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Gudgeon

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TypeSubmarine (SS)
HullSS-211
FateSunk. On the Midway patrol line, and not sunk there. Missing from April 1944 and presumed lost off the Marianas. The ship or plane that sank her is not known.

Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.

Gudgeon
U.S. Navy. USS Gudgeon (SS-211) at Mare Island. The hull number 211 is on the conning tower. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

USS Gudgeon (SS-211) was a submarine of the United States Navy. On 4 June 1942, in the Battle of Midway, she was one of twelve boats on the patrol line west of Midway. She was on that line for the battle and was not sunk there.

She was missing from April 1944 and is presumed lost off the Marianas. Her fate is recorded as sunk. The ship or plane that sank her is not known.

The pictures on this page are the originals.