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Hammerhead (SS-364)
Keel Laying - Commissioning

Radio Call Sign: November - Juliet - Tango - Whiskey
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WW II Service & Post War Transfer to Turkey

Gato Class : 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) configurationin 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 in Turkish Navy as TCG Cerbe (D-8). Re numbered (S-23), 1955 and on 1959 accordance with the NATO pendant system, renumberd TCG Cebre (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.) & Sait Kucuk CPOS (Ret.),Turkish Navy 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.

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Hammerhead 71kOne 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.
Hammerhead 490kHammerhead (SS-364) starts her slide into the Manitowoc River.Photo by Harry Berns, Official photographer of the Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co., Manitowoc, WI.
USN Archive photo # N-70902 and text courtesy of The Floating Drydock, "Fleet Subs of WW II" by Thomas F. Walkowiak.
Manitowoc55k Watercolor print by the artist Tom Denton of the side launching of a Manitowoc built boat. Courtesy of submarineart.com
Hammerhead 15kCommemorative postal cover on the occasion of Hammerhead's (SS-364) launching at Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co., Manitowoc, WI., 24 October 1943. Courtesy of Jack Treutle.
Hammerhead 98kHammerhead (SS-364) underway, port side view during sea trials in Lake Michigan, October 1943.USN photo courtesy of John Hummel.
Hammerhead 46kHammerhead (SS-364) underway starboard side view, covered in snow during sea trials in Lake Michigan, before her commissioning in 1 March 1944.Photo by Harry Berns, Official photographer of the Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co., Manitowoc, WI.
Submitted by Larry Bohn, courtesy of the Wisconsin Maritime Museum, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, home of the Cobia (SS-245)
Hammerhead 212kHammerhead (SS-364) snowbound conning tower during sea trials in Lake Michigan before her commissioning in 22 Feb. 1944.USN photo courtesy of John Hummel.
Hammerhead 37kHammerhead (SS-364) snowbound conning tower during sea trials in Lake Michigan before her commissioning in 1 March 1944.Photo by Harry Berns, Official photographer of the Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co., Manitowoc, WI.
Submitted by Larry Bohn, courtesy of the Wisconsin Maritime Museum, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, home of the Cobia (SS-245)
Hardhead224kCovered in snow & ice during sea trials in Lake Michigan, Hammerhead (SS-364) is pictured here shortly before her commissioning in 1 March 1944. USN photo courtesy of ussubvetsofwwii.org.
Photo i.d. courtesy of John Hart.
Hardhead221k Snow and ice encrusts the deck and the bridge of the Hammerhead (SS-364) while on sea trials on Lake Michigan, Feb. 44.USN photo courtesy of ussubvetsofwwii.org.
Photo i.d. courtesy of John Hart.
Hammerhead 40kHammerhead (SS-364) logo for the ship's commissioning party, 1 March 1944.Photo by Harry Berns, Official photographer of the Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co., Manitowoc, WI.
Submitted by Larry Bohn, courtesy of the Wisconsin Maritime Museum, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, home of the Cobia (SS-245)
Hammerhead 43kHammerhead (SS-364) logo for the ship's commissioning, 1 March 1944.Photo by Harry Berns, Official photographer of the Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co., Manitowoc, WI.
Submitted by Larry Bohn, courtesy of the Wisconsin Maritime Museum, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, home of the Cobia (SS-245)
Harry Berns485kPhoto of Harry Berns, Official photographer of the Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co., Manitowoc, WI.
The photo of the Golet (SS-361) encased in snow appears on the wall above him on the upper right.
His obituary appears here. 		Photo courtesy of Susan Menk, Archives Assistant, Wisconsin Maritime Museum, Dee Anna Grimsrud,Reference Archivist, Wisconsin Historical Society, Steve Khail, CBC, Director of Investor Relations & Corporate Communications, The Manitowoc Company, Inc. & William Young. Photo added 05/16/10.
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