred (on loan) to the Republic of Turkey. On the same day, she was Commissioned TCG Cerbe (S-03). In accordance with the NATO pendant system, Cerbe (S-03) was renumber Cerbe (S-341).
On 1 January 1972, she was officially sold to Turkey; struck from the Naval Vessel Registry (NVR) and the title transferred. Cerbe Decommissioned from the Turkish Navy on 4 May 1972 and was scrapped. Hammerhead was awarded the Navy Unit Commendation and seven battle stars for World War II service. Researched by CTRC Donald J. Wagner, USN (Ret.) for NavSource.

Specifications: Displacement, Surfaced: 1,526 t., Submerged: 2,424 t.; Length 311' 9"; Beam 27' 3"; Draft 15' 3"; Speed, Surfaced 20.25 kts, Submerged 8.75 kts; Cruising Range, 11,000 miles surfaced at 10kts; Submerged Endurance, 48 hours at 2kts; Operating Depth, 300 ft; Complement 6 Officers 54 Enlisted; Armament, ten 21" torpedo tubes, six forward, four aft, 24 torpedoes, one 3"/50 deck gun, two .30 cal. machine guns; Patrol Endurance 75 days; ; Propulsion, diesel-electric reduction gear with four General Motors main generator diesel engines, 5,400 hp, Fuel Capacity, 116,000 gals., four General Electric main motors with 2,740 hp, two 126-cell main storage batteries, two propellers.

Size	Image Description	Source
71k	One hundred and seventy one days after her keel was laid, the Hammerhead (SS-364) is about to be launched at Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co., Manitowoc, WI. 24 October 1943.	*Editors Note: There are over 200 images submitted on these pages covering the following submarines that were constructed at the Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co, Manitowoc, WI,: SS-265* through *SS-274, and SS-361* through *SS-380. None of them would have seen the light of day if it were not for the efforts of Curator, Asst. Director, Bill Thiesen of the Wisconsin Maritime Museum, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, and Larry Bohn,* who sent them to NavSource for publication. A special debt of gratitude is owed to these two men and the *Wisconsin Maritime Museum, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, home of the Cobia* (SS-245) for allowing these photographs to be seen by the lovers of naval history worldwide.
125k	Hammerhead (SS-364) starts her slide into the Manitowoc River.	USN Archive photo # N-70902. Photo and text courtesy of The Floating Drydock, "Fleet Subs of WW II" by Thomas F. Walkowiak.
60k	Hammerhead (SS-364) splashes into the Manitowoc River with launching timbers flying at Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co., Manitowoc, WI. 24 October 1943.	Submitted by Larry Bohn, courtesy of the Wisconsin Maritime Museum, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, home of the Cobia (SS-245) .
55k	Watercolor print by the artist Tom Denton of the side launching of a Manitowoc built boat.	Courtesy of submarineart.com
15k	Commemorative postal cover on the occasion of Hammerhead's (SS-364)launching at Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co., Manitowoc, WI., 24 October 1943.	Courtesy of Jack Treutle.
98k	Hammerhead (SS-364) underway, port side view during sea trials in Lake Michigan, October 1943.	USN photo courtesy of John Hummel. Photo added 04/17/08.
46k	Hammerhead (SS-364) underway starboard side view, covered in snow during sea trials in Lake Michigan, before her commissioning in 22 Feb. 1944.	Submitted by Larry Bohn, courtesy of the Wisconsin Maritime Museum, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, home of the Cobia (SS-245) .
72k	Covered in snow & ice during sea trials in Lake Michigan, Hammerhead (SS-364) is pictured here shortly before her commissioning in 22 Feb. 1944.	USN photo courtesy of ussubvetsofwwii.org.
212k	Hammerhead (SS-364) snowbound conning tower during sea trials in Lake Michigan before her commissioning in 22 Feb. 1944.	USN photo courtesy of John Hummel. Photo added 04/17/08.
37k	Hammerhead (SS-364) snowbound conning tower during sea trials in Lake Michigan before her commissioning in 22 Feb. 1944.	Submitted by Larry Bohn, courtesy of the Wisconsin Maritime Museum, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, home of the Cobia (SS-245) .
40k	Hammerhead (SS-364) logo for the ship's commissioning party, 22 Feb. 1944.	Submitted by Larry Bohn, courtesy of the Wisconsin Maritime Museum, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, home of the Cobia (SS-245) .
43k	Hammerhead (SS-364) logo for the ship's commissioning, 1 March 1944.	Submitted by Larry Bohn, courtesy of the Wisconsin Maritime Museum, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, home of the Cobia (SS-245) .