USS Redfin (SS-272)

USS Redfin (SS/SSR/AGSS-272), a Gato-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the redfin, any of several North American fishes with reddish fins.

Fourth, fifth, and sixth war patrols, August 1944 – September 1945

Departing Fremantle 6 August, she laid a minefield off the west coast of Borneo on the 19th and rescued eight survivors of Flier (SS-250) at Palawan Island on the 30th. After lifeguard duty for airstrikes against Balikpapan, Borneo, she departed Fremantle 26 October, and sank the 15,226-ton Japanese tanker Nichinan Maru No. 2 west of the Philippines 8 November.

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6 August - Minefield - Borneo - 19th - ''Flier'' - Palawan Island - 30th - Balikpapan - 26 October - 8 November

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Completing her fourth war patrol 7 January 1945, she proceeded to Mare Island Naval Shipyard, San Francisco Bay, California, where she received special mine detection gear. Underway from Pearl Harbor 30 May to 10 July, and later from 30 July to 5 September she made mine surveys first off Honshu and Hokkaido, and later off Kyushu, Japan.

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7 January - 1945 - Mare Island Naval Shipyard - San Francisco Bay - California - Pearl Harbor - 30 May - 10 July - 30 July - 5 September - Honshu - Hokkaido - Kyushu

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