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USS Bashaw SS-241

The USS Bashaw was a Gato-class submarine, launched July 25, 1943 and commissioned October 25, 1943. She arrived at Milne Bay, New Guinea on March 3, 1944 and while based there completed six war patrols in the Celebes, Philippine, and South China Seas. The USS Bashaw sank three Japanese merchant vessels and a number of smaller craft, and received five battle stars for her service in World War II.

The USS Bashaw during World War II

The USS Bashaw completed six war patrols between March 10, 1944 and April 29, 1945. Her first patrol site was in the Palaus, where she was tasked with intercepting Japanese ships which might be attempting escape through Toagel Mlungi Pass. She met with several Japanese vessels, but on this patrol failed to score more than a few damaging hits. Her patrol ended at Brisbane, Australia, on May 10.

The second war patrol of the USS Bashaw began on May 27. This time assigned to patrol in the waters around Mindanao, she made just one contact on June 25. This time she managed to score three hits and sank the army cargo ship Yamamiya Maru, before returning to port on July 16. After refit and training, she began her third patrol on August 7. She sighted few enemy vessels on this patrol, but even so located and sank the Yanagigawa Maru, with a barrage of six torpedoes, three of which hit the vessel.

Following another refit the USS Bashaw commenced her fourth war patrol on October 27, this time as part of a wolf pack—a coordinated attack group—which included Flounder and Guavina. Assigned to patrol the coast of Indochina they found few targets, and Bashaw finished the patrol at the end of December. After refit she patrolled around Hainan Island, the Gulf of Tonkin, and the coast of Indochina. This time she managed to sink a small freighter before ending her patrol in March. Her sixth and final patrol began on March 27, but with Japanese naval forces stretched thin by this time, she encountered no targets.

After the War

At the end of her sixth and final patrol, the USS Bashaw returned to Subic Bay in the Philippine Islands, where she arrived April 29. Following an overhaul she departed Subic Bay, bound for Pearl Harbor. While she was en route, she received the news of the Japanese surrender which officially signaled the end of the war. She was subsequently ordered to return to Mare Island. Arriving on September 5, she prepared for inactivation. She was placed on commission in reserve on November 24, and on June 20 1949 her status was changed to in reserve out of commission.

The USS Bashaw was recommissioned April 3, 1951. Until May 10, 1952 her base of operations was San Diego, and she was engaged in activities along the west coast. On May 10 she was placed out of commission in reserve, and until March 1953, was undergoing conversion to an anti-submarine “hunter-killer” sub. Reclassified as SSK-24, she was recommissioned on March 28, 1953 and joined Submarine Division 33 in San Diego.

Between March and August 1954, the USS Bashaw cruised in the Far East, and during the next year she participated in exercises in Hawaii before undergoing an overhaul at San Francisco. Between the months of January and August 1956, the USS Bashaw commenced her second post-war Far Eastern voyage, after the completion of which she arrived at the submarine base in Pearl Harbor on August 14, 1956. In August 1959 she was redesignated as SS-241, and in September 1962 was again redesignated, this time as AGSS-241. Finally decommissioned and removed from the Naval Register on September 13, 1969, she was sunk for target practice in July 1972.

Many United States Navy vessels contained large amounts of asbestos, as the substance was once used extensively as an insulator and fire-proofing material. Many people who served onboard these vessels, or were involved in building, repairing, or outfitting them, have subsequently developed asbestos-related diseases due to asbestos exposure. If you've developed an asbestos-related disease as a result of involvement with Navy vessels, contact us for information about your legal options.

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USS Albacore SS 218 USS Amberjack SS 219 USS Angler SS 240 USS Apogon SS 308 USS Archer-Fish SS 311 USS Argonaut-SM-1 USS Argonaut SS 475 USS Aspro SS 309 USS Atule SS 403 USS Balao SS 285 USS Bang SS 385 USS Barbel SS 316 USS Barbero SS 317 USS Barb SS 220 USS Barracuda SS 163 USS Bashaw SS 241 USS Bergall SS 320 USS Besugo SS 321 USS Billfish SS 286 USS Blackfin SS 322 USS Blackfish SS 221 USS Blenny SS 324 USS Blower SS 325 USS Blueback SS 326 USS Bluefish SS 222 USS Bluegill SS 242 USS Boarfish SS 327 USS Bonefish SS 223 USS Bonita SS 165 USS Bowfin SS 287 USS Bream SS 243 USS Brill SS 330 USS Bugara SS 331 USS Bullhead SS 332 USS Bumper SS 333 USS Burrfish SS 312 USS Cabezon SS 334 USS Carbonero SS 337 USS Hake SS 256 USS Hammerhead SS 364 USS Harder SS 257 USS Hardhead SS 365 USS Hawkbill SS 366

USS Herring SS 233 USS Hoe SS 258 USS Icefish SS 367 USS Jack SS 259 USS Jallao SS 368 USS Kete S 369 USS Kingfish SS 234 USS Kraken SS 370 USS Lagarto SS 371 USS Lizardfish SS 373 USS Loggerhead SS 374 USS Macabi SS 375 USS Mackerel 204 USS Manta SS 299 USS Mapiro SS 376 USS Marlin SS 205 USS Mingo SS 261 USS Moray SS 300 USS Muskallunge SS 262 USS Narwhal SS 263 USS Nautilus SS 168 USS Paddle SS 167 USS Pampanito SS 383 USS Parche SS 384 USS Pargo SS 264 USS Perch SS 176 USS Permit SS 178 USS Peto SS 265 USS Pickerel SS 177 USS Picuda SS 382 USS Pike SS 173 USS Pilotfish SS 386 USS Pintado SS 387 USS Pipefish SS 388 USS Piranha SS 389 USS Plaice SS 390 USS Plunger SS 179 USS Pogy SS 266 USS Pollack SS 180 USS Pomfret SS 391 USS Pompano SS 181 USS Pompon SS 267 USS Porpoise SS 172

USS Puffer SS 268 USS Queenfish SS 393 USS Quillback SS 424 USS Rasher SS 269 USS Raton SS 270 USS Ray SS 271 USS Razorback SS 394 USS Redfin SS 272 USS Redfish SS 395 USS Robalo SS 273 USS Rock SS 274 USS Ronquil SS 396 USS Runner SS 275 USS Runner SS 476 USS S-1 SS 105 USS S-20 SS 125 USS S-46 SS 157 USS Sailfish SS 192 USS Salmon SS 182 USS Sand Lance SS 381 USS Sargo SS 188 USS Saury SS 189 USS Sawfish SS 276 USS Scabbardfish SS 397 USS Scamp SS 277 USS Scorpion SS 278 USS Sculpin SS 191 USS Sea Cat SS 399 USS Sea Devil SS 400 USS Sea Dog SS 401 USS Seadragon SS 194 USS Sea Fox SS 402 USS Seahorse SS 304 USS Sealion SS 195 USS Seal SS 183 USS Sea Owl SS 405 USS Sea Poacher SS 406 USS Searaven SS 196 USS Sea Robin SS 407 USS Seawolf SS 197 USS Segundo SS 398 USS Sennet SS 408

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