A History of the Submarines Built at the
Mare Island Naval Shipyard
Exhibit by Steve Shay
Frame 1, Page 14
USS Tunny SS-282
Gato class (No reported postmarks)
Launched June 3, 1942
Upper: Keel laying cover, design by Dr. S.E. Hutnick, shipyard machine postmark.
Lower: Ship's rubber stamp cachet and corner card, submarine base machine postmark.
Made nine war patrols in the Pacific during World War II.
Sank six ships, total 26,837 tons.
Decommissioned December 1945, recommissioned February 1952, decommissioned in April.
Recommissioned March 1953 as SSG-282, after conversion to nuclear Regulus guided missiles.
Redesignated SS-282 in 1965 after Regulus phase out,
converted to troop carrying submarine in 1966, redesignated APSS-282.
Operated off Vietnam 1967.
Reclassified as LPSS-282 in 1968, decommissioned June 28, 1969
and sunk as mobile target 1970.
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Last Updated: March 24, 2002
Copyright 2002 Steve Shay (used with permission)