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{{short description|Submarine of the United States}}

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'''USS ''Tambor'' (SS-198)''', the [[lead ship]] of [[Tambor class submarine|her class]] of [[submarine]], was the only ship of the [[United States Navy]] to be named for the [[Sebastes|tambor]].

==Construction and commissioning==
''Tambor''′s [[keel]] was [[Keel-laying|laid down]] on 16 January 1939 by the [[Electric Boat]] Company in [[Groton, Connecticut|Groton]], [[Connecticut]]. She was [[Ceremonial ship launching|launched]] on 20 December 1939, [[Ship sponsor|sponsored]] by Miss Lucia Ellis, and [[Ship commissioning|commissioned]] on 3 June 1940 with Lieutenant commander John W. Murphy Jr. in command.<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/t/tambor.html|title=Tambor (SS-198) - Naval History and Herritage Command |work=history.navy.mil|accessdate=4 November 2010}}</ref>

==Service history==
===1940-1941===
After fitting out at New London, ''Tambor'' got underway on 6 August 1940 for her shakedown cruise which took her to New York City, Washington, D.C., [[Morehead City, North Carolina]], and [[Houston]], Texas. Following further training off [[Colón, Panama]], the submarine returned to [[New London, Connecticut]], before holding her acceptance trials and undergoing a post-shakedown overhaul at the [[Portsmouth Navy Yard]] in [[Kittery, Maine]]. After conducting live-fire trials on the effectiveness of [[depth charge]]s, the first of their kind in the U.S. Navy, ''Tambor'' reported in May 1941 to the Submarine Force, Pacific Fleet, and the command of Rear Admiral [[Thomas Withers]] (<small>COMSUBPAC</small>).<ref>Blair, p.83.</ref> ''Tambor'' began a routine peacetime patrol in late November 1941.

===World War II===
====December 1941–March 1942====
''Tambor'' was off [[Wake Island]] when [[Pacific War|hostilities with Japan]] broke out with the Japanese [[attack on Pearl Harbor]]. She was forced to return to [[Pearl Harbor]] with one [[diesel engine]] out of commission. Routed back to [[Mare Island Navy Yard]] at [[Mare Island]], [[California]], where the damage was repaired, she returned to Pearl Harbor in March 1942.

====First war patrol====
''Tambor'' began her first war patrol<ref>With Raymond A. Spruance, Jr., aboard. Blair, p.215.</ref> on 15 March 1942 when she stood out of Pearl Harbor to reconnoiter the areas around Wake Island, [[Chuuk Lagoon|Truk]], [[New Ireland (island)|New Ireland]], [[New Britain]], and [[Rabaul]]. In all, she made nine attacks;<ref>Blair, p.215.</ref> on 16 April, she fired two torpedoes at tanker ''Kitami Maru''.<ref>[http://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/2912.html Uboatnet]</ref> One hit, and she was credited with a sinking;<ref name="Blair, p.216">Blair, p.216.</ref> this was not verified by postwar examination of Japanese records.<ref>This, known as the [[Joint Army–Navy Assessment Committee]] (JANAC), was, however, filled with mistakes.</ref> ''Tambor'' returned to Pearl Harbor on 12 May, where her skipper criticized the torpedoes.<ref name="Blair, p.216"/>

====Second war patrol====
After refitting, she was then assigned to Task Group 7.1. The group of six submarines sailed for [[Midway Island]] on 21 May 1942 to begin patrolling a {{convert|150|mi|km}} circle in anticipation of the invasion fleet intelligence had reported was ''en route'' there. At 07:15 on 4 June 90&nbsp;minutes after first reported contact, <small>COMSUBPAC</small>, Admiral [[Robert Henry English|Robert H. English]], informed his submarines, waiting until after 11:00 to order them to close.<ref>Blair, p.241.</ref> Running surfaced, ''Tambor'' was strafed by aircraft<ref>Blair, p.245.</ref>

At 02:15 on 5 June, ''Tambor'' radioed sighting "four large ships" {{convert|90|nmi|mi km|abbr=on}} north of Midway,<ref name="Blair, p.246">Blair, p.246.</ref> at a range of {{convert|3|nmi|mi km|abbr=on}}.<ref name="Blair, p.216"/> The ships were far enough away to make identification difficult, and the subs on patrol had been warned that "friendlies" might be on patrol in that area.  Murphy changed course to keep contact until he could be sure of their identity.<ref>Schultz, p. 72</ref>

