Allied Warships

Devilfish (SS-292)

Submarine of the Balao class

USS Devilfish during the war.

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Submarine
Class	Balao
Pennant	292
Built by	Cramp Shipbuilding Co. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.)
Ordered	24 Dec 1941
Laid down	31 Mar 1942
Launched	30 May 1943
Commissioned	1 Sep 1944
End service	30 Sep 1946
History	Decommissioned 30 September 1946. Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet. Stricken 1 March 1967. Sunk as a target by USS Wahoo (SS-565) of San Francisco, California 14 August 1968.

Commands listed for USS Devilfish (292)

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	Commander	From	To
1	Cdr. Edward Clark Stephan, USN	1 Sep 1944	3 Mar 1945
2	Lt.Cdr. Stephen Stafford Mann, Jr., USN	3 Mar 1945	22 Aug 1945

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Notable events involving Devilfish include:

11 Oct 1944
USS Devilfish (Cdr. E.C. Stephan, USN) departed New London, Connecticut for Key West, Florida.

17 Oct 1944
USS Devilfish (Cdr. E.C. Stephan, USN) arrived at Key West, Florida from New London, Connecticut.

2 Nov 1944
USS Devilfish (Cdr. E.C. Stephan, USN) departed Key West, Florida for the Panama Canal Zone.

6 Nov 1944
USS Devilfish (Cdr. E.C. Stephan, USN) arrived in the Panama Canal Zone from Key West, Florida.

15 Nov 1944
USS Devilfish (Cdr. E.C. Stephan, USN) departed the Panama Canal Zone for Pearl Harbor.

2 Dec 1944
USS Devilfish (Cdr. E.C. Stephan, USN) arrived at Pearl Harbor from the Panama Canal Zone.

31 Dec 1944
USS Devilfish (Cdr. E.C. Stephan) departed from Pearl Harbor for her 1st war patrol. She was ordered to patrol off the Kii Suido and Bungo Suido.

12 Jan 1945
USS Devilfish (Cdr. E.C. Stephan) arrived at Saipan to take on board additional fuel and provisions. She departed from on the 15th.

13 Feb 1945
USS Devilfish (Cdr. E.C. Stephan) ended her 1st war patrol at Guam.

15 Mar 1945
USS Devilfish (Lt.Cdr. Stephen Stafford Mann, Jr.) departed from Guam for her 2nd war patrol, and was ordered to patrol off the Bonin Islands.

16 Mar 1945
USS Devilfish (Lt.Cdr. Stephen S. Mann, Jr.) refuels at Saipan.

20 Mar 1945
USS Devilfish (Lt.Cdr. S.S. Mann, Jr.) is damaged by a Japanese Kamikaze aircraft off the Volcano Islands in position 25°36'N, 137°30'E and is forced to terminate her patrol.

4 Apr 1945
USS Devilfish (Lt.Cdr. S.S. Mann, Jr.) ended her 2nd war patrol at Pearl Harbor.

20 May 1945
After repairs USS Devilfish (Lt.Cdr. S.S. Mann, Jr.) departed from Pearl Harbor for her 3rd war patrol. She was ordered to patrol in the Bungo Suido area and off northern Honshu.

7 Jul 1945
USS Devilfish (Lt.Cdr. S.S. Mann, Jr.) ended her 3rd war patrol at Guam.

2 Aug 1945
USS Devilfish (Lt.Cdr. S.S. Mann, Jr.) departed from Guam for her 4th war patrol. She was ordered to patrol off the Bonin Islands.

10 Aug 1945
USS Devilfish (Lt.Cdr. S.S. Mann, Jr.) bombards Tori Shima.

22 Aug 1945
USS Devilfish (Lt.Cdr. S.S. Mann, Jr.) ended her 4th war patrol at Midway.