USN · SS
Herring
Photos and infoGato-class submarine, SS-233. Named for the fish. Portsmouth Navy Yard. Launched 15 January 1942, commissioned 4 May 1942, Lieutenant Commander Raymond W. Johnson. On 8 November 1942 she sank the Vichy cargo ship Ville du Havre off Casablanca. Lieutenant Commander David Zabriskie, Jr., took her on 6 February 1944. Shore batteries off Matsuwa sank her on 1 June 1944. Eighty-three men. Five battle stars.
| Class | Gato class |
|---|---|
| Type | Submarine (SS) |
| Hull | SS-233 |
| Builder | Portsmouth Navy Yard |
| Launched | 1942-01-15 |
| Commissioned | 1942-05-04 |
| Fate | Sunk. Japanese shore batteries on 1 June 1944, about two kilometers south of Point Tagan, Matsuwa, in the Kuriles, after she had attacked ships at anchor. Lieutenant Commander David Zabriskie, Jr., was lost with her. Eighty-three men. Reported presumed lost on 13 July 1944. Struck 13 November 1944. Five battle stars. The wreck was identified on 1 June 2026. |
| Armament (class) | Fleet submarine. A deck gun forward of the conning tower. |
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Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.
The armament line is the class drawing, not a measurement of this hull.
USS Herring (SS-233) at Hunters Point, San Francisco, on 12 October 1943. Her deck gun has been moved to the bow. U.S. Navy photograph 271-43-S4, National Archives, as shown on NavSource. Public domain.
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