Shortly after this sighting, Yamamoto ordered the cruisers to turn north, away from their original course for Midway.  ''Tambor'' soon sighted them again, at 0238.  The sub was now in front of the Japanese ships, which changed heading again, to the northwest.  At 0258, Murphy turned due west, hoping to put them between him and the moon so their silhouettes would make them easier to identify.  After losing and regaining sight of the cruisers in the dark, Murphy made an educated guess, turning left again, and re-sighted the ships.<ref>Schultz, p. 73</ref>

At 0400, with the approach of dawn and improving visibility, the general shape of the ships became clear, but it was still not possible to see enough detail to determine exactly whose ships they were.  At 0412, Murphy ordered the signalman to use the signal light to send an ID signal.  When the response was unintelligible, the sub crash-dived.  When there was no attack, the sub was brought to periscope depth, where damage to the cruiser {{Ship|Japanese cruiser|Mogami|1934|2}}{{'}}s bow was easily visible.<ref>Schultz, p. 73-4</ref>

When ''Tambor'' had sailed across in front of the line of cruisers in an effort to see them more clearly, the lead ship had sighted the sub and ordered a change of course.  ''Mogami'' had turned a bit late and had collided with {{Ship|Japanese cruiser|Mikuma||2}}, sailing just in front of her, and 40 feet of her bow was compressed and pushed nearly perpendicular to the rest of the ship.  The next day, based on ''Tambor's'' report, and following the oil slick, dive bombers found the two damaged cruisers and their destroyer escorts and were able to sink ''Mikuma''—the largest Japanese non-carrier sunk to that point in the war.  This proved to be ''Tambor's'' best (and among her only) contribution to the battle.<ref>Schultz, p. 74-5</ref>

The captain ordered the sub to pursue the cruisers.  Since surface pursuit would have been suicide, as the cruisers could have easily destroyed  ''Tambor'' with their guns, the sub was forced to submerge.  Since best speed while submerged was only nine knots, and the cruisers were estimated as making seventeen knots, they were soon lost.<ref>Schultz, p. 74</ref> ''Tambor'' played no further role in the battle.

On 7 June, responding to a radar contact, ''Tambor'' dived.  An exploding bomb damaged both her periscopes and cracked all four battery blower motors.  The bomb probably came from an American B-17; a similar incident had happened the day before, when another B-17 had bombed the submarine [[USS Grayling (SS-209)|USS Grayling]], mistaking it for a Japanese cruiser.  ''Tambor'' returned to Pearl Harbor on 16 June for repairs.<ref>Schultz, p. 79-81</ref>

Along with several other sub skippers, Lt.Cdr. Murphy was promptly relieved of command, for timidity in the face of the enemy in light of ''Tambor''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> failure to close with and attack the enemy, or at least identify and properly shadow the Japanese cruiser force so aircraft could be vectored to the location (a regular task for both Japanese and American submarines and the primary purpose for which ''Tambor'' was there at all). Lt.Cdr. Murphy's lack of aggressiveness had hampered Spruance's intelligence of the battle and had played an important role in allowing {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Suzuya|1934|2}}, {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Kumano||2}} and {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Mogami|1934|2}} to escape almost certain destruction from air attack. Murphy was sent to a shore post, being replaced in command of ''Tambor'' by Lt.Cdr. Steven H. Armbruster.<ref>Blair, p.250.</ref><ref>Schultz, p. 82</ref>

====Third war patrol====
Her next patrol (now in the hands of [[Stephen H. Ambruster]]) began on 24 July 1942 at Pearl Harbor, ending on 19 September at [[Fremantle, Western Australia|Fremantle]], Australia. ''Tambor'' searched for enemy shipping in the [[Marshall Islands]]. On 7 August near [[Wotje Atoll]], she sank the converted net tender ''Shofaka'' with one torpedo which broke her in half. ''Tambor'' remained in the Marshalls until 19 August when she was ordered to patrol the southern passages to Truk. As there was time to spare before she was to take station there, she prowled through the [[Caroline Islands]]. On 21 August near [[Pohnpei|Ponape]], the submarine fired a spread of three torpedoes at a freighter and her escort. The first hit the target amidships and the other two aft, blowing off the stern. ''Shinsei Maru No. Six'' quickly sank. On 1 September, she fired four torpedoes at a tanker off Truk and damaged it with one hit. She was credited with two ships for 12,000&nbsp;tons; this was reduced to 5,800&nbsp;tons postwar.<ref>Blair, p.917.</ref>

