JAP SUBMARINE WRECKS LAID TO U.S. BOAT: USS SNAPPER’S SECRET STRIKES REVEALED

By Special Correspondent – Pearl Harbor, June 4, 1945

For nearly two years, the daring exploits of one of America’s most lethal submarines have remained shrouded in wartime secrecy. But today, with official clearance from Navy authorities, the veil has been lifted. The story of the USS Snapper (SS-185) and her seventh war patrol—run between July 26 and September 17, 1943—can finally be told.

Operating deep in hostile waters of the Western Pacific, the Snapper, under the command of Lieutenant Commander Merrill K. Clementson, dealt a series of hammer-blows to the Japanese merchant marine and naval escort forces at a time when the tide of war still hung in the balance.

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U.S. Navy Submarine Events in June (1900–1939)

• 4 June 1913 – USS H-2 (SS-29) launched: The H‑class submarine originally named Nautilus was launched at Union Iron Works, San Francisco. USS H-2 later served on the West Coast and in Caribbean patrols during WWI.

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1946

• June 1, 1946: USS Whale (SS-239) was decommissioned at New London.
• June 1, 1946: USS Roncador (SS-301) was decommissioned and placed in reserve.

1947

• June 1, 1947: USS Sea Robin (SS-407) completed a simulated war patrol circling South America and became the first U.S. submarine to round Cape Horn.

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