USS Plunger SS-179
USS Plunger SS-179

Keel laid-July 17,1935,Portsmouth Naval Shipyard,Kittery,ME
Launched-July 8,1936
Commisioned-November 19,1936
Decommissioned-November 15,1945
Struck from the Navy-July 6,1956
Sold for Scrap-April 22,1957 to Bethlehem Steel, PA.
Displacement: 1,316 Tons(Surfaced)
Dispalcement: 1,968 tons(Submerged)
Length: 250`
Beam: 25`
Speed:18.8 Kts(Surfaced) 8Kts(Submerged)
Armament:4-21"Tubes(Fwd),2-21"Tubes(Aft),1-3"Gun
Crew:5-Officers-50 Enlisted

BATTLE FLAG

Pearl Harbor
SubRon 10

1st War Patrol (Southern Japan)

2nd War Patrol (Northern Japan)

Transfered
XO,SubRon 4A

3rd War Patrol (Caroline Islands) (Silver Star)

May 1,1942
Reassigned to the USS Grouper SS-214.

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