====Fourth war patrol====
''Tambor'' sailed for [[Hainan Strait]] on 12 October 1942 and (in part due to torpedo shortages) laid [[naval mine|mine]]s. On 3 November, she fired three torpedoes at a freighter, but all missed. The submarine eluded detection and, 30&nbsp;minutes later, fired two more. One hit amidships, and ''Chikugo Maru'' went under by the stern. On 6 November, she fired two torpedoes at a cargo-passenger ship flying the French flag, but both missed. On 10 November, she closed on an unarmed [[sampan]], took its crew on board and sank it by gunfire. Credited with one ship for 10,000&nbsp;tons (reduced to 2,500&nbsp;tons postwar),<ref>Blair, p.922.</ref> ''Tambor'' returned to Fremantle on 21 November for refit, during which her deck gun was replaced by a five-inch (127&nbsp;mm)/25cal gun.

====Fifth war patrol====
From 18 December 1942 to 28 January 1943, ''Tambor'' patrolled [[Sunda Strait]] between [[Krakatau]] and [[Thartway]] Island. The only target sighted was an enemy destroyer which she attacked on 1 January 1943. The submarine's spread of four torpedoes missed, and she went deep to avoid the 18 depth charges that followed. On 29 December 1942, ''Fukken Maru'' was sunk by a mine laid by ''Tambor''.<ref name="Uboat.net"/>

====Sixth war patrol====
''Tambor'' sailed from Fremantle on 18 February 1943 to carry out a special mission in the [[Philippine Islands]], in support of "[[Douglas MacArthur|MacArthur]]'s [[Philippine resistance against Japan|Guerrillas]]". On 5 March, she landed a small party headed by Lt.Cdr. [[Chick Parsons|Charles Parsons]] with 50,000 rounds of .30 (7.62&nbsp;mm) ammunition, 20,000 rounds of [[.45 ACP]] (11.4&nbsp;mm) ammunition, and $10,000 in currency on southern [[Mindanao]]. On 22 March, she fired three torpedoes at a tanker<ref name="Blair, p.697">Blair, p.697.</ref> southwest of [[Apo Island]]. {This was the ''Bugen Maru'', which was damaged}<ref name="Uboat.net">[http://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/2912.html Uboat.net]</ref> Seven days later, she scored one hit on a freighter out of three torpedoes fired and believed it sank;<ref name="Blair, p.697"/> it was not confirmed.<ref name="Blair, p.925">Blair, p.925.</ref> The submarine returned to Fremantle on 14 April for refit in which a 20-millimeter gun was installed forward of the [[bridge (nautical)|bridge]].

====Seventh war patrol====
''Tambor''{{'}}s seventh patrol (now under [[Russell Kefauver]])<ref name="Blair, p.925"/> took her north of the [[Malay Barrier]] from 7 May to 27 June 1943. On 26 May, she fired a spread of three torpedoes at a tanker that all missed. Three days later, three more missed a cargo ship. She tried again several hours later, saw two of the three torpedoes fired score hits, and heard three explosions. As the target was sinking, she fired another spread of three at an accompanying freighter. Some of the crew of ''Eiski Maru'' escaped in two lifeboats. On 2 June and on 6 June, she fired spreads of three torpedoes at cargo ships. The first appeared to break in half, and the second seemed to sink; there is no record of the sinkings in Japanese official records. {''Eika Maru'' was sunk 2 June.}<ref name="Uboat.net"/> On 16 June, ''Tambor'' fired her last three torpedoes at a tanker off [[Cam Ranh Bay]] but all missed. Her score for the patrol postwar was one ship of 2,500&nbsp;tons.<ref name="Blair, p.925"/>

