USS Trigger (SS-237)

USS Trigger (SS-237), a Gato-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the triggerfish, any of numerous deep-bodied fishes of warm seas having an anterior dorsal fin with two or three stout erectile spines. Her keel was laid down on 1 February 1941 at Mare Island, California, by the Mare Island Navy Yard. She was launched on 22 October 1941 sponsored by Mrs. Walter N. Vernou and commissioned on 30 January 1942 with Lieutenant Commander Jack H. Lewis in command.

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''Gato''-class - Submarine - United States Navy - Triggerfish - 1 February - 1941 - Mare Island, California - Mare Island Navy Yard - Launched - 22 October - Commissioned - 30 January - 1942

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The submarine sailed for Hawaii on 22 May and reached Pearl Harbor the following week. She sortied for Midway Island with Task Group 7.2 on 29 May in anticipation of a Japanese attack on that island. Her station was northeast of Midway Island, and she remained there without contacting any enemy shipping until she was ordered back to Pearl Harbor on 9 June.

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Hawaii - 22 May - Pearl Harbor - Midway Island - 29 May - 9 June

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On 26 June, Trigger got underway for the Aleutian Islands to patrol an area west of Cape Wrangell, Attu Island. She encountered no enemy shipping before calling at Dutch Harbor on 8 August en route back to Hawaii.

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26 June - Aleutian Islands - Cape Wrangell - Attu Island - Dutch Harbor - 8 August - Hawaii

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