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USS JACK
Submarine SS-259
USS Jack (SS-259), a
Gato-class submarine, was the first ship of the
United States Navy to be named for the jack. Her
keel was laid down by the Electric Boat Company on 2
February 1942. She was launched 16 October 1942 and
commissioned at New London, CT, on 6 January 1943.
USS Jack's operations
during the Pacific War are chronicled in Silent
Running: My Years on a World War II Attack
Submarine.
Jack is the subject of
the series premier of
the syndicated television anthology series The
Silent Service. The episode, entitled "The Jack at
Tokyo," aired 5 Apr 1957 and was hosted by Rear
Admiral Thomas M. Dykers.
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SS-259 was credited with sinking 76,687 tons of
Japanese shipping. In addition to her Presidential
Unit Citation (US), Jack received seven battle
stars for World War II service. All patrols, except
for her second and ninth, were designated
successful.
On her third war patrol, Jack proceeded westward
from Pearl Harbor 16 January 1944 bound for
the South China Sea. Prowling the
pivotal Singapore-Japan shipping lanes, she
encountered convoy Hi-40 of five large
oil tankers with three escorts early 19 February.
She fired three torpedoes at about 04:40, scoring
one hit. She then began an "end around," a long
circling maneuver designed to bring her in front of
the remaining four tankers, and late that afternoon
she was again ready to attack. Two torpedoes sank
two more of the frantically zigzagging ships,
and Jack moved in on the trailing tanker. Her first
spread of torpedoes missed and the tanker replied
with a salvo from 5-inch (130 mm) guns,
but Jack returned three hours later to sink her with
four torpedoes. In this remarkable series of
attacks, she sank four tankers (earning the nickname
"Jack the Pack", after the convoy commander radioed
that he was under attack from a "wolfpack".)
Departing Australia 6 April 1944, Jack returned to
the South China Sea for her fourth war patrol. She
chased the Take Ichi convoy through the afternoon of
25 April, and shortly after midnight next day
attacked, sinking Yoshida Maru No. 1 and damaging
two others. Jack also used her deck gun to sink a
radio-equipped trawler, Daisun, 27 April before
returning to Fremantle 10 May 1944.
Jack left Fremantle for her fifth war patrol 4 June
1944, again returning to Japan's important lifelines
in the South China Sea. Early 24 June she made an
approach on a large convoy and fired three
torpedoes, sinking a large tanker, San Pedro Maru,
before escorting aircraft forced her to retire. Five
days later she came upon another large convoy, and
by early 30 June sent cargo ships Matsukawa Maru and Tsukushima
Maru to the bottom. For her highly successful and
aggressive first, third, and fifth war patrols, USS
Jack was awarded the coveted Presidential Unit
Citation.
The submarine sailed from Fremantle 6 August 1944 to
the Celebes Sea for her sixth war patrol. Attacking
a convoy 29 August, she sank a
small minesweeper (Minesweeper No 28) and started in
pursuit of a cargo ship. After her torpedo missed
and she was raked with gunfire by her
adversary, Jack deftly evaded the attacker and
returned later to sink Mexico Maru.
She departed Fremantle once more 27 October 1944,
bound for the South China Sea. She attacked a
coastal convoy 14–15 November, sinking cargo
ships Nichiei Maru and Yusan Maru before shallow
water forced her to break off the fight. The
attrition of Japanese shipping was beginning to
tell, and Jack found no more opportunities before
ending her patrol at Pearl Harbor 24 December 1944.
From there she returned to San Francisco for a major
overhaul.
Jack was decommissioned at New London 8 June 1946,
and was placed in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet. She
was recommissioned briefly 20 December 1957, to
prepare for transfer to the government of Greece and
after training operations was loaned to the Royal
Hellenic Navy 21 April 1958. She served as Amfitriti (S-17),
until 1967, when she was returned by Greece and sunk
as a practice target by the US 6th Fleet, 5
September 1967, in the Mediterranean Sea.
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Learn more about USS Jack
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Jack_(SS-259)
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