====Eighth war patrol====
''Tambor'' stood out of Fremantle for the last time on 20 July 1943 ''en route'' to [[Lombok Strait]]. On 27 July the ''Teiken Maru'' was sunk by a mine laid by the Tambor<ref>[http://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/2912.html uboat.net]</ref> On 3 August, she sighted five cargomen and a destroyer in [[Palawan Passage]]. Three shots at a freighter produced two hits, and one fired at another target missed; Japanese records do not indicate any sinking. On 21 August, she sighted an unescorted convoy of three tankers and five freighters. She fired five torpedoes at a pair of freighters, but scored no hits. Two more sped toward a tanker and produced one explosion but no apparent damage. The next day, she sighted another convoy heading in the opposite direction. Making a submerged attack, ''Tambor'' fired five torpedoes at a large freighter. Three made perfect hits amidships but all failed to explode, and she sank no ships.<ref name="Blair, p.925"/> The submarine set sail for Midway, arriving 7 September. She transited through Pearl Harbor on her way to San Francisco, on 20 November for major overhaul.

====Ninth war patrol====
''Tambor'' returned to Pearl Harbor on 15 December 1943 and held refresher training during the remainder of the month. She began her ninth war patrol on 5 January 1944. Her assigned area was in the [[East China Sea]]. She sighted a [[Nagara-class cruiser|''Natori''-class]] cruiser on 22 January, but lost contact in a rain squall. Six days later, she contacted a convoy of nine ships heading north and tracked it until 01:56 the next day. She then fired two torpedoes at a cargo ship in a surface attack. Both hit and sent ''[[Shuntai Maru]]'' down by the bow. An escort headed straight for the submarine and ramming seemed inevitable. ''Tambor'' opened fire with her aft 20-millimeter gun and turned hard to port causing the escort to pass {{convert|20|yd|m|-1}} astern. After evading the escort, the submarine tried to regain contact with the convoy but failed.

On 2 February, she began tracking two ships. The following morning, she fired two torpedoes at a cargo ship, and both hit amidships. She directed two more at a tanker, and one hit forward of the target's stack. Both ''Ariake Maru'' and ''Goyo Maru'' sank. ''Tambor'' went deep and remained on the bottom under depth charge attack from 04:18 to 13:15. Ten days later, she encountered another three-ship convoy. In a night surface attack, the submarine fired a spread of three torpedoes at a cargo ship. As ''Tambor'' submerged, her crew heard one hit and sank the passenger-cargo ship ''Ronsan Maru''. Her patrol was a success, with four ships confirmed sunk, a total of 18,400&nbsp;tons.<ref>Blair, p.942.</ref>

====Tenth war patrol====
After refit at Pearl Harbor, ''Tambor'' put to sea on 9 April 1944 ''en route'' to the [[Mariana Islands]]. On 18 April, she attacked a 250-ton trawler loaded with food and fresh vegetables. A boarding party from the submarine killed seven members of the Japanese vessel's crew and captured the second officer. The Americans removed the ship's papers and left her afire and sinking. {This was the gunboat "Shinku Maru No. 3"}<ref name="Uboat.net"/> On 10 May, she contacted an eight-ship convoy, escorted by five destroyers and two destroyer escorts. In a submerged attack, ''Tambor'' fired four torpedoes at a cargo ship and heard two explosions, then went deep, taking 50 depth charges from the escorts. ''Tambor'' surfaced later and attempted to close the convoy once more. However, a destroyer picked her up and subjected her to another depth charge attack.{The sunk ship was the "Keiyo Maru"}<ref name="Uboat.net"/> On 26 May she scored two hits which sank ''Chigo Maru'' (650&nbsp;tons).<ref>Blair, p.945.</ref> ''Tambor''{{'}}s tenth patrol ended at Midway on 2 June.

====Eleventh war patrol====
The submarine (now in the hands of [[William J. Germershausen]])<ref>Blair, pp.697 & 953.</ref> conducted her next patrol in the waters off southern [[Hokkaidō]] and the [[Kuril Islands]] from 16 July to 23 August 1944. She fired three torpedoes at a freighter on 28 July and heard three explosions. However, a dense fog prohibited her seeing the results. {possibly the escort {{ship|Japanese escort|Kunashiri||2}} reported to have been damaged by "unknown cause"} On 13 August, ''Tambor'' made a surface attack against a cargo ship and then photographed ''Toei Maru'' (2,300&nbsp;tons)<ref>Blair, p.953.</ref> as she lowered two lifeboats and sank in 20&nbsp;minutes. After returning to Midway, ''Tambor'' continued to Pearl Harbor for refit.

====Twelfth war patrol====
''Tambor'' returned to Midway on 6 October 1944, and sailed the next day for the Tokyo Bay area. On 15 October, she fired four torpedoes at three radar pips and heard one explosion. She was forced to go deep to evade 26 depth charges. She emerged with no damage. Four days later, she attacked an escort with four torpedoes and heard four explosions, but no sinking was verified. The submarine returned to Saipan from 8 to 10 November, then resumed her patrol, now one of six members of the [[Wolfpack (naval tactic)|wolfpack]] "[[List of military figures by nickname|Burt]]'s Brooms" (named for [[Thomas B. Klakring]], commanding SubDiv 101).<ref>The others were {{USS|Ronquil|SS-396|2}}, {{USS|Burrfish|SS-312|2}}, {{USS|Sterlet|SS-392|2}}, {{USS|Silversides|SS-236|2}} (flag, commanded by [[John Coye]]), {{USS|Trigger|SS-237|2}} (aboard which the famous [[Edward L. Beach, Jr.|"Ned" Beach]] served), and {{USS|Saury|SS-189|2}}. Blair, pp.790–1.</ref>

Shortly before midnight on 15 November, ''Tambor'' fired three torpedoes at a patrol boat, but scored no hits. Forty-five minutes later, three more missed. At 06:10, the submarine's commander decided to battle on the surface with his deck guns; the escort fired back, and a ''Tambor'' crewmen was severely wounded.<ref name="Blair, p.791">Blair, p.791.</ref> Thirty minutes later, as the target began to sink, ''Tambor''{{'}}s crew took two prisoners from the water. She transferred them and the wounded crewman to {{USS|Grayson|DD-435|3}} on 18 November. {The sunken vessel was the guardship "Takashiro Maru"}<ref name="Uboat.net"/>''Tambor'' ended her last war patrol at Pearl Harbor on 30 November 1944, to be retired from combat.<ref name="Blair, p.791"/>

Routed onward to the United States, ''Tambor'' arrived at San Francisco on 10 December 1944. After an extended overhaul, the submarine sailed for [[Puget Sound]] on 9 March 1945. Upon her arrival, ''Tambor'' began training operations with Navy patrol aircraft under Fleet Air Wing 6. World War II ended with the cessation of hostilities with Japan on 15 August 1945 (14 August on the other side of the [[International Date Line]] in Hawaii).

===Post-World War II===
On 17 September 1945, ''Tambor'' departed the [[United States West Coast]] for Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. She was decommissioned there on 10 December 1945 and placed in [[Reserve fleet|reserve]].

In April 1947, ''Tambor'' was assigned to the [[Ninth Naval District]] to train [[United States Naval Reserve]] personnel, and reported to the Naval Reserve Training Center, [[Detroit]], [[Michigan]], on 8 December 1947. ''Tambor'' remained on this station until 1959.

''Tambor'' was [[drydock]]ed at [[Toledo, Ohio|Toledo]], [[Ohio]], on 2 October 1953, the first-ever drydocking of a submarine on the [[Great Lakes]].  The shipyard had to remove her [[deck gun]]s to get her light enough to fit on the blocks.  She spent five weeks in drydock for a routine overhaul, being covered in {{convert|7,000|lb|0}} of paint, including six coats on her [[anchor]] chain.<ref name="Toledo Blade Pictorial">{{cite news  | title = Drydock Dive | publisher = Toledo Blade Pictorial | date = 29 November 1953 | location = [[Toledo, OH]] | pages = 4–6}}</ref>

==Disposal==
In 1959 a Board of Inspection and Survey found ''Tambor'' unfit for further naval service. She was stricken from the [[Naval Vessel Register]] on 1 September 1959 and subsequently sold for scrap.

==Honors and awards==
*{{ribbon devices|number=11|type=service-star|ribbon=Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal ribbon.svg|width=106}} [[Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal]] with 11 [[battle star]]s for World War II service

== Notes ==
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== References ==
* Blair, Clay, Jr. ''Silent Victory''. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1975.
* Lenton, H.T. ''American Submarines''. New York: Doubleday & Co., 1973.
* Schultz, Robert. ''We Were Pirates''. Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press, 2009. {{ISBN|9781591147787}} plus [http://www.pritzkermilitarylibrary.org/Home/robert-schultz.aspx Webcast Author Interview]

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